Aug 31

Dyrt med kredit

Uncategorized e-handel, Gnuheter, kredit, Swedish Add Comment (0)

Pay later

Originally uploaded by jonsson.

Beskuren skärmdump från en svensk e-handelssite, som kan få vara anonym. Köp ett par hörlurar för 229 kr, eller dela upp betalningen på tre år och betala 8 kr/mån + avgifter till en total kostnad av 1 808 kr! Låter ju som en jättebra affär.

Aug 22

Steve Vai Threatens Fans

English bullying, cease and desist, Copyright, English, IP, Music, Steve Vai Add Comment (1)

I just stumbled across the site GuitarBT today. The site distributes “backing tracks” submitted by users. Seems like a great idea, but obviously not quite legal when the songs are copyrighted. A backing track is simply a re-recording of a song without vocals and/or some of the instruments, in the case of GuitarBT typically without the guitar parts. Such a track is usefull for guitarists who can then instead play the guitar parts themselves, for fun and to improve their playing.

Unfortunately the site has just received a cease and desist letter from one of my favourite guitar players, Steve Vai. Well, it was from his lawyers of course but if they are acting by themselves he’s at least guilty of not keeping an eye on them.

I haven’t heard the backing tracks in question (I’m not quite ready to play Vai’s guitar parts anyway) but if they’re anything like the other tracks on the site then yes, they are most likely infringing on Vai’s copyright in the compositions. But why bother? Even if it’s suggested in the comments at GuitarBT that Vai plans to release backing tracks himself I cannot see these amateur creations (sorry guys, and remember, I haven’t heard them) competing with the real thing?

Aug 21

Creative Commons 3.0, processen är i gång

Uncategorized cc, Creative Commons, Gnuheter, immaterialrätt, IP, Juridik, licens, Swedish, uppgradering, Upphovsrätt Add Comment (0)

Mathias och jag har nu producerat utkast till uppdaterade svenska Creative Commons-licenser. Vi har gått igenom alla sex licenser och implementerat de förändringar som gjorts i de internationella versionerna. Det finns alltså nu ett förslag till svensk version 3.0 av varje licens. Läs gärna och skicka kommentarer till oss! Utkasten finns publicerade på http://www.creativecommons.se/drafts/