im not a songwriter. but if i ever acquired that talent, i dont know if i would post up the lyrics and the chords before i made it into a real song and had some sort of copyright on it. i dont care about making money off music. it would be nice, but its last on the list of priorities. but at the same time, i would hate to see someone else (of course i know none of the great active members of this forum would ever do such a thing) get rich off a song that i poured my heart and soul into because i posted too much info somewhere that basically anyone can access.
on the other hand... i would love to see people actually performing their original songs on youtube, THEN posting up here with the lyrics and chords for people that want to learn them. is this more what you had in mind?