[Jan 17 deadline] Material to share for Copyright Week? - Publicpolicy

12 Jan 2024

Dear all,

I hope you'll forgive me for contacting you yet again in such a short span
of time - yet another exciting copyright-related opportunity to share!

An ally of ours, EFF, is organizing Copyright Week from Jan 22 - Jan 26
(see email below). They have asked if there are any blogs that might fit
with the themes of this year. These will be shared on social media etc and
get a nice boost in coverage. The themes are:

   - Public Domain (@Paolo Casagrande &lt;paolo.casagrande(a)wikimedia.it&gt;)
   - AI & Copyright ( @Silvia Gutiérrez &lt;silviaegt(a)wikimedia.org&gt; &
@Giovanna
   Fontenelle &lt;gfontenelle(a)wikimedia.org&gt;)
   - Device & Digital Ownership
   - Free Expression and Fair Use (@Mehman Ibragimov
&lt;mehman(a)wikimedia.ge&gt;ge>, @Justice
   Okai-Allotey &lt;owulakpakpo(a)gmail.com&gt;om>, @Douglas Scott
   &lt;Douglas.I.Scott(a)gmail.com&gt;)
   - Copyright Enforcement as a Tool of Censorship

*Do you have any blogs or published materials that you'd like me to share
with the organizers? *Please let me know by Wednesday, January 17.

Thank you and have a lovely weekend,

Ziski

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Katharine Trendacosta via Copyright-week &lt;copyright-week(a)eff.org&gt;
Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Subject: [Copyright-week] Copyright Week 2024
To: public-interest-copyright(a)publicknowledge.org <
public-interest-copyright(a)publicknowledge.org&gt;gt;, Recreate Coalition <
core-copyright-reform-coalition(a)googlegroups.com&gt;gt;, copyright-week(a)eff.org <
copyright-week(a)eff.org&gt;

Hello! We are once again heading up Copyright Week. As usual, feel free to
send me any blogs you have that might fit any of the (very broad) topics
and we will social them around.

This year, Copyright Week will run from the 22nd to the 26th of January,
with each day having a theme. Don’t worry about when your blogs are
published, we will just be sharing them on those days.

Jan. 22: Public Domain
The public domain is our cultural commons and a crucial resource for
innovation and access to knowledge. Copyright should strive to promote, and
not diminish, a robust, accessible public domain.

Jan 23: Device and Digital Ownership
As the things we buy increasingly exist either in digital form or as
devices with software, we also find ourselves subject to onerous licensing
agreements and technological restrictions. If you buy something, you should
be able to truly own it – meaning you can learn how it works, repair it,
remove unwanted features, or tinker with it to make it work in a new way.

Jan 24: Copyright and AI
The growing availability of AI, especially generative AI trained on
datasetts that include copyrightable material, has raised new debates about
copyright law. It’s important to remember the limitations of copyright law
in giving the kind of protections creators are looking for.

Jan 25: Free Expression and Fair Use
Copyright policy should encourage creativity, not hamper it. Fair use makes
it possible for us to comment, criticize, and rework our common culture.

Jan 26: Copyright Enforcement as a Tool of Censorship
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right essential to a
functioning democracy. Copyright should encourage more speech, not act as a
legal cudgel to silence it.

Best,

Katharine

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Katharine M. Trendacosta (she/her)

Director of Policy and Advocacy
Electronic Frontier Foundation

katharine(a)eff.org
@k_trendacosta
(415) 436-9333 x190

*My working hours may not be yours, I do not expect a response outside of
your working hours*

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