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Beatles Licensed to Rock Band

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The Beatles have licensed songs to MTV Networks' Rock Band videogame series, according to several people familiar with the matter, a coup for the Viacom Inc. unit in its battle with rival Activision Inc. for supremacy in the world of rock and roll video games.

The deal, which is set to be announced Thursday by Viacom's MTV and the band's own Apple Corps Ltd., makes the Beatles the next and biggest major band to license its songs to a music-oriented videogame, joining Aerosmith, Metallica, AC/DC and others.
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PirateThom - 434 days 10 hours ago
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Prepare a dream list now:

Helter Skelter
Polythene Pam
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Here Comes the Sun
Back in the USSR.
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KratosKilla - 434 days 9 hours ago
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THE END
I am the Walrus
On drums
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Damphear - 434 days 9 hours ago
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the beatles dont own the rights to there music.

michel jackson does

ftw on sh!tty news
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supahbad - 434 days 8 hours ago
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no crap, no band does, it doesn't even say that. point is we'll finally get beatles songs
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Mantiz - 434 days 6 hours ago
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Actually Apple Corps. Owns the rights to the Beatles music which you would know if you read the article you were commenting on.
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supahbad - 434 days 8 hours ago
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YESYESYES. never buying GH ever, only RB
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