Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the but-how-will-i-know-when-to-change-chords dept.
Gavitron writes "The online Guitar Tablature Archive OLGA.net has been shutdown again, to "ensure that composers and songwriters will continue to have incentive to create new music for generations to come." Scant details exist, but there is more information in forums and blogs."
Examples of the compositions infringed include "Beautiful Day" written by Clayton/Evans/Mullen/Hewson and administered by Universal Music Publishing, and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" written by Lennon/McCarthy and administered by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC.
Isn't it awful? If people keep infringing his copyrights, John Lennon might have to quit music and get a day job! Then where will all the Beatles fans be? They'll be moaning about how they aren't getting any new Beatles music, I'm sure.
Re:Wait a minute...
by
gEvil+(beta)
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I view this as a major win for music fans everywhere. Think about it--the closure of tab sites on the net will result in a reduction in the number of bad cover bands. Either those people will never play music, or they'll be forced to attempt to create their own music. Judging by the talent of most cover bands, I'm guessing it will be the former. End result--less suck in the music world!
[yes, it's a joke. no, i don't think closing tab sites is a good thing.]
Think about it--the closure of tab sites on the net will result in a reduction in the number of bad cover bands.
Nah, we don' need no steenkin' website to show us how to play "Stairway to Heaven" really badly, we can figure it out all by ourselves.
-- Oh no... it's the future.
Wanna really get the RIAA fired up?
by
PeeAitchPee
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· Score: 3, Funny
Take ASCII versions of the tabs and embed them in the mp3 metadata, along with the lyrics. Once released in the wild via.torrent or your favorite p2p app, it's one-stop shopping for starving guitar players.
If the music biz was serious about embracing tech, they'd be selling these files on iTunes / whatever right now -- you could probably sell them for $1 more than the "regular" version of the.mp3. Instead, they bitch and moan about OLGA, shut it down (again) while giving some bullshit excuse (just say you want the publishing revenue already!), and we're exactly where we were ten years ago -- except now you can get.pdf rips of their "official recorded version" tab books that sell for $24.95 or more on eMule etc. for absolutely nothing.
Idiots.
Re:Not 'apparent' at all
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6031769
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This is quite correct. I would further point out that many of the tunes listed on OLGA were neither written nor recorded on a guitar, and therefore all OLGA and their contributors are doing is describing how one might go about performing that work on a guitar. In those cases they are certainly less worthy of the banner of law-breakers than a member of the public openly violating copyright by whistling their favourite tune while walking down the street (not just copyright violation, but public performance no less). Lock up the whistlers now!
-- Burns: We're building a casino!
McAllister: Arrr. Give me 5 minutes.
Re:The day the music died
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minuszero
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were good old boys drinking whisky and rye?
Re:Not 'apparent' at all
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dartarrow
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· Score: 2, Funny
A typical chord file contains something like "G D Em C"
Dude... u just listed the chords for Every Single Green Day song
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Isn't it awful? If people keep infringing his copyrights, John Lennon might have to quit music and get a day job! Then where will all the Beatles fans be? They'll be moaning about how they aren't getting any new Beatles music, I'm sure.
Bogtha Bogtha Bogtha
...shut down all the p2p networks! DOH!
I view this as a major win for music fans everywhere. Think about it--the closure of tab sites on the net will result in a reduction in the number of bad cover bands. Either those people will never play music, or they'll be forced to attempt to create their own music. Judging by the talent of most cover bands, I'm guessing it will be the former. End result--less suck in the music world!
[yes, it's a joke. no, i don't think closing tab sites is a good thing.]
This guy's the limit!
Nah, we don' need no steenkin' website to show us how to play "Stairway to Heaven" really badly, we can figure it out all by ourselves.
Oh no... it's the future.
Take ASCII versions of the tabs and embed them in the mp3 metadata, along with the lyrics. Once released in the wild via .torrent or your favorite p2p app, it's one-stop shopping for starving guitar players.
If the music biz was serious about embracing tech, they'd be selling these files on iTunes / whatever right now -- you could probably sell them for $1 more than the "regular" version of the .mp3. Instead, they bitch and moan about OLGA, shut it down (again) while giving some bullshit excuse (just say you want the publishing revenue already!), and we're exactly where we were ten years ago -- except now you can get .pdf rips of their "official recorded version" tab books that sell for $24.95 or more on eMule etc. for absolutely nothing.
Idiots.
This is quite correct. I would further point out that many of the tunes listed on OLGA were neither written nor recorded on a guitar, and therefore all OLGA and their contributors are doing is describing how one might go about performing that work on a guitar. In those cases they are certainly less worthy of the banner of law-breakers than a member of the public openly violating copyright by whistling their favourite tune while walking down the street (not just copyright violation, but public performance no less). Lock up the whistlers now!
Burns: We're building a casino!
McAllister: Arrr. Give me 5 minutes.
were good old boys drinking whisky and rye?
A typical chord file contains something like "G D Em C"
Dude... u just listed the chords for Every Single Green Day song
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