Update on YouTube copyright dispute over guitar tutorials [video]
Ok, I watched the video and his rationale for why his guitar tabs were "fair use":<p>1) he wrote out the tabs himself instead of copying them from a copyrighted book and<p>2) he wasn't making any <i>direct</i> money by selling the tabs themselves; however he also acknowledges was getting <i>indirect</i> money via Youtube monetization of the videos that displayed the tabs on screen<p>Unfortunately, he was naive and probably wasn't aware of history.  Back in the USENET days, the famous OLGA On-line Guitar Archive[1] was previously shutdown even though the guitar tabs contributions were <i>made by volunteers for no money</i>.<p>He was playing with copyright fire and didn't know it.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-line_Guitar_Archive" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-line_Guitar_Archive</a>