MPA TO NON-U.S. ASPIRING GUITAR PLAYERS: “F*CK YOU!”

Nevermind stopping the rampant torrenting of music and movies, visiting .rar blogs or uploading copyrighted content to YouTube… guitar tabs are obviously a scourge on the world and need to be eliminated immediately! So sayeth the Music Publishers Association who have now made it impossible for those based outside the U.S. to shred along with their favorite song on a number of sites.

Yeah, this makes sense. Let’s stop kids from learning to play guitar and let’s actively discourage them from becoming active music consumers. Brilliant idea, guys. Typical of the short-sighted approach the industry is taking these days… never mind the future, let’s just worry about making money RIGHT NOW!

Admittedly, I know very little about the publishing industry and how it works. Why would an Internet user’s location matter for viewing a guitar tab online; do the artists get paid a small royalty when a U.S. citizen views their tab but not when a person based somewhere else does? Perhaps a savvy MS commenter can fill us all in.

-VN

Thanks: Patton