Their translations are not even very good.
This is getting ridiculous. Tabs have been around forever, they have never been a major source of profit for musicians anyway, and most of them are done by listening to the music and writing the music down (or typing it into a tabulature program.)
So now listening to music and figuring out the notes is illegal?
The music industry, and it’s affiliates, are creating their own doom. It’s getting to the point that they are too greedy, too fascist in enforcing copyright, and driving their market away from their products.
The only way for this to stop is for musicians to *stop* joining these organizations, stop doing business with anyone associated with these people, and standing up for their rights.
Rubbish, in fact. Incorrect keys, totally wrong positions/fingerings, etc.
In other words, hacks writing for hacks. Let's face it - 80% of rock/pop tunes shouldn't require any written notation with their I/IV/V progressions and easy-to-pick-up-by-ear arrangements.
Many publishers of instructional DVDs have been dodging the copyright laws for years with titles like "In The Style Of The Eagles" - all the greatest hits are presented in 10-second bites with album/song titles cleverly omitted even though the passages are played to mimic the records. Perhaps the authors/distributors hope to hide behind fair use.
The sheet music industry are even more technophobic than the RIAA however - they still want to sell actual sheets! PDFs would sell like hotcakes and despite any threat from end-user copying it would almost certainly replace the lost revenue from hard-copy sales.
I rarely look at sheet music but I seem to recall single songs priced in excess of $10.00. Once again, an entire industry segment fails basic economics.