Website in million-dollar Beatles payout

A website that posted digital copies of Beatles music a year before they became legitimately available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1m to settle a lawsuit.

Website in million-dollar Beatles payout

A website that posted digital copies of Beatles music a year before they became legitimately available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $1m to settle a lawsuit.

Court records in Los Angeles show the owner of the site BlueBeat.com agreed to pay $950,000 (€674,555) to settle a lawsuit filed by music companies EMI, Capitol Records and Virgin Records America.

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