<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div>Hello advocacy advisory group, </div><div><br></div><div>Here is a thought: let's collaboratively draft a public response on wiki. We can use the resulting page as the Wikimedia Foundation's submission to the consultation, or as a reference point for other interested groups. To get started, Dashiell posted the EC's questions on Meta, here: <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation</a> </div>
<div><br></div><div>The submission deadline is February 5, 2014, so if we intend to respond, we should start finalizing our submission on January 27, 2014. The process here is experimental, so feel free to discuss process on the list or the corresponding talk page.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This may be an important opportunity for us to influence the future of copyright law (and free knowledge), so I am interested in hearing your perspective.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>
Stephen</div>
<div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Stevie Benton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk" target="_blank">stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello everyone, <div><br></div><div>Thought you might like to know that the European Commission has just opened a public consultation on copyright.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1213_en.htm" target="_blank">http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1213_en.htm</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Any thoughts?</div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div><br>Stevie<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><pre cols="72">Stevie Benton
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