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Threat To Free, Legal Guitar Tablature Online

Posted by kdawson on from the you-would-prefer-piracy? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Recently Hal Leonard Corporation, the world's largest songbook publisher, sent an email to the music publishing and copyright community urging them not to license guitar tablature for free, advertising-supported use online. The email includes a number of factual errors and was potentially very damaging to the potential for a free, legal, and licensed destination for guitar tab online. Musicnotes and MXTabs have posted the full letter along with their response."

2 of 223 comments (clear)

  1. And copyright law says... by iminplaya · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can you feel me now??? HAHAHAHA!!! Bend over, you're mine, baby!

    Nothing to be said that hasn't been said already. Depending who you are, the system works, or it doesn't. For those of you that are getting screwed, you should at least get dinner and a movie out of the deal...And I would expect a kiss, too.

    --
    What?
  2. Re:Infuriating by MichaelKaiserProScri · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So am I violating the license by possessing an unlicensed copy of (read "have memorized") a song?