Comments on: Putting two words together

By: Tor Arne Pedersen

Tor Arne Pedersen — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:43:58 +0000

Yes, and you put them together well in your songs. But in Norwegian language this is what we do for common words. The lyrics of a song is much more complex than this name.

Could Grieg brand just two common chords put together?

I would not know that coca cola was a drink if it was not for the famous drink. I would know that gitarkameratene was two or more friends playing the guitar together, even if it was not for the famous group Gitarkameratene.

As in general, a natural word is seldom used as a brand in Norwegian. This is because it is against Patentstyrets policy:

“Et varemerke kan registreres bare dersom det er egnet til å skille dine varer og/eller tjenester fra andres. Merker som kun angir varens art, egenskaper eller på andre måter beskriver varen, kan ikke registreres som varemerke. Som for eksempel “grovbrød” for brød eller “bringebær” for syltetøy.”

When you got your brand registered, you were lucky to not be picked up by this rule. Or has this rule been created later? Do we have other examples of Norwegian brands like this?

By: Lillebjorn Nilsen

Lillebjorn Nilsen — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:40:05 +0000

Putting two words together: “coca” and “cola”?

When I put words together it is a part of my work as an artist and songwriter. Edvard Grieg put common chords together.

By: Tor Arne Pedersen

Tor Arne Pedersen — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:13:30 +0000

The group itself does not call themselves by the disputed name, but the press does. The press should be able to call them whatever they think is appropriate.

By the way, when did being used as the measure for a term like “the new $YourName” ever become anything else than a compliment?

As for “multemusic”, I won’t touch it, but when it comes to the Norwegian word “multemusikk”, it was created by a script yesterday, and I claimed to give everybody every right to use this word as they like. I will not rename my site “dennyemultemusikk.no” anyway.

By: Ruth Marie

Ruth Marie — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:08:41 +0000

I don’t think the issue is that Gitarkameratene “owns” the word. It’s that another group (and the press) should not be using their name in that way for advertising and public relations purposes. (Although I don’t know Norwegian law, the original group may indeed “own” the right to use the name as a band.)

It is also — as the real Gitarkameratene points out — disrespectful, especially if you’re applying it to a group of young (albeit popular) singers who simply don’t have the depth of experience or artistic output that Gitarkameratene has.

A English language posting explaining it can be found at: http://multemusic.com/2009/05/04/norwegian-prime-minister-offends/

The “new” group should not be called (even as a nickname) “Gitarkameratene”. Their name is Lind/Nilsen/Fuentes/Holm.

By the way, I’ve created the word “multemusic” (or “multemusikk” på norsk). Don’t mess with it.