Chris,
This is an important issues & I would say we should definitely respond.
I would offer to help but family health issues (& a ton of marking for work)
mean I can't give mush time at present.
I would suggest CILIP (
http://www.cilip.org.uk/ ) in the UK and Creative
Commons (
http://creativecommons.org/) more generally as useful organisations
to consult with.
Rod
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Keating
Sent: 27 December 2011 09:42
To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Govt consultation on copyright
Dear all,
The Government has recently announced a consultation on about changes to
copyright law. This follows a review of the existing arrangements by
Professor Hargreaves over the summer.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-policy/consult/consult-live/consult-2011-copyright
.htm
Do people feel we should respond? (Or to reverse the question, can anyone
see good reasons for us *not* to respond? Just to be clear, charities are
quite allowed to do things like this so long as lobbying doesn't become
their main purpose...)
If we are going to respond, who would be interested in helping work on our
response? Do you know other people who we should be working with or talking
to on issues like this?
Regards,
Chris
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