[Advocacy Advisors] Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development

Tue Oct 28 12:26:58 UTC 2014

Hi Stephen,

I am also in favour of the WMF signing this.

The fundamental copyright narratives now seem to be  right to access vs.
authors' rights. We must of course work to move away from this (in my
opinion false) antagonism. Funnelling some attention towards the
relationship between access to information and development would definitely
be a helpful step.

Cheers,
Dimi

2014-10-28 10:40 GMT+01:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> This is good news, I'm definitely in favour of the Wikimedia Foundation
> becoming a signatory to the declaration.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
> On 27 October 2014 20:08, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello advocacy advisers,
>>
>> In August, the International Federation of Library Associations published
>> the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development (
>> http://www.lyondeclaration.org/). The Lyon Declaration is a statement to
>> the member states of the UN about empowering development through access to
>> knowledge. The declaration is particularly relevant for our work as
>> Wikimedians because it recognizes the importance of technology in
>> sharing knowledge.
>>
>> Wikimedia Italy and Wikimedia UK have already signed declaration. We
>> would like the Wikimedia Foundation to join these and others in support
>> of our goal to share knowledge. Please let me know if you have any thoughts
>> about this by November 3, 2014.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>>
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