Comments on: Tab and Lyric Sites Close in Face of Crackdown by Publishers http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:41:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rick http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-385067 Rick Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:17:50 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/#comment-385067 I'm a musician and 51 years old. I've watched so many musicians get ripped off by record labels and publishers it isn't funny. So I have to laugh when they say they are protecting the artists. Tabs are not copyrighted music. They are musical shorthand. Many of them on these sights are not even correct or totally correct. These guys are making them selves extinct in the age of technology. They think this will help them it won't. They are alienating that kid that buys an album from his favorite band and just wants to learn some of their songs and does not have a fortune to spend to do it. The times are a changining get used to it !!! I’m a musician and 51 years old. I’ve watched so many musicians get ripped off by record labels and publishers it isn’t funny. So I have to laugh when they say they are protecting the artists. Tabs are not copyrighted music. They are musical shorthand. Many of them on these sights are not even correct or totally correct. These guys are making them selves extinct in the age of technology. They think this will help them it won’t. They are alienating that kid that buys an album from his favorite band and just wants to learn some of their songs and does not have a fortune to spend to do it. The times are a changining get used to it !!!

]]> By: Will E http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-29823 Will E Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:43:04 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/#comment-29823 I wrote the name of a song down on a piece of paper the other day...I hope I don't get sued...without these tab sites, I wouldn't be as good as I am on the guitar(still learning-self taught). I wrote the name of a song down on a piece of paper the other day…I hope I don’t get sued…without these tab sites, I wouldn’t be as good as I am on the guitar(still learning-self taught).

]]> By: Don M http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-11037 Don M Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:59:45 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/#comment-11037 Has there been any update in the news on this? Any suits filed by the music industry yet? I was thinking of starting a tab site to promote some of my music-related blogs, but now maybe not. Who knows. Thanks for the heads up ... -dm Has there been any update in the news on this? Any suits filed by the music industry yet?

I was thinking of starting a tab site to promote some of my music-related blogs, but now maybe not. Who knows.

Thanks for the heads up … -dm

]]> By: tristan http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 tristan Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:37:20 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/#comment-2080 "What if we turned the problem entirely on its head, and started with what artists wanted?" Well, it seems that one of my favorite artists, Ted Leo (of such exploits as Chisel and, his current band, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) is doing just that. "<strong>TABS DON'T KILL THE MUSIC INDUSTRY...</strong> ...The music industry kills the music industry. I don't do tabs, but in anticipation of the inevitable, I'm requesting that those who HAVE done them, send them my way so that I can start archiving them (after CORRECTING them, you sloppy punks! -ed.) for an eventual offical tablature site. As I receive them, I'll start listing what I have and what I need. Thanks! Remember, when tabs are illegal, only criminals will have tabs. 27 Jan 2006" -Tristan “What if we turned the problem entirely on its head, and started with what artists wanted?”

Well, it seems that one of my favorite artists, Ted Leo (of such exploits as Chisel and, his current band, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) is doing just that.

“TABS DON’T KILL THE MUSIC INDUSTRY…

…The music industry kills the music industry.
I don’t do tabs, but in anticipation of the inevitable, I’m requesting that those who HAVE done them, send them my way so that I can start archiving them (after CORRECTING them, you sloppy punks! -ed.) for an eventual offical tablature site. As I receive them, I’ll start listing what I have and what I need. Thanks!
Remember, when tabs are illegal, only criminals will have tabs.

27 Jan 2006″

-Tristan

]]> By: admin http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-2079 admin Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:45:26 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/#comment-2079 To be clear: part of the reason for the fuss is that this is the printed music publishers, not the music labels. Different licensing, different companies, and, most significantly -- different fees. I think the score publishers have decided they want a piece of the action. To be clear: part of the reason for the fuss is that this is the printed music publishers, not the music labels. Different licensing, different companies, and, most significantly — different fees. I think the score publishers have decided they want a piece of the action.

]]> By: carmen http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 carmen Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:59:48 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/01/07/tab-and-lyric-sites-close-in-face-of-crackdown-by-publishers/#comment-2078 this is too funny...cracking down on ASCII text. maybe they can add a 95 cent surcharge onto CDs to pay for this.. maybe they'll strongarm google into removing all the old USENet posts containing tabs while theyre at it, and pester archive.org,, anything to do some actual A&R for the first time in a few decades.. this is too funny…cracking down on ASCII text. maybe they can add a 95 cent surcharge onto CDs to pay for this..

maybe they’ll strongarm google into removing all the old USENet posts containing tabs while theyre at it, and pester archive.org,,

anything to do some actual A&R for the first time in a few decades..

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