The problem is that the publishers are correct. The have the legal right to control distribution of the copyrighted content including tabs and words. Before recorded music, the biggest seller was sheet music and this is what they are attempting to protect. Part of the problem is that MPAA and the NMPA/MPA are seperate groups fighting for seperate rights ( and profits ). Where if they were one unified group they might realize that allowing some distribution of sheet music means more mindshare and more lucrative cd and concert sales.
Tabs are convienient for players, but not essential. People would go out and buy music books, people would trade riffs, and beginners would learn from others like they have for far longer than the internet has been around.
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