ビートルズの曲が流されているインターネット・ラジオ番組をポッドキャスト形式で配信するという計画が白紙に戻ってしまった。楽曲の一部権利者と締結した契約に違反することが判明したためと英 Daily Star 紙(電子版)が伝えた。無料配信が計画されていたのは2007年にノルウェーのラジオ局 NRK が放送したインターネットラジオ番組「Our Daily Beatles」。番組の中では出演者たちが自分の好きなビートルズの曲について語った後、それらの曲が流されている。ところが、この計画は同番組が権利者の一部と締結した契約に違反することが判明。契約ではビートルズの曲が流されているポッドキャストを配信する場合、過去4週間に放送されたものに限定するなどの内容が定められており、計画はやむなく白紙撤回されたようだ。ラジオ局側は「(権利者との)交渉を現在進めています。このこともあり、弊社担当の弁護士から“現時点では計画を白紙に戻すように”助言されました。このような結果になったのは不本意ですが、契約に違反する訳にはいかないのです」と声明を発表した。
Blog 記事を投稿した6日夜(日本時間)時点では RSS 情報(番組タイトル情報など)を取り込めましたが、その後 Podcast 配信が中止になったようで7日夜には RSS 情報は空っぽになっていました。参考までに NRK が2007年にインターネット・ラジオ番組 Var daglige Beatles で放送したビートルズの楽曲を以下に掲載します。
A Day in the Life A Hard Day's Night A Taste Of Honey Across the Universe Act Naturally Ain't She Sweet All I've Got to Do All My Loving All Together Now All You Need Is Love And I Love Her And Your Bird Can Sing Anna (Go to Him) Another Girl Any Time at All Ask Me Why Baby It's You Baby You're a Rich Man Baby's in Black Back in the U.S.S.R. Bad Boy Because Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite Birthday Blackbird Blue Jay Way Boys Can't Buy Me Love Chains Christmas Time (Is Here Again) Come Together Cry Baby Cry Cry for a Shadow Day Tripper Dear Prudence Devil In Her Heart Dig a Pony Dig It og Maggie Mae Dizzy Miss Lizzy Do You Want to Know a Secret? Doctor Robert Don't Bother Me Don't Let Me Down Don't Pass Me By Drive My Car Eight Days a Week Eleanor Rigby Every Little Thing Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby Fixing a Hole Flying For No One For You Blue Free As a Bird From Me to You Get Back Getting Better Girl Glass Onion Golden Slumbers & Carry that Weight Good Day Sunshine Good Morning Good Morning Good Night Got to Get You Into My Life Happiness Is a Warm Gun Hello Goodbye Help! Helter Skelter Her Majesty Here Comes the Sun Here, There and Everywhere Hey Bulldog Hey Jude Hold Me Tight Honey Don't Honey Pie I Am The Walrus I Call Your Name I Don't Want to Spoil the Party I Feel Fine I Me Mine I Need You I Saw Her Standing There I Should Have Known Better I Wanna Be Your Man I Want to Hold Your Hand I Want to Tell You I Want you (She's So Heavy) I Will If I Fell If I Needed Someone I'll Be Back I'll Cry Instead I'll Follow the Sun I'll Get You I'm a Loser I'm Down I'm Happy Just to Dance With You I'm Looking Through You I'm Only Sleeping I'm So Tired In My Life It Won't Be Long It's All Too Much It's Only Love I've Got a Feeling I've Just Seen a Face Julia Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey Lady Madonna Let it Be Little Child Long Tall Sally Long, Long, Long Love Me Do Love You To Lovely Rita Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Magical Mystery Tour Martha My Dear Matchbox Maxwell's Silver Hammer Mean Mr. Mustard Michelle Misery Money Mother Nature's Son Mr. Moonlight No Reply Norwegian Wood Not a Second Time Nowhere Man Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Octopus's Garden Oh! Darling Old Brown Shoe One After 909 Only a Northern Song P.S. I Love You Paperback Writer Penny Lane Piggies Please Mister Postman Please Please Me Polythene Pam Rain Real Love Revolution Revolution 9 Rock and Roll Music Rocky Raccoon Roll Over Beethoven Run For Your Life Savoy Truffle Sexy Sadie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band She Came in Through the Bathroom Window She Loves You She Said She Said She's a Woman She's Leaving Home Slow Down Something Strawberry Fields Forever Sun King Taxman Tell Me What You See Tell Me Why Thank You Girl The Ballad of John and Yoko The Continuing Story of Bungalow... The End The Fool on the Hill The Inner Light The Long and Winding Road The Night Before The Word There's a Place Things We Said Today Think for Yourself This Boy Ticket to Ride Till There Was You Tomorrow Never Knows Twist and Shout Two of Us Wait We Can Work It Out What Goes On What You're Doing When I Get Home When I'm Sixty-Four While My Guitar Gently Weeps Why Don't We Do It in the Road? Wild Honey Pie With a Little Help From My Friends Within You, Without You Words of Love Yellow Submarine Yer Blues Yes It Is Yesterday You Can't Do That You Know my Name (Look up the Number) You Like Me Too Much You Never Give me your Money You Really Got a Hold on Me You Won't See Me Your Mother Should Know You're Going to Lose That Girl You've Got to Hide Your Love Away