[Advocacy Advisors] Freedom of Panorama

Thu Dec 20 02:54:23 UTC 2012

Hello,

We really miss in this list:
* EU chapters lobby European Parliament

On my way home from a Creative Commons meeting recently, I spoke with someone from Google. That person is active in Brussels to lobby for their interest. We really miss an office in Brussels.

And concerning FoP, we are currently working on founding a chapter in Belgium, and one of its goals is getting FoP in Belgium. Also Wikimedia France is very active that subject.

Greetings from Europe,

Romaine

> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:21:12 -0800
> From: Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org>
> To: Advocacy Advisory Group for WMF LCA
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> Subject: [Advocacy Advisors] Freedom of Panorama
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> Hello Pine,
> 
> A number of possible freedom of panorama initiatives are
> being discussed
> here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama_campaignThese
> proposals are not being led by the WMF itself because there
> are
> strict regulations on how a tax-exempt nonprofit
> organization may engage in
> legislative activism.
> 
> The Wikimedia community has many creative ideas. Here are
> the proposals
> under discussion on Commons:
> 
> * Write a convincing rationale for why FoP is a good thing
> * Petition
> * US chapters lobby Congress
> * Set-up an umbrella lobbying organization
> * Geotargeted CentralNotice banner
> * Identify allies (was: "Talk to Google")
> * Identify educational audience for these photos
> * Sample offline Wikipedias with Kiwix offline reader that
> need photos
> * Summary FoP law table
> * Proposed wording
> * Short and long term goals
> * Baby step: state-level arts grants
> * Identify violations
> * Throw our toys out of the pram
> * Lead by example
> * Guerilla art campaign
> 
> Which do you think would be the most effective?
> 
> Best,
> Stephen
> 
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:39 PM, ENWP Pine <deyntestiss at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Good!
> >
> > To the WMF folks, is WMF doing any advocacy of its own
> regarding FOP in
> > the US?
> >
> > Pine
> >
> 
> -- 
> Stephen LaPorte
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 
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> Wikimedia
> Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to or
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