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Guitartabs.com Suspends Under Legal Pressure [by-ear transcription illegal?]
Slashdot ^ | 6/3/2007 | T-ice

Posted on 06/04/2007 6:49:17 AM PDT by TChris

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: copyright; guitartabs; tablature
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To: ReignOfError

I did not know that- thanks!


81 posted on 06/04/2007 1:48:14 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (I would rather vote for Lindsay Lohan than Lindsey Graham.)
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To: TChris
I teach guitar for a living and I go to ultimateguitar for tabs but the other tab sites I use to frequent are closed down. I just tried ultimateguitar now and it too might be closed. Basically the music industry wants you to buy their music books but some artists are not at the point of having music books published, which is a shame if you are looking for their songs.
82 posted on 06/04/2007 2:51:29 PM PDT by Blind Eye Jones
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To: ovrtaxt

“I bought Double Platinum in the 4th grade.”

That was awesome! I was in 5th grade, I think. I thought that was the coolest album in the world, all silver with their faces contoured into the inner part of the double album. Ooo, and Alive II, I swear I wore those records out.


83 posted on 06/04/2007 3:46:50 PM PDT by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: Liberty Valance
you mean even these folk have "intellectual" property?

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84 posted on 06/04/2007 4:06:44 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: L98Fiero

Rock on L98Fiero!


85 posted on 06/04/2007 6:27:00 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (I would rather vote for Lindsay Lohan than Lindsey Graham.)
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To: Liberty Valance

No, they used “Oom papa mow mow,” instead of “Papa Oom mow mow.” Big difference.


86 posted on 06/08/2007 7:46:13 AM PDT by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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To: TChris

ftp.nevada.edu PING! Anyone else ever use that site? I remember downloading Pink Floyd & Queen tabs off of it back in 1991...


87 posted on 06/08/2007 7:50:14 AM PDT by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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