you are a criminal if you post tabs!!

zazz · #1 09-01-2006, 08:38 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5305520.stm

i dont think listening to a record ...working out how to play it and then throwing down the tabs and posting it on a site is breaking any law....any more than humming a well known chart tune to somone else is breaking the law...

...or maybe it is?

zazz · #2 09-01-2006, 08:41 PM

http://www.bassmasta.net/users/browse.php

maybe you should dload now before its all gone.

KeithBMI · #3 09-01-2006, 08:43 PM

I bought G#... no one is aloud to use that note.

morf · #4 09-01-2006, 08:48 PM

The greed of some makes the laughs of many

**bassman314** · #5 09-01-2006, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KeithBMI

I bought G#... no one is aloud to use that note.

Your alleged trademark on G# infringes on my patent on A-flat.. Please cease and desist using G#, or I will be forced to bring legal action against you.

Alternately, for the price of a new Roscoe, you can purchase a license agreement to use G#...

iplaybassguitar · #6 09-01-2006, 09:08 PM

i think it is kind of bs that they say its copyright infringement...however...how necessary are tabs really? theyre really not. pretty much any artist you will ever look up tabs for starting playing guitar or bass or whatever before the internet was in widespread use, and well before hundreds of tab sites existed...so if they got good enough to do the stuff they did, WITHOUT tabs, why cant we just sit down and listen to the music and figure it out ourselves???oh wait, we can!

it really will help you as a musician to just sit down and listen to the song, rather than reading fake musical notation that probably isnt right anyway.

Snarf · #7 09-01-2006, 10:41 PM

I think this is totally cool, but for a different reason. Tabs are a musical crime far more than they are a legal one. DEATH TO TAB.

lemur821 · #8 09-02-2006, 01:18 AM

Technically, copyright infringement wouldn't be a criminal offence, would it? That's why they sue rather than have a sending-people-to-jail trial. If it were criminal, then they'd just turn you in for that then use that case's outcome as the basis for their civil suit.

As I understand it anyway.

_Cthulhu_ · #9 09-02-2006, 01:30 AM

I believe tabs can hurt one's musical ability if they focus only on tabs.. But still, this is wrong..

Tabs are fun sometimes when you're just bored and want to play along with a song you don't know... It's fast and easy to follow as long as you have the instrument know-how and some basic music skills...

How they can say these tabs are illegal and such is beyond me.

Poop-Loops · #10 09-02-2006, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snarf

I think this is totally cool, but for a different reason. Tabs are a musical crime far more than they are a legal one. DEATH TO TAB.

Are you saying you expect a sudden surge of people posting transcribed music in standard notation? Or that it's better to have nothing than tabs?

Pretty soon you'll have to join the Musician Guild before you can even think about music. After all, somebody thought of it first, and they deserve your money for it.

anonymous278347457 · #11 09-02-2006, 02:28 AM

whats next?

"GUITAR TABS PROVED TO CAUSE VIOLENT CRIMES IN SCHOOLS"

"SERIAL KILLAR TRAINS ON GUITAR TABS BEFORE SHOOTING 10 CHILDREN"

its gonna be jack thompson with videogames all over again

GertyX · #12 09-02-2006, 02:37 AM

Is it actually possible to read tabs then? I always thought they were for decoration and served no useful purpose!

Poop-Loops · #13 09-02-2006, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedonutman

whats next?

"GUITAR TABS PROVED TO CAUSE VIOLENT CRIMES IN SCHOOLS"

"SERIAL KILLAR TRAINS ON GUITAR TABS BEFORE SHOOTING 10 CHILDREN"

its gonna be jack thompson with videogames all over again

That made my day.

Good night.

bassist 4 life · #14 09-02-2006, 02:59 AM

one word, Revolution!

SOA_bassist · #15 09-02-2006, 03:03 AM

" COMET HITS EARTH! MPA SAYS IT IS BECAUSE A 12 YEAR OLD DOWNLOADED TABS TO A FALLOUT BOY SONG! "

_Cthulhu_ · #16 09-02-2006, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SOA_bassist

" COMET HITS EARTH! MPA SAYS IT IS BECAUSE A 12 YEAR OLD DOWNLOADED TABS TO A FALLOUT BOY SONG! "

Tabs... and Emo music's best friend... although I don't think you'd even need tabs to play some of that 'emo' stuff..

ostrich · #17 09-02-2006, 03:55 AM

wil this make the board game battleships illegal or an enigma machine for guitarist

**Vorago** · #18 09-02-2006, 04:38 AM

The fact is, tabs contain only notes, but don't give info on rhythm, speed, measurement, piano, forte, etc etc. You won't be able to play a bassline you don't know with only tabs.

Bman83 · #19 09-02-2006, 04:48 AM

This really sucks. I don't see the big deal. Tabs submitted are ideas from peoples opinion's of what the particular song is. I don't see how that's a legal issue with copyrights. It's ridicules. Tabs can be a good aid to people trying to play a certain song.

Some day the entire internet's going to be illegal.

Crazyeelboy · #20 09-02-2006, 06:26 AM

This could be an interesting case from a legal standpoing - are these informal tabs really infringements or interpretations?

I can see the publishers' point that online free tabs could kill the sales of official tabs and sheet music, but the music publishers have not really attacked the market with available "official" tabs. My guess is that they have lost around $0 from sales of sheet music due to tabs posted on line. It would be one thing if they would actually compete by providing official products at reasonable prices, but for the time being, they just want to play the Grinch.