I saw this posted on SlashDot earlier this week.

Music publishers are stepping up their campaign to remove guitar tablature from the Net. Recently Guitartabs.com received a nastygram from lawyers for the National Music Publishers Association and The Music Publishers Association of America. These organizations want to stretch the definition of their intellectual property to include by-ear transcriptions of music. Guitartabs.com is currently not offering tablature while the owner evaluates his legal options.

Here’s a link to the story.

I just want you to know, if someone asks you for the main riff to Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water”, and you say…

e|———-|————|———-|——-
B|———-|————|———-|——-
G|–0–3–5-|–0–3–6-5-|–0–3–5-|–3–0-
D|–0–3–5-|–0–3–6-5-|–0–3–5-|–3–0-
A|———-|————|———-|——-
E|———-|————|———-|——-

…just don’t tell them you got the info from me.