According to the L.A. Times, and what I picked up on CNN last night, Apple still needs to work out the details with record label EMI, as well as Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the heirs of John Lennon and George Harrison. But it appears with this latest development, which was really the last barrier between the Beatles and the information super highway, we may be that much closer to having the Beatles on the go. The Beatles have been one of a small handful of long time holdouts that would not allow their music to be licensed for download though some solo work by McCartney and Starr is available on iTunes.

Part of the issue has been a bitter trademark conflict between Apple Computer Inc. and Apple Corps, a multimedia corporation founded in January 1968 by the Beatles themselves. Apparently Apple Inc. has reached a settlement in the case giving them ownership of the trademarks related to “Apple” with the condition that they will license some of them to Apple Corps.

Both Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., and Neal Aspinall, manager of Apple Corps, echoed each other’s sentiments both stating they were glad it’s over and behind them so both companies could move on.

Now that this dispute is behind them there really remains no other reason to to not move forward with adding The Beatles music to iTunes. It seems all indicators and both company heads’ comments about “moving forward” are pointing in that direction.