I have strong feelings about covers going in both directions.
It think people should not be so lazy and write their own material. If not, don't be so lazy to not even figure it out yourself.
On the other hand, it is a very helpful resouce for learning and getting new ideas for technques that you may not know. I have also used this method to learn a few tunes myself. So I can't knock it to hard.
The real deal is, how would you react if this was your song. There reason this site is getting shut down is due to copywrite issues. Copywrite protection is the only way musicians/artist get paid. If this was your material all over the web for free, you might be a bit upset. After spending all of that hard work and money and the years of blood, sweat, and tears into your craft to only have people get it for free. I might have the an issue as well. Think if you did all of this work to still have to have a job a Mickey D's. That would suck. However, it is usually not about the artist and more about the lawyers, I say screw them, but if the monies do trickel to the artist, than it can not be the worst thing. Just remember, these are the same people we want to protect our songs and our creations. It sucks bad for folks like Olga and other folks trying to learn how to play. But these are the rules, until we change the rules that is how it is.
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