What I find funny about this is that we as fans put in the time to make the tabs- I'm sure this whole argument can be aimed at the bands themselves and they will protest. The people will hate the bands they once loved because of thier cold heartedness! One of the best forms of advertising is actually in tabbing on the net- the number of times I've learnt a random tab from the net, then ended out buying thier music- they make more than they will from thier obviously small amount of staff tabbing the occasional album.
You guys find that the only tab books available are for ridiculously simple crap bands like Greenday or Metallica's St Anger? When I see a tab book for Soilworks Chainheart Machine, Ingwie Malmsteens entire discography, and even a Cacophony tab book, then I'll tell them they have a case against online tabs!