This kind of stance is further proof of their impending irrelevancy. You know what would be cool? If publishing organizations strove to outdo the hardcore cura

This kind of stance is further proof of their impending irrelevancy. You know what would be cool? If publishing organizations strove to outdo the hardcore curators out there, to invent a more detailed form of musical notation beyond MIDI, open source the whole shit, and become the de facto standards barer of musical transcription. I'd like to see detailed engineering notes as well, and all the samples and full tracks, with all effects broken out, and timed to the nanosecond, in a zip FLAC file. If they can achieve technical excellence like that, and give it away for free, I'd sign whatever paper they put in front in me.