Where Did Guitar Tabs Universe Go?
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by: GuitarDan'Adkins
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Why did Balch close the website? Well, there were a variety of reasons combined, but they all culminated from the fact that MPA (Music Publishers' Association) and the NMPA (National Music Publishers' Association) decided that sharing guitar tabs was an infringement on the copyright owned by the writers, producers, and performers of the songs in question.
Guitar Tabs Universe and its owner faced legal action from these organizations citing infringement on copyright. It happened and was quite a shock to the owner. sharing with other people how to learn how to play songs or guitar via the internet is against the ethics of these organizations.
Therefore, in Blach's farewell letter it was focused on. Guitar Tabs Universe was about sharing with others the art of learning how to play the guitar. It was not regarding stealing songs belonging to other people, it was not about infringing on the rights of others, it merely meant using a variety of music and their guitar tabs, Teaching the others how to play.
Rob Blach could not have been more right when he asked how guitar tabs on the internet is so different from being taught songs by a music teacher or helping a friend learn how to play something that was heard on television or your radio. What the MPA and NMPA seem to think is that using the internet as a medium for sharing is crossing the proverbial line.
Guitar Tabs Universe closed it doors because the MPA and NMPA sent threats to the websites ISP or hosting server and the server took action due to these threat. However, as you can plainly see, this has not stopped the world at large from sharing the love of guitar and learning how to play it.
If you somehow think that online guitar tabs are stepping on their rights, then you may as well believe that people everywhere on the internet are committing the same crime. Consider all those who have enjoyed their favorite songs, learning how to play guitar by ear. Think of all those who have helped friends learn songs, and for that matter, all the cover bands and bands just starting out that play other's songs.
So, if you, like many others were looking for the now defunct Guitar Tabs Universe, you now know why it is no longer available. However, the idea lives on as evident by the many guitar tabs websites available all across the internet.
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