Ian,
Could you share links to the tweets? I will most definitely retweet.
--
Kind Regards,
Schalk Neethling
Founder ~ Front-End Engineer ~ Designer
Mechanical Ink
On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 11:34 AM Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza at greenman.co.za
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wrote:
/Thanks Douglas, I've added to Facebook and
Twitter. It would help if />/others share and retweet on those channels as well.
/>//>/On 16/05/2018 22:53, Douglas Scott wrote: />/> Hello everyone,
/>/> />/> I am writing to ask you to consider coming in person to a crucial
meeting />/> of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee *Friday 18 May, 9am*,
National />/> Parliament, Cape Town. />/> />/> *To attend* the
committee meeting, arrive by *08:30 this Friday*.
Consult />/> the schedule for Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, Report
back />/by />/> the subcommittee on the Copyright Amendment Bill. />/>
/>/> This is the last scheduled meeting of the Committee on the Copyright />/>
Amendment Act. Scheduled for discussion is consideration of the
creators />/> rights issues in the Act, specifically rights to />/>
/>/> - Parody and satire />/> - Incidental use of background content
/>/> - Use works in public places (Freedom of Panorama) />/> - Digital
archiving />/> - Create educational works />/> - Research, including through
data mining, indexing and search />/> - Remix, transform and re-interpret />/>
- Create accessible copies for people with disabilities />/> - Fair dealing
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing> and />/fair use />/>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use> />/> />/> I will also be
attending to ensure that Freedom of Panorama />/>
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Panorama_ZA> has made
it />/> in. As you know this is a very important issue to the South African
/>/> editing community. />/> />/> Fair Use is also an important issue
and at Wikimedia ZA's last AGM we />/voted />/> to support efforts to get the
*fair dealing *clause amended to be />/replaced />/> with a *fair use* clause so
that editors are at less risk when editing />/> Wikipedia. The basic difference
between fair use and fair dealing is />/that />/> fair use basically says you can
use X so long as it does *not
violate* a />/> few conditions. Whilst fair dealing says you can use X so long as
it />/> *satisfies />/> or adheres to* one or more of a list of conditions.
Fair use is
therefor />/> easier for the public to understand and people to adhere to as it is
more />/> flexible whilst still protecting the rights of copyright holders.
/>/> />/> There are concerns that the bill in its current form encourages both
data />/> hugging, private censorship, and exploitative behaviour by large
rights />/> holding monopolies and duopolies that is against the public interest.
/>/> />/> Related to this: A coalition of South African digital creators and
/>/> entrepreneurs -- called Re-Create -- will be attending the meeting
and is />/> inviting support for their declaration of principles for creator’s
/>/rights: />/> />/> You can learn more about Re-Create by reading their
statement here: />/>
http://tiny.cc/bt8gty />/> />/> Please forward this
on to anyone you feel might be interested in this. />/> />/> Regards,
/>/> />/> Douglas />/>
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