[Advocacy Advisors] Commissioner on copyright reform and FoP

Sat Jul 5 11:25:55 UTC 2014

Indeed - come on, England!

Oh, wait...

On 5 July 2014 11:57, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Enjoy! Free days are important to keep up the motivation. Especially the
> day after the world cup final :D
>
>
> 2014-07-05 11:28 GMT+02:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>
> Actually, will be Tuesday. I am allowing myself a rare day off on Monday!
>>
>>
>> On 5 July 2014 10:28, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, lovely. I will have chat with a local printer on Monday and see what
>>> we can do. :)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5 July 2014 10:21, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Definitely viny :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-07-05 11:15 GMT+02:00 Stevie Benton <
>>>> stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Dimi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure WMUK could arrange something like this. Are you thinking of
>>>>> having it on some kind of vinyl, or just a paper poster of some kind?
>>>>>
>>>>> Speak soon,
>>>>>
>>>>> Stevie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3 July 2014 12:28, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is absolutely brilliant, Stevie! Romaine's image and the text
>>>>>> you added next to it. Plus the story we have to tell with the EP
>>>>>> Secretariat giving us permission to use it on Wikipedia only to figure out
>>>>>> later that they don't the rights and thus can't allow us to use an image of
>>>>>> their own building.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could WMUK or another chapter print this image with the text on a
>>>>>> banner? 180x76cm would be enought. We could use it at events around
>>>>>> Brussels to raise awareness in a very powerful way. I could even imagine an
>>>>>> info-booth inside the Parliament.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-07-03 12:56 GMT+02:00 Stevie Benton <
>>>>>> stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is excellent! Progress may take time, but it's beginning to feel
>>>>>>> like we are getting somewhere.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I touch on the FoP issue in the upcoming Wikimedia UK annual review
>>>>>>> booklet -
>>>>>>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Wikimedia_AR_2014_v4.pdf - in
>>>>>>> the section about advocacy. I use Romaine's excellent image of the blacked
>>>>>>> out European Parliament.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Let's keep pushing!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Stevie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 3 July 2014 11:48, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>>>>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Neelie Kores, outgoing Commissioner for the Digital Agenda held a
>>>>>>>> speech at a conference in Amsterdam yesterday where she spoke about the
>>>>>>>> need of the planned copyright reform. [1] Among other things, she said:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *When you can't sing happy birthday, or post a picture of the
>>>>>>>> Atomium, how is that fair or reasonable, how is that something you can
>>>>>>>> explain to ordinary citizens?*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, it is an outgoing Commissioner and DG CONNECT is the not the
>>>>>>>> lead DG for copyright, but this is the first time the European Commission
>>>>>>>> said anything about Freedom of Panorama. I know for a fact that it was the
>>>>>>>> members of the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU and their constant talk to
>>>>>>>> anyone about this issue how the Atomium example showed up on the radars of
>>>>>>>> both DG CONNECT and DG MARKT. In this line of thought I just wanted to say:
>>>>>>>> Thank you and great job, everyone!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Let's make sure we keep FoP on the table. We actually have the
>>>>>>>> great examples and stories to tell.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> Dimi
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>> Stevie Benton
>> Head of External Relations
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Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a
global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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