[Advocacy Advisors] Position Paper on EU Copyright Reform

Thu Oct 30 12:07:28 UTC 2014

Also - I wonder if we should set up some FKAGEU accounts on social media,
especially Twitter...

On 30 October 2014 12:06, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hello Dimi, hello everyone,
>
> Wikimedia UK has just published a blog about this excellent news. You can
> see it here -
> https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/10/free-knowledge-advocacy-group-eu-publishes-copyright-reform-paper/
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
> On 29 October 2014 09:32, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I will start sending out the position paper shortly. [1] I will follow up
>> with a blogpost (WMF blog - already in the queue). From what I've heard
>> OKFN-DE and OKFN-AT might also write a note on this. If you feel like doing
>> the same, please share your links!
>>
>> Good news is that over the weekend two Spanish organisations joined. Our
>> local chapter and Access Info Now. The latter is focused on public access
>> to documents and specialises in Freedom of Information Act requests in
>> Europe and Spain. They see copyright being abused as just another tool to
>> block access, which explains their initial interest in our paper. It also
>> carries the argument of censorship to our PDGov argument. They have already
>> published a post on this. [2]
>>
>> That brings our stats up to 33 organisations, 16 being European WMF
>> affiliates.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dimi
>>
>> [1]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright
>> [2]
>> http://www.access-info.org/index.php/en/european-union/628-reform-copyright-eu
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-10-25 7:53 GMT+02:00 <aktron at centrum.cz>:
>>
>> Dimi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is nice. Feels like I would like to write a new blog post with this
>>> progress. Together with the news I got earlier.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I also spoke with the Young Pirates. Well, the problem was not with my
>>> speech, but they were more interested about my work with Amelia than about
>>> the copyright reform. And also - there is a good chance, that I will work
>>> with the Pirates again... but here in Prague.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Let's see.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All Best
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> > Od: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com>
>>> > Komu: Advocacy Advisory Group for WMF LCA <
>>> Advocacy_Advisors at lists.wikimedia.org>
>>> > Datum: 24.10.2014 13:41
>>> > Předmět: [Advocacy Advisors] Position Paper on EU Copyright Reform
>>> >
>>>    Hi all,
>>>
>>>  tl;dr
>>> This is to let you know, that our "Position Paper on EU Copyright
>>> Reform" [1] has now been signed by 31 organisations and will be send out
>>> next week.
>>>
>>>  Signatories
>>> We have 31 organisations from 17 European countries that signed it
>>> 15 Wikimedia chapters/thematic organisations/user groups
>>> 5 Open Knowledge (Foundation) chapters/groups
>>> 4 Organisations that primarily work on digital rights
>>> 3 Organisations mostly dedicated to free/open knowledge and IP issues
>>> 3 Organisations focused on free and open software
>>> 1 Open Street Map Foundation national partner
>>> Unfortunately, the Open Street Map Foundation wants to sign it (the
>>> paper enjoyed vast support within their community) but for organisational
>>> reasons it would take them quite a while do so and we shouldn't wait much
>>> longer to send it out. Also, at least two more OKFN chapters stated their
>>> support for this, but haven't answered since.
>>>
>>> Soft launch
>>>  We plan on sending this out to people directly involved in the
>>> drafting process of the copyright reform proposal and ask for face-to-face
>>> meetings. Trying to get general media attention seems like a waste at this
>>> point, As the reform proposal is nowhere near publication at this point. I
>>> feel it wold be wasted without (political) impact.
>>> Nevertheless, if you feel like sharing this, please feel more than free
>>> to do so (social media, blogposts).
>>> Brussels Background
>>> The new European Commission has its eyes on reforming copyright. The
>>> unit responsible for this was moved from the "internal market" directorate
>>> (DG MARKT) to the "internet" directorate (DG Connect), sending a rather
>>> positive signal. However, there is still considerable struggle within the
>>> institutions which way and how far to go. This paper intends to encourage
>>> the reform-willing crowd to act.
>>> PDF Version
>>>   I am also attaching a PDF version of the Meta page that will be used
>>> in correspondence. Please let me know if you think something is not okay or
>>> it can be improved until early next week.
>>>
>>>  Thanks a ton to everyone who helped with this (more than 30 active
>>> people by my count)!
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dimi
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright
>>>
>>>
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