Hi Ben,
This thread dates back to 2021 and songs are still coming down.
Are you saying that publishers are no longer willing to accept monetary renumeration for their products are that GT is unwilling to pay for them ? Either way it would have been awesome if some email had gone out prior to their removal to allow appropriate preparation. Having been an annual subscriber for 8 years a "heads up" seems like the minimum you could have done. Several of the removed songs are in a 30 song set I've been working on for years.
I'm disappointed.
It's not huge but there was a nearly four-week advance notice; https://www.guitartricks.com/forum/t/60804 with subsequent "discussion" threads.
-- Chet Atkins