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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. They're shooting themselves in the foot. by qweqwe321 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I really wonder if companies that go on the warpath over internet copyright violations really think in their long-term best interest. Look at the RIAA, for instance. For all of the money they've spent and the lawsuits they've threatened, they're back at square one when it comes to halting internet file sharing. What makes Hal Leonard think that they'll do any better, especially because guitar tabs are just TXT files and arguably even easier to redistribute?

  2. Re:Infuriating by MichaelKaiserProScri · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So when I "distribute" it by playing it (or maybe even humming it) then I am is violation?