Paul McCartney says, don't expect to see the Beatles catalog on iTunes in the near future.  McCartney says that Apple and record label EMI could not come to an agreement on terms related to the bands catalog and download services.

"That is constantly being talked of. We'd like to do it," said McCartney. "What happens is, when something's as big as The Beatles, it's heavy negotiations."

McCartney went on to say, "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. EMI want something we're not prepared to give them. Hey, sounds like the music business. It's between EMI and the Beatles. What else is new."

McCartney plans on releasing a new recording under the name Fireman, which will be released through an indie label, instead of EMI, in which the former Beatle left in 2007.  McCartney stated that he was happy that he left EMI, "I think the majors at the moment -- I'm not dissing them, but I don't think they really know what's going on,....with the download culture, they are floundering a little bit.  I think I was right at that time, because right after that EMI got sold, so I would have been in the middle of a sale situation. The other thing is, they've got so many people on their books. Like it or not, you're just one of them. It's not a great situation. You like to feel like you're among friends so that was why I ended up going independent. And this time it's kind of even more indie."