Online tab sites to be shut down.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 3:54 am
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4508158.stm
Mxtabs.net has already gone
This is just plain stupid. First off, it's not detracting from the artists' income, because 99.9% of artists don't have "official" tab books for sale. So it's not like people would be getting the music from anywhere else. When the majority of artists get their own purchasable music books, THEN they can start complaining about online tabs.
Secondly, it's just one person's interpretation of the song. And then that shared! What, do they think that people are going to download the tab and lyrics, learn to play it on their guitar and sing it and then not bother to buy the song itself?
And thirdly, they're shutting down tab sites for ALL instruments. I have never seen an official "artist" drum tab book. If they're going to remove my "illegal" means of obtaining sheet music to play on the drums, I'd at least ask for a legal means in the first place.
Mxtabs.net has already gone
This is just plain stupid. First off, it's not detracting from the artists' income, because 99.9% of artists don't have "official" tab books for sale. So it's not like people would be getting the music from anywhere else. When the majority of artists get their own purchasable music books, THEN they can start complaining about online tabs.
Secondly, it's just one person's interpretation of the song. And then that shared! What, do they think that people are going to download the tab and lyrics, learn to play it on their guitar and sing it and then not bother to buy the song itself?
And thirdly, they're shutting down tab sites for ALL instruments. I have never seen an official "artist" drum tab book. If they're going to remove my "illegal" means of obtaining sheet music to play on the drums, I'd at least ask for a legal means in the first place.
