I'd just like to confirm that none of those involved with the Lewes Favourites Tune Book have any prior knowledge of this website. We have not been approached for permission.
The book involved a considerable amount of hard work by Andy Warburton with help from others including myself and Valmai Goodyear and other local musicians. All profits from sales of the book go to help fund the Lewes Arms Folk Club and any future publications. None of us benefit personally; we even pay for our own copies of the book. The tunes are posted on our website as a service to fellow musicians and as a way of drawing visitors to our site to see our other activities.
The Tju:nbuk website carries advertising so they are already profiting from it. Their future plans include Professionally Published Tunebooks of which they say "You no longer have to buy a commercial collection, just to get hold of the few tunes you want.". This is a blatant attempt to cash in on our work and to undermine our sales.
We are considering what action to take. In the meantime, please do not download Lewes Favourites material from this site. Go to 'The Lewes Favourites' first.