From Slashdot:
RIAA Forces YouTube to Remove Free Guitar Lessons
Journal written by Bushido Hacks (788211) and posted by Zonk on Saturday July 07, @01:21AM
from the quit-trying-to-learn-things-you-ungrateful-grubs dept.
Bushido Hacks write “Is it so wrong to learn how to play the guitar? According to NPR, a record company ordered YouTube to remove videos of a man who offered to show people how to play the guitar for free. One of the songs that he taught was copyrighted, and as a result over 100 of his videos were removed from the internet. ‘Since he put his Web site up last year, he has developed a long waiting list for the lessons he teaches in person. And both he and Taub say that’s still the best way to learn. If someone tells Sandercoe to take down his song lessons, he says he will. But his most valuable videos are the ones that teach guitar basics — things like strumming, scales and finger-picking. And even in the digital age, no one holds a copyright on those things.’ How could this constitute as infringement if most musicians usually experiement to find something that sounds familiar?”
Wow this is going a little too far I think. I mean I would never have learned the music I did without, gee I don’t know…A FREAKING LESSON!!!! Be it in person, or online. I’ve learned how to play songs by other friends and watching and listening to other people. I wonder how far the RIAA will go… Will It soon be illegal to listen to a copyrighted song and figure it out for yourself? Technically you’re learning someone else’s song. Am I gonna get sued for showing my friend how to play it? Wow this is way too much.
