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Guitartabs.com Suspends Under Legal Pressure

Posted by kdawson on from the not-another-mpaa dept.

Music publishers are stepping up their campaign to remove guitar tablature from the Net. Recently Guitartabs.com received a nastygram from lawyers for the National Music Publishers Association and The Music Publishers Association of America. These organizations want to stretch the definition of their intellectual property to include by-ear transcriptions of music. Guitartabs.com is currently not offering tablature while the owner evaluates his legal options.

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  1. kind of figures by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 0, Troll

    musicians smoke too much pot and drink excessively all the while stealing from society, retiring from their glamorous lives into a perpetual state of welfare state addiction. About time somebody did something about these cultural bloodsuckers.

  2. ooh, watch out! by ImTheDarkcyde · · Score: 0, Troll

    we called a legal threat a "nastygram"- they're sure to take us serious now!

  3. Oh Nos!@#&( by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now all the kiddies might actually have to learn to read music or identify pitch.