Beatles tunes to be available for download in 2008: McCartney

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Beatles fans will be able to download the legendary group's music from the Internet in 2008, Paul McCartney told Billboard magazine in an interview.

"The whole thing is primed, ready to go -- there's just maybe one little sticking point left, and I think it's being cleared up as we speak, so it shouldn't be too long," McCartney said about the downloads.

"It's down to fine-tuning, but I'm pretty sure it'll be happening next year, 2008," he said in the interview dated November 14 that was published on Billboard's website.

While most popular music is available for purchase in digital form from the Internet, the massive catalogue of Liverpool's Fab Four -- including a slew of number-one hits in the 1960s -- has not been sold online legally....