When Will It End?

This is a bit of old news but as many of you may or may not know the MPA (Music Publishers Associastion) is cracking down on anything online representing sheet music, which means they will be attacking both lyrics sites and tab sites. To me the music industry has just crossed the line; it is completely understandable to attack the downloading of actual music but now TABS AND LYRICS! I play guitar and rely on online tabs and I also love to search for lyrics on the internet, if these two entities are taken away from me not only will I be discouraged from playing guitar but I feel I would be discouraged from getting ideal listening experiences from music. I find it incredibly hard to believe that musicians would actually support this type of thing; one thing that I find ridiculous about it is that tab sites are based on people’s interpretation of what they hear. It is extremely rare to find the perfect tab that is clearly stolen from published sheet music. David Israelite the president of the MPA had this to say "Unauthorized use of lyrics and tablature deprives the songwriter of the ability to make a living, and is no different than stealing." I would like to know what songwriters livelihood is based on sheet music? How much money could an artist actually make from sheet music? It would have to be such a small percentage, something like .0001% of their total income. The MPA is just attacking the internet in whatever way they possibly can at this point. It is a bitter and malicious attack on innocent people who have no intentions of ripping off the music industry. Just to prove that this is a malicious attack is this quote basically saying that they don’t want to just fine people but instead "throw in some jail time I think we'll be a little more effective." The people who are looking for tabs online are probably those who actually contribute to the music industry by purchasing albums and not stealing them. The reason I am posting about this topic is that a fantastic guitar program I use called Guitar Pro relies heavily on a website called MySongBook.com which has been basically shut down thanks to the MPA. To rap this up all I have to say is this is clearly just a savage and malicious attack on innocent people, the music industry has become fed up with the internet (and rightfully so in most respects) and is going to destroy it in any possible way.