[Advocacy Advisors] Fwd: Last Chance -- join the launch of Save The Link

Tue May 5 13:41:56 UTC 2015

I recommend opposing linking liability.

Best regards,
James Salsman

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:53 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We're not actively doing anything on "linking liability" in Brussels, but
> there are a few proposals on the table that push for more liability in
> exchange for some copyright reform.
>
> I do think it is something that generally concerns us, but we lack a
> general consensus what our position on this is. Since we're not likely to
> have a position on it soon, the forwarded message is FYI and gives an
> example of what others are doing.
>
> Cheers,
> Dimi
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Steve Anderson <steve at openmedia.ca>
> Date: 2015-05-05 1:21 GMT+02:00
> Subject: Last Chance -- join the launch of Save The Link
> To: Steve Anderson <steve at openmedia.ca>
>
>
> Hi all, on Wednesday morning OpenMedia be joining organizations (EFF,
> Fight For The Future, Creative Commons, World Wide Web Foundation and many
> more) from over 17 countries to launch the http://SaveTheLink.org
> <http://savethelink.org/> campaign.
>
> If your organization would like to join the campaign you can sign on here:
> https://openmedia.org/savethelink
>
> Our right to link and host links to content and services online is under
> threat. We believe:
> "Linking is the foundation of the Web. We oppose regulations that aim to
> censor links to content or otherwise penalize services that utilize
> hyperlinks."
>
> If you scroll down on the website <https://savethelink.org/> you can
> learn about some of the threats to the 'right to link' we hope to take on.
>
> Please also consider joining the ThunderClap promoting the launch:
> https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/25637-save-the-link
>
> best
> --
> *Steve Anderson*
> Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca
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