What Brian May says
Guitarist Brian May of Queen fame had a few words to say about the lyrics and tab situation. First of all he admits that copyrights are a good thing. He’s entirely in favor of musicians getting their fair due, but doesn’t think the Music Publishers Association’s threats are appropriate, nor are their intentions in the right place. He had this to say:
Reading between the lines it seems much more about trying to protect the Publishers’ traditional income on printed sheet music.
To read more, refer to his website entry from December 18, 2005: TAB SITES FACE LEGAL CRACKDOWN