Talk:Tomas Gunnarsson

Copyright dispute
From the article:

''In Sweden, copyrighted works may be used in reviews and critical reviews without consent from the copyright holder under the Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression. The exception only applies to publications with an officially registered "responsible editor" (ansvarig utgivare)''

This is an incorrect statement about Swedish law, and not supported by the cited source, nor does it appear in the Swedish-language edition of the article. It is however a typical misunderstanding of the law, and may have been posted among the many comments on Gunnarsson's blog. Publications with registered responsible editors enjoy no particular exception with respect to copyright. Part of the legal controversy instead stems from a poorly crafted implementation of the EU copyright directive into Swedish law, where digital publications, unlike conventional media, may not make use of artistic works for the purpose of critique or review. It's most likely an unintended effect of spaghetti legislation. I consider myself unable to post this explanation however, as it may constitute original research (it's my own analysis). --SM5POR (talk) 11:25, 23 April 2021 (UTC)


 * If this is an erroneous description of the legal situation, and you believe it's not covered in the cited sources, why not be bold and simply correct the wording? I don't have any strong feelings about the matter.
 * Peter Isotalo 15:10, 6 January 2022 (UTC)