Tablature is great for learning to play songs without having to learn
sheet music. With pressure from the MPA and sheet music organisations
Mxtabs, one of the greatest tab resources was forced to close despite
over $3000 per month in sales of licensed sheet music via their links.

Ugh. This is so freaking stupid. I can see why the RIAA is going after people for sharing songs. I mean, artists put a ton of blood, sweat and tears into songs. If they’re signed and don’t make the money back through sales, the label drops them. If they’re indipendant, they just don’t recoop the money they spent to produce the album (usually in the $10k ballpark for your average indipendant album).

However.. I don’t see a reason to not let people share how they play a song. It isn’t sharing the song… you can’t hear it… you can’t download the song… heck, maybe you can’t even play it. It’s just how another person plays a song.

If anything this would lead to more sales for the artist and record label. Heck, it leads to more sales for tablature books.

The music industry isn’t about the music any more. It’s about money.

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