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Apple and EMI Group will reveal a ground-breaking deal on Monday for Apple to sell the music label’s songs free from copy protection limits, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

The report said music giant EMI plans to sell “significant amounts” of its catalog without anti-piracy software, citing people familiar with the matter, and that the music label is considering not only Apple’s iTunes stores but other outlets.

However, a separate source familiar with the situation told Reuters a Beatles deal was not the focus of Monday’s event. “There is no Beatles’ announcement,” the source said.

EMI has acted as the distributor for the Beatles since the early 1960s, but the Fab Four’s music holding company Apple Corps has been a high-profile hold-out from Internet music services like Apple’s iTunes.

Spokesmen for Apple and EMI declined to comment on the newspaper report.

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