Hello Everyone!
In Punjab, India, we have recently formed collaboration with 6 government
GLAM institutes including 3 museums, 2 libraries and 1 archive, with
numerous meetings and communications with officials that went around for
nearly a year. They agreed to collaborate with us for Content donation and
agreed for us to document and digitize their books, artwork, and archives.
This is a big breakthrough for us in India especially Punjab, where
convincing government to form partnerships with open source projects is
rather tough to crack. We hope that this experience of government
collaboration can also bring fruitful learnings to other communities. We
will be facing several challenges for digitization due to lack of resources
in our community. Hope our endeavors can be supported for us to make this
beautiful project happen.
Please check out the project grant we are proposing and leave us inputs and
any suggestions. We welcome all ideas and suggestions and hope to learn
more from all of your experiences. Since this is our first time putting a
project grant, we apologize in case something seems out of order. We are
also happy to answer anything that doesn't seem clear on discussion page.
We from our end tried to keep it as detailed as possible to make our
project more explanatory. Please support us if you feel our efforts are
worthy enough.
We hope to do capacity development and document Heritage via our project
Wiki Loves Heritage - focused on rare documents, archive and books that
have clear historical and cultural importance but have no online presence.
Thank you in advance for providing us opportunity to make impact. We hope
to grow from emerging community into one of the strong community in the
coming time. Here is the link to our grant:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikilover90/Heritage_GLAM
Please endorse it to help us get support and infrastructure we need to make
an impact.
Best Regards,
Wikilover90
I agree that this specific provision doesn't as directly affect people
uploading to Wikimedia Commons. But I worry that the US Copyright Office
will only be hearing from people who do searches in an industry
context--people who have access through their companies to all sorts of
databases and the money to hire researches for searching, and assume that
any reasonable search would involve that sort of time and expense and
specialized knowledge, rather than what a reasonably diligent, good-faith
person working on their own time could do.
I figured that they could stand to hear from the experiences of people who
do other sorts of searching and noncommercial uses, so they can get a sense
of what sorts of barriers noncommercial users face.
The standards that they use here could easily be adopted for other uses
later--"reasonable search" was a big sticking point in broader orphan works
legislation proposals in the past, for instance.
So it's not about direct effects on Wikimedia Commons so much as laying
groundwork for them to understand the breadth and capabilities of
volunteer, noncommercial uses.
Best regards,
Sherwin
From: R. Acconish via Commons-l <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Commons-l Digest, Vol 160, Issue 6
To: <commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello,
There is an obvious need to improve the coverage of such audio files at
Commons. But I fail to understand how this process could help us. Assuming
a search of US audio files qualifies as suffcient, the upload would
nevertheless be valid only for non commercial uses, which is not accepted
at Commons. Or did I miss something ?
Regards,
Racconish
--
Sherwin Siy
Senior Public Policy Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
Hello,
There is an obvious need to improve the coverage of such audio files at
Commons. But I fail to understand how this process could help us. Assuming
a search of US audio files qualifies as suffcient, the upload would
nevertheless be valid only for non commercial uses, which is not accepted
at Commons. Or did I miss something ?
Regards,
Racconish
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> From: Sherwin Siy <ssiy(a)wikimedia.org>
> To: commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Commons-l] December 11: Public comments due on noncommercial
> use of pre-1972 sound recordings
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> Apologies for the cross post, but wanted to share this with the community:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I wanted to let you know that the Copyright Office is seeking comments on
> rules that should make it easier for people to make noncommercial uses of
> pre-1972 sound recordings that aren't being commercially exploited.
>
> https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/pre1972-soundrecordings-noncommercial/
>
> Comments were filed on November 26, and now there's an opportunity to
> respond to those comments by December 11.
>
> The Copyright Office is looking for public input on rules it must create
> under the Music Modernization Act (MMA), which was signed into law last
> month. (We called attention to the threats that earlier versions MMA posed
> to the public domain; the passed compromise version contains provisions
> that actually improve
> <
> https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/the-new-music-modernization…
> >
> the
> status quo in the public domain in some areas)
>
> One part of the MMA lets a user make a noncommercial use of a sound
> recording made before 1972 if they make a "good faith, reasonable search"
> of Copyright Office databases and music services that offer a comprehensive
> set of sound recordings for sale or streaming. If the user doesn't find the
> work on those lists after their reasonable search, they can give notice to
> the Copyright Office and wait 90 days to see if a rightsholder comes
> forward and objects. If not, they can use the work.
>
> The Copyright Office is writing the rules that define what a "good faith,
> reasonable search" is, and it has more specific questions in its initial
> notice. (here:
> https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-10-16/pdf/2018-22516.pdf) Entities
> ranging from music industry groups to the Internet Archive have filed
> initial comments; (available here:
>
> https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=commentDueDate&…
> )
> responses to those are due on December 11.
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation may file some short reply comments replying to
> some key points made in other submissions, or possibly join other
> organizations' comments, depending upon feedback.
>
> I'm posting this to the list because I thought it might be valuable for the
> Copyright Office to hear the perspective of community members who upload
> pre-1972 sound recordings to Wikimedia Commons, or make other
> non-commercial uses of the works. Even if you're not likely to use this
> particular provision for Wikimedia Commons yourself (given the
> restrictions), it could be useful for them to understand what searching for
> sources and availability looks like to a typical user, and not necessarily
> someone in the music industry.
>
> You can make those perspectives known by filing comments at
> regulations.gov.
> Instructions on how to file in this proceeding from the Copyright Office
> are here:
>
> https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/pre1972-soundrecordings-noncommercial/…
>
> Happy to answer any questions people might have.
>
> Thanks,
> Sherwin
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sherwin Siy
> Senior Public Policy Manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
Hi folks,
Hope you've all been well! :) We (the Commons app team) are applying for a
Project Grant[1] to fund the development of v3.0 of the Commons Android
app[2]. At the moment, we're approaching completion of our 2nd Individual
Engagement Grant, having implemented several major new features, e.g. a
revamped map of "nearby places that need photos" with direct uploads and
Wikidata integration, user talk notifications, browsing of other Commons
pictures with focus on featured images, and 2FA logins. We currently have
4000+ active installs, and 15,000+ distinct images uploaded via our app
have been used in Wikimedia articles. In the last 6 months alone, 21,241
files were uploaded via our app, and only 1738 (8.2%) of those files
required deletion. We are also proud to report that we have a vibrant,
diverse community of volunteers on our GitHub repository[3], and that we
have increased our global user coverage since our first grant.
It has been a rocky road this year, however. One of the major issues we
faced was that a large portion of our codebase is based on
sparsely-documented legacy code from the very first incarnation of the app
5 years ago (a long time in the Android development world), leading to
unpredictable behavior and bugs. We eventually found ourselves in a
position where new features built on top of legacy code were causing other
features to not work correctly, and even fixes to those problems sometimes
had side effects that caused other problems. (My sincerest apologies to
users for the inconveniences that they were caused!)
In view of that, our Project Grant proposal focuses on these areas:
- Increasing app stability and code quality: We plan to overhaul our legacy
backend to adhere to modern best practices, reduce complexity and
dependencies in our codebase, and introduce test-driven development for the
first time.
- Targeted acquisition of photos for places that need them: The "Nearby
places that need photos" feature has come a long way, but there is still
plenty of room for improvement. We plan to introduce new quality-of-life
features (e.g. by implementing filters and bookmarks) and fix a few
outstanding bugs to make it more user-friendly and convenient to use. We
will also complete the final link in the chain of collecting photos for
Wikipedia articles that lack them by prompting users to add their
recently-uploaded photo to the relevant Wikipedia article.
- Increasing user acquisition in the Global South: We plan to implement a
"limited connectivity" mode, allow pausing and resuming of uploads, and put
more time and effort into outreach and socializing the app, especially to
underrepresented communities.
- We also wish to continue to assist the Commons community to reduce
vandalism and improve usability of images uploaded. This will be done by
implementing selfie detection, and a "to-do" system that reminds users if
an image lacks a description/categories.
Your feedback is important to us! Please do take a look at our proposal[1],
and feel free to let us know what you think on the Discussion page, and/or
endorse the proposal if you see fit. If you would like to be part of the
project, new volunteers and additions to our diverse team are always
welcome - please visit our GitHub repository[3] and say "Hi". :)
Also, we have just released v2.9 for beta testing on the Play Store! \o/
v2.9 features a new main screen UI, a new upload UI with multiple uploads
enabled, and major bugfixes for image dates and the Nearby map default zoom
level. More information and screenshots can be found on our blog[4]. If you
would like to help test the new release, you can sign up for beta testing
here[5].
Finally, we want to thank everyone who has cheered us on and supported us
throughout the years. As a community-maintained app, we wouldn't be here
without you.
Best regards,
Josephine (User:Misaochan), Commons app project maintainer
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Commons_app/Commons_Android_…
[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.free.nrw.commons
[3] https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons
[4] https://cookiesandcodeblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/version-2-9-beta/
[5] https://play.google.com/apps/testing/fr.free.nrw.commons
Apologies for the cross post, but wanted to share this with the community:
Hi everyone,
I wanted to let you know that the Copyright Office is seeking comments on
rules that should make it easier for people to make noncommercial uses of
pre-1972 sound recordings that aren't being commercially exploited.
https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/pre1972-soundrecordings-noncommercial/
Comments were filed on November 26, and now there's an opportunity to
respond to those comments by December 11.
The Copyright Office is looking for public input on rules it must create
under the Music Modernization Act (MMA), which was signed into law last
month. (We called attention to the threats that earlier versions MMA posed
to the public domain; the passed compromise version contains provisions
that actually improve
<https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/the-new-music-modernization…>
the
status quo in the public domain in some areas)
One part of the MMA lets a user make a noncommercial use of a sound
recording made before 1972 if they make a "good faith, reasonable search"
of Copyright Office databases and music services that offer a comprehensive
set of sound recordings for sale or streaming. If the user doesn't find the
work on those lists after their reasonable search, they can give notice to
the Copyright Office and wait 90 days to see if a rightsholder comes
forward and objects. If not, they can use the work.
The Copyright Office is writing the rules that define what a "good faith,
reasonable search" is, and it has more specific questions in its initial
notice. (here:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-10-16/pdf/2018-22516.pdf) Entities
ranging from music industry groups to the Internet Archive have filed
initial comments; (available here:
https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=commentDueDate&…)
responses to those are due on December 11.
The Wikimedia Foundation may file some short reply comments replying to
some key points made in other submissions, or possibly join other
organizations' comments, depending upon feedback.
I'm posting this to the list because I thought it might be valuable for the
Copyright Office to hear the perspective of community members who upload
pre-1972 sound recordings to Wikimedia Commons, or make other
non-commercial uses of the works. Even if you're not likely to use this
particular provision for Wikimedia Commons yourself (given the
restrictions), it could be useful for them to understand what searching for
sources and availability looks like to a typical user, and not necessarily
someone in the music industry.
You can make those perspectives known by filing comments at regulations.gov.
Instructions on how to file in this proceeding from the Copyright Office
are here:
https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/pre1972-soundrecordings-noncommercial/…
Happy to answer any questions people might have.
Thanks,
Sherwin
--
Sherwin Siy
Senior Public Policy Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
Forwarding to some project email lists so that people know that this
feature change is coming.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
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From: Johanna Strodt <johanna.strodt(a)wikimedia.de>
Date: Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 12:14 PM
Subject: [Translators-l] Fwd: AdvancedSearch announcement: looking for
translation support
To: <translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
the Advanced Search interface will soon become a default feature on
all wikis. Its deployment is planned for November 28.
The feature adds an advanced parameter form to the Special:Search page
in order to make already existing advanced search options such as
"intitle" or "subpageof" more visible and accessible for everyone. It
also changes the way namespaces can be selected.
We want to announce the upcoming deployment on village pumps with this
short message: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Johanna_Strodt_(WMDE)/Advanced_Search_…
The feature has already been deployed to deWP, arWP, faWP and huWP, so
we're now looking for translations in other languages.
We're planning to publish the message on Monday, Nov 26, around 11 am
UTC. Therefore it would be great to have the translations ready by
Monday November 26, 7 am UTC.
Thanks a lot. Any support is very appreciated!
Johanna
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Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0https://wikimedia.de
Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment.
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From: Chris "Jethro" Schilling <cschilling(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 3:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] November 30 deadline for new Project Grant
proposals
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi folks,
The open call for Project Grants is officially underway! As you prepare
your proposals this month, please keep in mind that the final deadline is
November 30th, and that this will be only the only open call for Project
Grants during this fiscal year, which ends on June 30th, 2019. To learn
more about this grant program and how to prepare an application, please
visit our landing page on Meta. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>
In addition to the resources mentioned in the prior announcement, we have
scheduled some proposal clinics where applicants will be able to discuss
their proposals or ask questions with Wikimedia Foundation staff using
Google Meet or using IRC. Some of these will be themed toward specific
topics (such as proposals involving a GLAM-related project), and others
will be more general. For a list of scheduled proposal clinics, please
review the Project Grants landing page on Meta. <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project#Upcoming_events>. Additional
clinics may be added throughout the month.
Thanks,
Chris
Chris "Jethro" Schilling
I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
He/His/Their
Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:08 PM Chris "Jethro" Schilling <
cschilling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The open call for the Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program will
> begin on November 1, when we begin public review of new proposals. The
> final deadline is November 30th for all submissions. <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>. Importantly, this will
> be the only open call for Project Grants in the current fiscal year, which
> ends on June 30th 2019.
>
> We are also seeking additional volunteer candidates to expand the Project
> Grants Committee. More information is provided at the end of this email.
>
> Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups and
> organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether
> focused on building a new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on
> your wiki, researching an important issue, coordinating an editathon
series
> or providing other support for community building.
>
> We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and
> complete a grant proposal:
> * Tutorials for writing a strong application: <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tutorial>
> * General planning page for Project Grants: <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Plan>
> * Program guidelines and criteria: <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Learn>
>
> Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal
> support upon request. Contact us at projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org if you
> would like feedback or more information.
>
> We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and
> make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into
> motion, and submit your proposal by November 30th! <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>
>
> Volunteering for the Project Grants Committee
> We are also seeking candidates to participate in the Project Grants
> Committee, the volunteer decision-making body that reviews all Project
> Grant proposals and decides which projects to fund. Committee members
have
> diverse backgrounds with skill sets like:
> * On-wiki editing and experience
> * Experience leading, coordinating, or managing projects with an intended
> on-wiki or online impact.
> * Background in handling externally provided money and working within
> budgets, preferably in a non-profit context.
> * Any grants you've applied for or worked in grant programs (in the
> Wikimedia, academic, or wider non-profit world).
> * Expertise in areas like knowledge equity or knowledge as a service, that
> will help us move toward our movement strategic direction
> * Software or research expertise
> If you are interested in serving as a committee member, you cand find more
> information and submit your candidacy here by November 15th: <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Committee/Candidates>
>
> Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with
> your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee.
> Contact us at projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org.
>
> Take care,
>
> Chris
>
> Chris "Jethro" Schilling
> I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)>
> He/His/Their
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> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>
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Greetings,
New designs are up for structured copyright and licensing statements [1],
based on feedback from the first round of designs. Please take some time to
look over the new mockups and tell us what you think. How copyright and
licensing is displayed in structured data is extremely important, and the
development team needs to hear from you.
Thanks, enjoy your weekend.
1.
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