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I saw this posted on SlashDot<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a link to the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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|———-|————|———-|——-
<\/span>
…just don’t tell them you got the info from me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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