Submitting tabs to the U2 Guitar Archive...

noneal · 11-11-2004, 08:25 PM

If you would like your tabs posted in the U2 Guitar Archive, please email them to me at noneal@imt.net in addition to posting them here on this forum.

Thanks!
nathan

The_Edge89 · 12-19-2004, 08:12 AM

Nathan,
Do you think the archive will return?

Canadiens1160 · 03-22-2005, 01:13 PM

God I hope so, I really really miss that resiource

The Lemon · 05-02-2005, 02:12 PM

wat happened to the archive?

the rockin edge · 05-02-2005, 09:17 PM

when the lawyers from universal came around (last fall) they made interference take down the lyrics and tab

Muad'zin · 05-26-2005, 05:09 PM

To bad I'm not a billionaire. I'd countersue those lawyers for decades. I'm pretty sure they are mostly scare tactics and get blown away if it came to court. To bad most people and sites harassed this way don't have the money to take them on legally.

bfoster88 · 07-04-2005, 02:58 AM

I thought U2 were all for the sharing of their music? Surely posting a tab is nothing when compared to bootlegging gigs?

Theedge070 · 08-31-2005, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bfoster88
I thought U2 were all for the sharing of their music? Surely posting a tab is nothing when compared to bootlegging gigs?

The live gigs aren't copywritten, the music tabulature is, though.

Miricale_Drug · 09-03-2005, 12:46 PM

its like downloading music. Have you noticed that not one case has actually got to court yet? They've all been settled out of court. Scaremongering from big record companies.

unforgettableFOXfire · 09-05-2005, 07:29 PM

Well, it seems ot me that copyrights on musical tabulature is a pretty shifty program. Music is copywritten, yes. The writen components of music are also copywritten and cannot be redistributed. But where does a fan's interpretation of the music end, and the actual 100% accurate sheet music begin? Saying that tabs are out and out illegal because of a breech of copyright is like saying 'imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery, our fans can suck a lemon, we don't want them entertaining themselves by playing our music'. To the extent tabs are accurate... well, they often have the right progression, whether they're written in the right key or not is a great inconsistency, and even the best tabs I've seen don't include rests (while few even include a proper time signature)... which really leaves it up to the readers interpretation. I mean, if you wanted to look at this thing literally, tabs are by no means the songs that various artists perform, because they're just a series of fingering indicators on a page with no division of bars, notes, or anything akin to proper music.

And, so, what about parodies? Since there is a right-to-parody act which allows cartoonists and musicians alike to use already existing cartoon characters as inserts into their own storytelling realms or already existing songs (to some extent). Why would tabs not fall under the right to parody, since they're clearly not accurate representations of the true music?

And what about sampling? Surely, there are bigger fish to fry than amatuer guitar and bass guitar players, while you have people like Eminem sampling Aerosmith, or the classic examples of Vanilla Ice sampling Queen and MC Hammer sampling Rick James. You're trying to squeeze blood from a stone when you start suing small-time webmasters and web-users for being fans of music, when you have popular artists raking in millions of dollars by applying new lyrics to someone else's song.

But hey, I'm just a small-time web-user. So therefore my opinion is invalid. :eyeroll:

pacemaker · 10-14-2005, 12:41 AM

Tablature to me is like covering a song.

Its perfectly legal as long as you don't make any profit from it. Once you do, you have to get licensing privileges.

::shrugs::

11-11-2004, 08:25 PM	#1
noneal U2 Guitar Archive Premium Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 13 Local Time: 09:11 PM	Submitting tabs to the U2 Guitar Archive... If you would like your tabs posted in the U2 Guitar Archive, please email them to me at noneal@imt.net in addition to posting them here on this forum. Thanks! nathan

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Canadiens1160 Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭Montreal, Canada Posts: 8,079 Local Time: 04:11 PM	God I hope so, I really really miss that resiource __________________ ‫‬�‪‫‬�‫‬�‪‫‬�

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the rockin edge u2h8rboi/rock n roll star Premium Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: tomorrow's just an excuse away Posts: 26,816 Local Time: 04:11 PM	when the lawyers from universal came around (last fall) they made interference take down the lyrics and tab __________________ Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies... last.fm my music my adventure

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12-19-2004, 08:12 AM	#2
The_Edge89 New Yorker Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sweden Northwest of Dancing ZooTV Posts: 2,575 Local Time: 10:11 PM	Nathan, Do you think the archive will return?

05-02-2005, 02:12 PM	#4
The Lemon Babyface Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 12 Local Time: 04:11 PM	wat happened to the archive?

05-26-2005, 05:09 PM	#6
Muad'zin War Child Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands Posts: 851 Local Time: 10:11 PM	To bad I'm not a billionaire. I'd countersue those lawyers for decades. I'm pretty sure they are mostly scare tactics and get blown away if it came to court. To bad most people and sites harassed this way don't have the money to take them on legally.

07-04-2005, 02:58 AM	#7
bfoster88 The Fly Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 94 Local Time: 09:11 PM	I thought U2 were all for the sharing of their music? Surely posting a tab is nothing when compared to bootlegging gigs?

09-03-2005, 12:46 PM	#9
Miricale_Drug War Child Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 816 Local Time: 09:11 PM	its like downloading music. Have you noticed that not one case has actually got to court yet? They've all been settled out of court. Scaremongering from big record companies.

09-05-2005, 07:29 PM	#10
unforgettableFOXfire I serve MacPhisto Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London Posts: 2,049 Local Time: 05:11 PM	Well, it seems ot me that copyrights on musical tabulature is a pretty shifty program. Music is copywritten, yes. The writen components of music are also copywritten and cannot be redistributed. But where does a fan's interpretation of the music end, and the actual 100% accurate sheet music begin? Saying that tabs are out and out illegal because of a breech of copyright is like saying 'imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery, our fans can suck a lemon, we don't want them entertaining themselves by playing our music'. To the extent tabs are accurate... well, they often have the right progression, whether they're written in the right key or not is a great inconsistency, and even the best tabs I've seen don't include rests (while few even include a proper time signature)... which really leaves it up to the readers interpretation. I mean, if you wanted to look at this thing literally, tabs are by no means the songs that various artists perform, because they're just a series of fingering indicators on a page with no division of bars, notes, or anything akin to proper music. And, so, what about parodies? Since there is a right-to-parody act which allows cartoonists and musicians alike to use already existing cartoon characters as inserts into their own storytelling realms or already existing songs (to some extent). Why would tabs not fall under the right to parody, since they're clearly not accurate representations of the true music? And what about sampling? Surely, there are bigger fish to fry than amatuer guitar and bass guitar players, while you have people like Eminem sampling Aerosmith, or the classic examples of Vanilla Ice sampling Queen and MC Hammer sampling Rick James. You're trying to squeeze blood from a stone when you start suing small-time webmasters and web-users for being fans of music, when you have popular artists raking in millions of dollars by applying new lyrics to someone else's song. But hey, I'm just a small-time web-user. So therefore my opinion is invalid. :eyeroll:

10-14-2005, 12:41 AM	#11
pacemaker Acrobat Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 331 Local Time: 04:11 PM	Tablature to me is like covering a song. Its perfectly legal as long as you don't make any profit from it. Once you do, you have to get licensing privileges. ::shrugs::