A California company called BlueBeat has been selling MP3 tracks for 25 cents each and streaming them for free. Online music retail is pretty much old news, though the price point is low enough to attract attention. But as Macworld’s Jonathan Seff wrote, the site is also selling the Beatles’ catalog — without a license. Seff pointed out that the site’s terms of use say that if users feel that the music posted to the site has been uploaded in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, then they can contact the people running the site to have it removed.

There’s also a warning, Seff said, that false accusations can be penalized under the DMCA.

Well, apparently EMI, the company that owns the rights to the Beatles’ catalog, filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement and had a temporary restraining order granted to stop the site from continuing its business.