Id like to take this time to actually say something of worldly value.
The MPA (Music Publishers' Association) has successfully lobbied to ban guitar tabs and lyrics posted on the internet, stating that this is a violation of copyright law. I found this out when i decided to log onto mxtabs.net, but instead was directed to musicianforums.com.
Let me ask this question:
How the fuck are these ppl and these sites capitalizing off free tabs? I mean pirating is one thing, but trying to understand wat people are saying on songs, or trying to learn how to play them? How are these sites directly taking away money from recording studios or the artists themselves?
If the argument is that these sites are giving people the means to capitalize on playing these songs in public, they how come they allow movie rentals to continue? They pay for rental licenses, but how do they know that the renter isnt showing them to a huge group of people? There is about the same amount of chance for either situation to occur, so why all of a sudden are lyrics and tabs a problem? Its only copyright infringement when you infringe on copyrights.
If the argument is that artists want to sell their books of sheet music, it takes forever for these things to come out on the market, and many artists choose not to sell these things. If I decided to listen to a song over and over, and figure out a way to play it, then that is my intellectual property because I interpreted the song. These online tab databases are especially helpful when a new song is released by your favorite artist, and want to know how to play it. If there arent any books available of sheet music, then nobody is copying anything out of a fucking book. And even if there are people who copy them out of books and put them online, it cant be hurting the companies too much because, honestly, these sheet music books arent that popular, and hardly anyone buys them. Why havent the music companies set up an iTunes equivalent to free tabs then? Now I am left without a true alternative: something that is quick and fast and pertains to new songs.
If the argument is that the lack of sheet music sales is hurting artists, thats pretty much utter bullshit. The only sheet music books you see in stores are those of already successful artists, thus proving that only well off bands can market this type of product in the type of way an average person can go down to guitar center and pick it up. Small artists, supposedly squashed by these online tab forums, arent able to market their sheet music anyway. And if they are marketing it. Where? Obviously not in a place i can find it. Most bands dont even market their tablature on their merchandise sites. I cannot just go down to Foxes and get music from any obscure artist or even a popular band like SOAD. I cant get the newest System of a Down tablature when i hear a new song on the radio, because their sheet music hasnt come out yet.
Allowing people to be more involved with an artist's music should definitely not be infringed upon, it should even be encouraged by these fucking music conglomerates, it could potentially make them an extra few bucks by causing people to go buy more music. (like they need the money anyway)
I for one, would never have been interested in guitar if I couldnt have looked up, printed, and played the music that i heard off the radio, and so I believe that these companies are suffocating a good thing for a completely pointless reason.
If these companies are really worried about profits, then they should eliminate the cost of paying for these lobbying groups to get this type of bullshit legislated.
THE END
The MPA (Music Publishers' Association) has successfully lobbied to ban guitar tabs and lyrics posted on the internet, stating that this is a violation of copyright law. I found this out when i decided to log onto mxtabs.net, but instead was directed to musicianforums.com.
Let me ask this question:
How the fuck are these ppl and these sites capitalizing off free tabs? I mean pirating is one thing, but trying to understand wat people are saying on songs, or trying to learn how to play them? How are these sites directly taking away money from recording studios or the artists themselves?
If the argument is that these sites are giving people the means to capitalize on playing these songs in public, they how come they allow movie rentals to continue? They pay for rental licenses, but how do they know that the renter isnt showing them to a huge group of people? There is about the same amount of chance for either situation to occur, so why all of a sudden are lyrics and tabs a problem? Its only copyright infringement when you infringe on copyrights.
If the argument is that artists want to sell their books of sheet music, it takes forever for these things to come out on the market, and many artists choose not to sell these things. If I decided to listen to a song over and over, and figure out a way to play it, then that is my intellectual property because I interpreted the song. These online tab databases are especially helpful when a new song is released by your favorite artist, and want to know how to play it. If there arent any books available of sheet music, then nobody is copying anything out of a fucking book. And even if there are people who copy them out of books and put them online, it cant be hurting the companies too much because, honestly, these sheet music books arent that popular, and hardly anyone buys them. Why havent the music companies set up an iTunes equivalent to free tabs then? Now I am left without a true alternative: something that is quick and fast and pertains to new songs.
If the argument is that the lack of sheet music sales is hurting artists, thats pretty much utter bullshit. The only sheet music books you see in stores are those of already successful artists, thus proving that only well off bands can market this type of product in the type of way an average person can go down to guitar center and pick it up. Small artists, supposedly squashed by these online tab forums, arent able to market their sheet music anyway. And if they are marketing it. Where? Obviously not in a place i can find it. Most bands dont even market their tablature on their merchandise sites. I cannot just go down to Foxes and get music from any obscure artist or even a popular band like SOAD. I cant get the newest System of a Down tablature when i hear a new song on the radio, because their sheet music hasnt come out yet.
Allowing people to be more involved with an artist's music should definitely not be infringed upon, it should even be encouraged by these fucking music conglomerates, it could potentially make them an extra few bucks by causing people to go buy more music. (like they need the money anyway)
I for one, would never have been interested in guitar if I couldnt have looked up, printed, and played the music that i heard off the radio, and so I believe that these companies are suffocating a good thing for a completely pointless reason.
If these companies are really worried about profits, then they should eliminate the cost of paying for these lobbying groups to get this type of bullshit legislated.
THE END
posted by returntocenter at 7:08 PM
3 Comments:
from a distance this entry seemed a bit over my head.
but that was just because i was standing in a valley.
ill read this one day!
hrmnmmmmmmmmmmmmm
should there be more birds
concur ?
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