[Advocacy Advisors] [Legalteam] Blog post about Wikipedia and the public domain

Thu Jan 9 23:51:18 UTC 2014

Thanks!!!

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Corynne McSherry
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On Jan 9, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Geoff Brigham wrote:

> great job    when we post please do an allstaff email with a link and background
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jan 9, 2014, at 15:40, Yana Welinder <ywelinder at wikimedia.org> wrote:
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>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> We have prepared a guest blog post for EFF about how Wikipedia relies on the public domain:
>> 
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Wikipedia_Shows_the_Value_of_a_Vibrant_Public_Domain
>> 
>> The final post will be published on January 14 as part of a copyright activism week that EFF and other organizations are doing next week.  You can find more information below about the different themes for the week. It’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the public domain, so I'd love to get your input on the draft.  
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Yana
>> 
>> --
>> Monday Jan 13 - Transparency:
>> Copyright policy must be set through a participatory, democratic and
>> transparent process. It should never be decided through back room deals
>> or secret international agreements.
>> 
>> Tuesday Jan 14 - Building and Defending a Robust Public Domain:
>> The public domain is our cultural commons and a public trust. Copyright
>> policy should seek to promote, and never diminish, this crucial resource.
>> 
>> Wednesday Jan 15 - Open Access: The results of publicly funded research
>> should be made freely available to the public online, to be fully used
>> by anyone, anywhere, anytime.
>> 
>> Thursday Jan 16 - You Bought it, You Own It: Copyright policy should
>> foster the freedom to truly own your stuff: to tinker with it, repair
>> it, reuse it, recycle it, read or watch or launch it on any device, lend
>> it, and then give it away (or re-sell it) when you're done.
>> 
>> Friday Jan 17 - Fair Use Rights:
>> For copyright to achieve its purpose of encouraging creativity and
>> innovation, it must preserve and promote ample breathing space for
>> unexpected and innovative uses.
>> 
>> Saturday Jan 18 - Getting Copyright Right:
>> A free and open Internet is essential infrastructure, fostering speech,
>> activism, new creativity and new business models for artists, authors,
>> musicians and other creators. It must never be sacrificed in the name of
>> copyright enforcement.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Yana Welinder
>> Legal Counsel
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> 415.839.6885 ext. 6867
>> 
>> 
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