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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. Another pussy website by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Gee, another pussy website caves to the merest hint of legal action. big surprise. If you don't have the balls, just stay on the porch.

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

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

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

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

  5. unless... by CaptainNerdCave · · Score: -1, Troll
    unless you're reverse engineering microsoft products!

    i just sent an email to guitartabs.com telling them i support them and only wish i could do more to help this cause than write essays and hope they get published in something widely distributed