Why the Beatles' bootleg 1963 album is coming to iTunes TuesdayTwo words: Copyright expiration. And then there's the money.
<p>FORTUNE -- "There's still some life in the old download dog yet," wrote Macworld's Joel Mathis last week, reaching for a theme to connect the surprise unleashing of Beyonce's self-titled album last Friday with the scheduled release next Tuesday of
The Beatles: bootleg recordings 1963, both exclusively on iTunes.</p>
<p>To Mathis, it's all about what he sees as the losing battle Apple (AAPL), still
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Why the Beatles' bootleg 1963 album is coming to iTunes Tuesday
