<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all, </div><div><br></div><div>We have prepared a guest blog post for EFF about how Wikipedia relies on the public domain:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Wikipedia_Shows_the_Value_of_a_Vibrant_Public_Domain" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Wikipedia_Shows_the_Value_of_a_Vibrant_Public_Domain</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>The final post will be published on January 14 as part of a copyright activism week that EFF and other organizations are doing next week. You can find more information below about the different themes for the week. It’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the public domain, so I'd love to get your input on the draft. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks, </div><div>Yana</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><span style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(100,100,100);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span>Monday Jan 13</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> - Transparency:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Copyright policy must be set through a participatory, democratic and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">transparent process. It should never be decided through back room deals</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">or secret international agreements.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span>Tuesday Jan 14</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> - Building and Defending a Robust Public Domain:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">The public domain is our cultural commons and a public trust. Copyright</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">policy should seek to promote, and never diminish, this crucial resource.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span>Wednesday Jan 15</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> - Open Access: The results of publicly funded research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">should be made freely available to the public online, to be fully used</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">by anyone, anywhere, anytime.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span>Thursday Jan 16</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> - You Bought it, You Own It: Copyright policy should</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">foster the freedom to truly own your stuff: to tinker with it, repair</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">it, reuse it, recycle it, read or watch or launch it on any device, lend</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">it, and then give it away (or re-sell it) when you're done.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span>Friday Jan 17</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> - Fair Use Rights:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">For copyright to achieve its purpose of encouraging creativity and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">innovation, it must preserve and promote ample breathing space for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">unexpected and innovative uses.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span>Saturday Jan 18</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> - Getting Copyright Right:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">A free and open Internet is essential infrastructure, fostering speech,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">activism, new creativity and new business models for artists, authors,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">musicians and other creators. It must never be sacrificed in the name of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">copyright enforcement.</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></span></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Yana Welinder</span><div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Legal Counsel<br>Wikimedia Foundation<br><a href="tel:415.839.6885" value="+14158396885" target="_blank">415.839.6885</a> ext. </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent">6867</span><br>
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