Samurai Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 The music industry is to extend its copyright war by taking legal action against websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics. The Music Publishers' Association (MPA), which represents US sheet music companies, will launch its first campaign against such sites in 2006. MPA president Lauren Keiser said he wanted site owners to be jailed. He said unlicensed guitar tabs and song scores were widely available on the internet but were "completely illegal". Mr Keiser said he did not just want to shut websites and impose fines, saying if authorities can "throw in some jail time I think we'll be a little more effective"News Source: BBC - Further Reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 The music industry is to extend its copyright war by taking legal action against websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics. The Music Publishers' Association (MPA), which represents US sheet music companies, will launch its first campaign against such sites in 2006. MPA president Lauren Keiser said he wanted site owners to be jailed. He said unlicensed guitar tabs and song scores were widely available on the internet but were "completely illegal". Mr Keiser said he did not just want to shut websites and impose fines, saying if authorities can "throw in some jail time I think we'll be a little more effective"News Source: BBC - Further Readingthis is the stupidest thing I have ever heard, most tabs that are available are from people who write them themselves, not taken from a music book. Same with the lyrics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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