Copyright extension. Because the Beatles haven’t made enough money yet. England had NO problem with Sinata, Elvis, and others’ works becoming public domain.
Until 2033...................
Who decides how much money they should be allowed to make? What does that have to do with anything? They created it and it is theirs. I have no problem with artists copywriting their work.
Wishful thinking all. By people who insist that “Beatles will ALWAYS be remembered”. Like the fans of Little Peggy March once did. How many of Irving Berlin’s smash hits are remembered today?
I don’t think the surviving Beatles get diddly for this. I think it’s Sony these days. I could be all wet, these may not be in “the book.”
It’s perfectly reasonable to release the BBC sessions since they were broadcast and not outtakes, like what the Rolling Scones did recently with a couple of their albums from the 1970s (Some Gals and Exit on Main Drive), half-secretly improving on the outtakes and completing some of unfinished stuff from the time. (Those Jagger vocals ain’t from the 1970s, dude!)