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Judge stops 2 Web sites from selling Beatles songs

By Associated Press
Friday, November 6, 2009 - Added 131d 17h ago
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LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece.

U.S. District Judge John F. Walter on Thursday blocked the sites BlueBeat.com and Basebeat.com and their owners from selling copyrighted songs by The Beatles and others. Music company EMI Group filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday seeking the injunction.

 
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