Tyrion Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4508158.stm To summarize, pretty much the music industry wants to shut down sites that give lyrics and musical tablature out for free. Tabs, for those uninformed, are pretty much standard internet notation for music; transcribed to writing by ear from people who get no profit out of the deal. Lets people new to playing an instrument have an easier time playing their favorite songs. But yeah, that's illegal now. Why? Because it steals from artists. You know what? Everything ****ing steals from artists! From listening to records, to whistling a tune, to composing your own freaking songs, you're all stealing from the artists and you're dirty little thieves. You know how to play guitar? You're taking money from My Chemical Romance or Mariah Carey when you do perform your own songs, you little asshole. Now the only form of notation will be in books. Ones you have to buy. Because the RIAA needs money to pay for the lawyers shelling out all these lawsuits against Suzie Q. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 That is so freaking retarded. What idiots. I happen to look up lyrics when they aren't included with the album, or for pasting into my sig. I don't see what their freaking problem is. It's not like we're stealing their music; we're not downloading it for free, we're just enjoying it. Jerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 *puts lyrics in his sig* SUCKERS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 But tablature was my first love! *cries* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Saw this coming, since they said they'd get this done a few months ago. Once again, I was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneMan Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Wait, wait Downloading Music READING MUSIC LYRICS What's next? ><" This is bull****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90SK Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I...didn't see this coming. Geez, what about the lyrics you can't buy? What if a song is totally not circulated in the U.S., and the only source of lyrics is some guy's webpage who listens to the song a lot? *sob* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted December 19, 2005 Author Share Posted December 19, 2005 I...didn't see this coming. Geez, what about the lyrics you can't buy? What if a song is totally not circulated in the U.S., and the only source of lyrics is some guy's webpage who listens to the song a lot? *sob* Those are unaffected, I think. This is more towards songs recorded or reproduced in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneMan Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I...didn't see this coming. Geez, what about the lyrics you can't buy? What if a song is totally not circulated in the U.S., and the only source of lyrics is some guy's webpage who listens to the song a lot? *sob* Tough **** :S I don't think it's a true artical though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90SK Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Why would you think that? It's from a reliable source, and it's been discussed with sincerity before. Despite it's outrageous nature, I think they're dead serious. @Tyrion: That's good to hear. Though really, there are so many small sites like that: they can't shut them all down. So I suppose even if they are affected I'll still come out with something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Why don't they just stop making music, because the poor record companies only loose money whenever they put out a song. They should just freaking stop, stupid assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Oh bitch, they want my tabs, they're gonna have to rip them out of my cold dead fingers I play the drums, and although I mostly play songs by ear, I've learned alot of songs using, that's right, online tabs. I will stop buying music alltogether. I'm not one to download a whole album, but if they do this, **** that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Why is this a big surprise? They had a big blitz on all these tabs sits about 5 years ago. I remember them trying to shut down OLGA, but i think it moved its severs to some obscure country or something. Its like the recent Sony DRM problems, or the fact that when i tried to buy an mp3 player for my sister for xmas I couldn't get one that would work on everything, because they all have their own forms of mutually exclusive DRM on them. Or that I want to copy all my dvds onto a portable media player to watch myself while travelling, but to do so is a complete hassle and probably illegal. Or that if I own a song on CD its illegal for me to make a ring tone of it. Or resell Half Life 2. I blame the politicians, they let these people talk them into so many things they shouldn't have due to this fear of piracy, and now we all suffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 That is f*cked up. Now I can't get tabs for my bass. Assholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Follow up: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/warner_chappell_pearlyrics_apology/ Though that isn't anything to do with the MPA, merely the initial Warner Chappell vs PearLyrics. The problem is that no-one ever has the guts (or money) to take any of these actions to court, so whatever the MPA/MPAA/RIAA says becomes the law by default. On a related note, i find this quite funny: In entertainment news, Washington's most popular lobbying outfit, the Motion Picture Ass. of America (MPAA), has given the kiss of death, otherwise known as an NC-17 rating, to a documentary movie critical of - you guessed it, the MPAA. The movie, entitled This Film Is Not Yet Rated, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and will be aired on the Independent Film Channel. MPAA says that it axed the movie due to "some graphic sexual content". Quite a few movie theaters and video rental outfits refuse to carry NC-17 movies, so only a very small number of people will be perverted by its erotic naughtiness, or its skepticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 The thing is, the MPA/MPAA/RIAA target people they know are incapable of hiring sufficient legal counsel. Ever read the statements made by the people being taken to court? "I can't afford this, I can barely afford to pay for my house and kids." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightNinja Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 That is f*cked up. Now I can't get tabs for my bass. Assholes. Me neither for my guitar, and i bought it last week...>< mother****ers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneMan Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The reason I don't think this is true is because that SAME SITE had a news article about AUSTRIALIAN SCIENTISTS CREATING REAL CERBERUS DOG'S FROM RESIDENT EVIL. <<" That's why I don't believe a damn thing they say. I'd give you proof on the article, but I can't find it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 The reason I don't think this is true is because that SAME SITE had a news article about AUSTRIALIAN SCIENTISTS CREATING REAL CERBERUS DOG'S FROM RESIDENT EVIL. <<" That's why I don't believe a damn thing they say. I'd give you proof on the article, but I can't find it again. Uh, no they didn't. They talked about how scientists brought a dog back to life after it was clinically dead for 5 minutes using some crazy method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie™ Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Yeah, this was an article in one of the largest Norwegian newspapers as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Lets go on national TV and hum a copyrighted song everyone! *We all get fined* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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