i felt like the biggest asshole when i killed rock and roll

[kaiko00]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4508158.stm

Tabs are illegal now?! How fucking obnoxious. How am I ever going to learn a song again?

...Anyway, happy new year everyone.

Comments

[hvincent]

D:

I don't see how song lyric repositories are violating copyright. Would it also be illegal to post song lyrics in like, LJ or something, too?

Fucking music industry is insane. OH EM GEE NOT THE RECORD SALES SAVE OUR MONEY.

[kaiko00]

The lyrics part I really don't get. The tabs, I guess, hurts sheet music sales, but that's kind of a stretch... a lot of tabs are written by 14 year olds who don't know how to tune their guitars, so if you were serious about learning something, you'd probably buy sheet music anyway. Plus a lot of bands don't even publish sheet music. Rageragerage.

It just worries me, because if they can get away with this kind of logic, what else is going to be deemed illegal?

[hvincent]

Fansites :D