Mumbai: Nine albums from the late George Harrison`s repertoire have been made available online through retailers such as Apple`s iTunes as the fourth and final member of the Beatles finally went digital.As a group, the Beatles have been among the highest-profile holdouts to putting music online but a recent settlement to a lengthy trademark dispute between Apple and the Beatles` company, Apple Corps Ltd, is seen as finally clearing the way.

Parlophone, part of the EMI music group, announced nine albums including "All Things Must Pass," were now available from all digital service providers and said more would follow online in the new year.

The announcement means that the solo catalogues of all four Beatles are now available digitally.Olivia Harrison said in an interview in June 2007 that she hoped the Beatles` music would be put online by 2008, and Paul McCartney told trade publication Billboard earlier this year that an online deal for the group`s catalogue was "virtually settled."