Beatles iTunes negotiations stalled, says Paul McCartney

The appearance of The Beatles' back catalogue on iTunes (or, indeed, any digital music service) is as far off as ever, judging by comments yesterday from Sir Paul McCartney.But here's the thing – for once, it's nothing to do with Steve Jobs. Instead, the negotiations to digitise the Fab Four have stalled between the band's own Apple Corps and label EMI.”It's heavy negotiations,” said Macca. “We are very for it, we've been pushing it. But there are a couple of sticking points, I understand. So the last word I got back was that it had stalled, the whole process. They [EMI] want something we're not prepared to give them…”