drepturi de autor

May 9th, 2010 § 0

Remuneratie similara:
Curtea Constitutionala a Romaniei a declarat drept neconstitutional un articol din legea privind dreptul de autor si drepturile conexe, care prevede o remuneratie mai mica pentru beneficiarii drepturilor conexe fata de cei ai drepturilor de autor, informeaza Uniunea Producatorilor de Fonograme din Romania (UPFR) – organism de gestiune colectiva a drepturilor conexe ale producatorilor de muzica din tara noastra.
CCR a decis ca Articolul 134/alin.2/lit.g din Legea Nr.8/1996 privind dreptul de autor si drepturile conexe, modificata si adaugita, este neconstitutional si l-a anulat prin Decizia 571 din 29.04.2010.

“Art. 134/alin.2/ lit.g nedreptatea doua categorii de beneficiari de drepturi conexe din lumea muzicii romanesti – artistii interpreti si producatorii de fonograme, limitand remuneratia aferenta drepturilor conexe cuvenite acestora la o treime din remuneratia pentru drepturile de autor”, precizeaza UPFR.

Aceste variabile pot veni si in alte sectoare de prestari servicii artistice si culturale: ma gandesc la teatru, literatura tiparita sau te mai miri pe unde?! Inchid acolada pana nu scriu ceva daunator mie… Si-asa scriu si sterg de 10 min… Tu-va interesele in cur, dara!

monitorizarea marcilor

May 5th, 2010 § 1

se schimba ‘armonizarea’ iar la OSIM.

Pentru cei care au marci inregistrate incepe stressul. Aceasta noua lege nu mai prevede examinarea ex-officio a marcilor pentru motive relative de refuz. Cu alte cuvinte, nu vor mai fi emise refuzuri la inregistrare pe baza existentei unor marci anterioare similare sau identice (pe produse similare sau identice).

Acest lucru implica transferul apararii drepturilor de proprietate industriala de la Oficiul Roman la proprietarul de drept al acestora.
Titularii marcilor vor trebui sa urmareasca saptamanal buletinele emise de OSIM, OMPI si OHIM (cele 3 institutii care publica marci ce pot produce efecte pe teritoriul Romaniei) pentru a evita acordarea unor marci similare sau identice cu ale lor.

Ca acest sterss sa fie diminuat sau exclus definitiv, aceasta monitorizare este ideal sa fie facuta de un specialist in domeniu. Raluca Ardeleanu, Consilier in Proprietate Industriala, cu o vasta experienta in OSIM si in alte oficii europene, ne prezinta avantajele acestei actiuni:
- certitudinea ca marca sa nu va fi copiata/imitata si aplicata pe produse/servicii similare/identice, de o calitate indoielnica;
- evitarea unor actiuni in instanta pentru apararea marcii prin anularea marcii similare/identice ulterior acordate (o data acordata marca, aceasta poate fi anulata doar in instanta, cu cheltuielile aferente de bani si timp);
- obtinerea acestor avantaje cu cheltuieli minime, sub forma unui abonament lunar.

Din 9 mai 2010, frica pazeste pepenii! ;)

adobe ps cs5

April 21st, 2010 § 0

litere si cifre: viziune

feerie

March 22nd, 2010 § 2

si candoare.ro

living in RO, vorbesc RO

March 21st, 2010 § 0

am primit o avalansa de reprosuri…

De ce nu scriu in romana? Pai am o bruma de clienti din EU. Vorbitori de “de toate”, numai ca mi-e greu sa vorbesc franceza – desi inteleg; pana scot sunete in germana, mai mult dau din maini – desi inteleg; nu stiu decat injuraturi in italiana – deci, exclus. Nu e fiţă.

OK, acestia + cativa grafic-designeri si art-directionati din vest ma urmareau ce ziceam, ce credeam, ce visam. Inainte ca sa scriu in romana, pentru romanii mei, i-am intrebat ce ar face daca nu as mai scrie (in engleza negramaticala pe care o practic de zeci de ani): ar rezilia contractul de outsourcing pe design grafic? nu m-ar urmarii ce aberez pe nici un canal de socializare? Sa-l las bilingv? M-ar injura toti (nu doar o parte semnificativa). Raspunsul lor m-a facut optimist de realist. Who cares what I want? Publicul meu ce vrea? Romana? OK. Am inteles, sa traiti!

De maine scriu in ROMÂNĂ. Poate o sa mai scap niste paragrafe in engleza, dar asta inseamna ca sfidez pe cineva, doar mi-e lene. Ma stiti doar. ;)

Va multumesc! Noapte buna!

corel draw, suite X5

March 19th, 2010 § 3

Last year, Corel celebrated 20 years from design innovation.

The developers, designers and product managers behind CorelDRAW are continually inspired by the insights and contributions of CorelDRAW users around the world.

Put the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5 behind your ideas and make a bold impact across any media. This versatile graphic design software has it all—vector illustration, page layout, photo editing, tracing, Web graphics and animation in one tightly integrated suite. Designed for professional and aspiring designers alike, it offers a quick, intuitive workflow, high-value digital content, market-leading file compatibility and graphic design tools that let you do more than you thought possible!

Analyse that!

As a long-time CorelDRAW user, and a graphic designer, I was very excited to see the release of CorelDRAW X5. Although I have the full Adobe Creative Suite installed alongside Corel, I often choose CorelDRAW as my primary vector/bitmap application. That said, I was very disappointed after trying out the demo of X5. It looks like only a slight update (like a service pack to X4) – it is not the revamp I was looking for.

I will likely still purchase the upgrade to X5, but it will not change my impression that Corel is becoming less and less important to professional graphics.

CONS (not going into the full list):
- Not made for Windows 7. Floating palettes in the application are not made for Windows Vista or Windows 7 computers. As such they move around on the screen when the app is minimized, and they do not retain their display state. The floating palette titles are also unreadable when they are minimized.
- Same bugs as CorelDRAW X5. Photo-Paint effect previews are still buggy and often break if you turn on and off the preview (for comparing before and after). If you have a complex feathered mask, the preview does not function.
- Most tools are unchanged. One example is the Huge/Sat/Brightness. It is still the same code since version 10 (with the same limitations compared to Photoshop’s Hue/Sat/Lightness).
- Display is still laggy under Windows 7.
- Drop shadow tool is untouched and still an awful tool. You can’t set a setting that will be consistent across objects of all shapes and sizes (ie, same pixel feathering and distance from edges). InDesign has a great drop shadow support. It’s not rocket science.

PROS:
- Color management has been greatly overhauled and it looks to be vastly improved over previous versions.
- File exporting and image saving are improved and require less steps. This should speed up the workflow.
- Some application speed ups are noticed when running on a quad core i7. The multiprocessing support is a good addition (though a version late).

before shutter

March 19th, 2010 § 1

today I meet Alexandra.

Alexandra is a great open-mind fotographer and she have own studio. Today we’re shuttin for Expert Optical‘s communication visual support (brochure, push-cards, posters aso), with Ionut and Alexandra. (Thanks both). Copyrights only France, since 2010.

She starting with a great shut! :)

Thanks to Alexandra Sandu for patient :D
Thanks to Bianca for trusting in my creative skills ;)
Alexandra’s portfolio here.