[Advocacy Advisors] Study request - OHIM

Thu Feb 27 21:01:06 UTC 2014

Regarding the public domain issue, perhaps someone can create a document
where--at the very least--we can add citations to important documents, to
serve as a resource for when work on the text begins.

Bob

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Yana,
>
> thanks for the pointer! Some examples of the social value are indeed very
> much needed.
>
> I also realised that Babmi/Pinnochio have different legal status in the US
> and in Europe, I shall therefore replace them with Cindarella, to play it
> safe.
>
> Dimi
>
>
> 2014-02-27 0:48 GMT+01:00 Yana Welinder <ywelinder at wikimedia.org>:
>
>> Hi Dimi,
>>
>> Stephen and I wrote a guest post for EFF about the importance of the
>> public domain for Wikipedia last month:
>> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-domain
>>
>> You may want to reuse some of that discussion to expand on the section on
>> the social value of the public domain and open licenses. I think that
>> concrete examples would help make that section more persuasive.
>>
>> Best,
>> Yana
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, everybody!
>>>
>>> As reported previously [1], the OHIM (IP Observatory)[2] has picked up
>>> our request to commission a study on the benefits of public domain and open
>>> licenses. To get the process going we need to present a one-pager with our
>>> main ideas. This document has been worked out together with EDRi [3] and
>>> BEUC [4], as they will also request the same study in order to have more
>>> leverage. We have kept this intentionally broad at some points, as the OHIM
>>> needs to make a first step in specifying the exact form and methodology.
>>>
>>> I am sharing this with you now and asking for feedback and comments
>>> until the middle of next week. Please bear in mind, that this is really
>>> just a first pitch and the form of the study will be agreed upon in the
>>> months to come.
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>> Dimi
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-December/129015.html
>>> [2]https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home
>>> [3]http://edri.org/
>>> [4]http://beuc.org/
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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