Rolling Stones put back catalogue on the internet

LONDON, UK (Media Guardian) - The Rolling Stones have agreed to make their 40-year back catalogue available legally for downloading from the internet.
More than 500 tracks will be available at around 35c each on the website Listen.com, reports the Media Guardian.

David Munns, chairman of EMI Music North America, said: "This is a tremendous step forward in EMI's very aggressive push to expand and improve legitimate digital music services."

EMI/Virgin, new owners of material dating from 1971, removed red tape which kept tracks from internet fans.
The songs will be available on the Rhapsody network for the last two weeks of this month and then through the record company itself.

Ted Cohen, EMI Music's senior vice-president for digital development and distribution, said: "It is a watershed event. One of the top bands in the world is putting its entire catalogue together, united on one of the top online music services."