I agree with the previous thoughts on this thread that any WCA Council
meeting should be in the core time, on the principle that we want any
meeting to be open. Any of the outcomes of research, analysis and
services that we have been discussing should be presentations and
workshops integrated with the core schedule rather than a specific
Council discussion.
For those like Manuel that are unable to come for logistical or
financial reasons, we should ensure that good efforts are made to
enable their virtual presence, even if only for selected slots in the
timetable. This would be an excellent chance to show off recent
progress with open source software for video conferencing.
I'll aim to book my travel to arrive on Thursday afternoon and fly
back late on the Sunday.
Cheers,
Fae
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From: Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2 March 2013 10:59
Subject: [Commons-l] FOP in Europe: does this include WWII monuments with art?
To: commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hello,
Apologies for cross-posting, but WMNL was recently approached for
helping start a photo contest for WWII monuments. Based on this
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freedom_of_Panorama_in_Europe_NC.svg
We assumed that these photographs could be used on Wikipedia, but the
recent discussions about the DMCA takedown notice for this
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Houseball_(Oldenburg_and_van_Bru…
indicate that FOP in Europe is not really FOP.
To be careful, we have decided to cancel the photo contest idea,
though people are of course terribly disappointed about this.
Does anyone know the status of this discussion? Of course, WLM has
brought in several thousand of these "possibly-not-FOP" sculptures, as
they are often WLM monuments themselves, or are situated directly in
front of buildings that are WLM monuments.
Thanks in advance for any info you have - we need a short and sweet
way to inform the WWII monument committee and WMNL volunteers why we
are cancelling.
Jane
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I'm about to book my travel for Milan, and wondered if there were any
views from Council members or other chapter enthusiasts if we might
try to arrange meetings outside of the core Friday 19th to Sunday 21st
April.
If there are no particular plans for meeting during Thursday 18 April,
then I'll plan on arriving late that day.
Thanks,
Fae
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How long is this away?
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On 02/03/2013, at 5:46 PM, Tony Souter <tony1(a)iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Could there be more notice? And an agenda topic or two might attract more members into participating. Items don't have to be billed as occupying the meeting exclusively.
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On 2 March 2013 19:28, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2 March 2013 12:04, Fae <faewik+commons(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 2. Text on a memorial may be under its own copyright even though it is
>> on permanent public display, so the text itself must be demonstrably
>> out of copyright. This is a separate issue from the general FOP
>> provisions. If the text is incidental to the photograph, i.e. not a
>> close up and the text is effectively de minimus, then FOP is likely to
>> be valid.
>
> One other thing to remember: most of this text is fairly uncreative -
> in many cases, standard phrases or dates, and lists of names. We could
> make a reasonably good case that they are unlikely to be copyrightable
> texts regardless of age.
That's true, and I have uploaded plenty of my own photos of war
memorials with close up details of names, rank and so forth. However I
have run into problems with memorial statements that contain poetry,
simple drawings and original dedications and some of these have been
deleted despite me being reasonably cautious. I still think this is
solvable with some simple guidelines/principles for those taking part
in an event to take care to avoid any later problems with uploads.
Cheers,
Fae
Hi Jane,
I am sorry to hear this has been a concern. My intuition is that this
would be far less of a tangible risk to a team project than the fuss
about this stuff might lead you to believe, so long as we can
demonstrate sensible advice, review and precautions being taken.
In the UK, FOP tends to be very liberal, however memorials have
special issues to consider if the intention is for a free release on
Commons. I would have encouraged some guidelines for
photographers/uploaders to be written up, and then continued with the
event with these in place, possibly with a means of contributors
asking further questions and having their uploads reviewed for
compliance via an on-wiki project page.
A few nuts and bolts of it based on my experiences on Commons (from a
UK perspective, so this will vary somewhat in other parts of Europe)
are:
1. Any memorial must be a permanent feature. Any work of art that
appears temporary is unlikely to be covered by FOP.
2. Text on a memorial may be under its own copyright even though it is
on permanent public display, so the text itself must be demonstrably
out of copyright. This is a separate issue from the general FOP
provisions. If the text is incidental to the photograph, i.e. not a
close up and the text is effectively de minimus, then FOP is likely to
be valid.
3. Text which is embossed and made 3D, such as being part of an
inscribed plaque, may be considered a 3D work and covered by FOP.
4. Any memorial photographed whilst standing on private land may not
be covered by FOP.
The US has free speech, but is a long way from a country that accepts
FOP, however so long as the photo is taken in the EU and is of a fixed
and identified memorial, EU copyright law is the principle one to
consider and FOP applies.
Thanks,
Fae
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Hello, everyone.
I would like to inform you that the group known as "Wikimedia Kenya" is no
longer a provisionally-recognized chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, as
its provisional recognition has expired, and the WMF did not extend it.
We encourage the Wikimedians in Kenya to regroup and make some plans for
activity, and then to affiliate with the movement as a Wikimedia User Group
(a model not available at the time the group was provisionally recognized
as a chapter).
Please see our message to the Kenyan group on their list, here:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediake/2013-February/003359.html
We remain supportive of the group's next steps, when they are ready to take
them.
I am updating Meta now, but do lend a hand if I've missed anything.
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