Today we were sent an interesting article from the Arizona Law Review regarding tabs online and their legal status, including why they do not fall under fair use. It also goes on to explain why, should tabs ever go to court, they would be determined to be violation of copyright.

Of course, our tabs are not a violation of copyright, as we actually have licenses in place for MXTabs. The only other site we are aware of that has licenses in place (at least that are recognized under U.S. law) is Guitar World Magazine’s tab site.

Anyway, it’s quite a lengthy read and definitely gets into some legalese, but it’s worth a read for anyone who’s been following the legality of guitar tabs online.

http://www.law.arizona.edu/Journals/ALR/AL…mon%20FINAL.pdf