If you hadn’t noticed, I haven’t posted any new guitar tabs in quite a while. Why is this? I don’t have a simple answer for you.
The complex answer is that tabulature is on the fence of legality. Don’t get me wrong, I see absolutely no problem with people sharing guitar tabs. The issue here is that the MPA believes that fan-made tabulature violates copyrights.
I disagree with them 100%. And keep in mind, the artists themselves aren’t even the ones upset.
Unfortunately, going to court is expensive. Really really, expensive. The truth is that the American justice system is setup so that those with the deepest pockets have the greatest advantage. There is no way that I could compete with the MPA monetarilly in court.
Hopefully, one day, the MPA will be overthrown and guitar tabs will be upheld under freedom of speech. Until then my friends… until then…
Its so ridiculous too, because a lot of big bands will set up a tab section on their website, where the contributors for the tablature are the fans themselves. Maybe this explains why I generally teach my own riffs to people, hehe!