<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>It’s not clear to me what will be done with the answers proposed so far at </div><div><br></div><div><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>Will they be submitted as they are, or is someone proposing to merge them into a single version (even though many answers have been signed)?</div><div><br></div><div>Also unclear unless I have missed something is who will the answers be submitted by, and on whose behalf? Only individuals - and not the Foundation nor chapters - have formally posted answers so far, so is the intention that the answers will be submitted by and on behalf of those individuals only? </div><div><br></div><div>The page says that the response "<i>can be submitted by the Wikimedia Foundation and other interested groups</i>”, so perhaps the answers are merely intended as a resource others can use if they wish?</div><div><br></div><div>If the intention is that a formal response will be submitted on behalf of the unincorporated group <b>Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU</b>, then it would be sensible for that group to register with the EU Transparency Register, here:</div><div><font color="#0b4077" face="Times"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do?locale=en">http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do?locale=en</a></div><div><br></div><div>According to the EU, responses to the consultation from non-registered entities will "<i>be published separately from the registered organisations”</i>, which may mean less influence. See:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/index_en.htm">http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/index_en.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>(I note that the Foundation is not registered!)</div><div><br></div><div>By the way, WMUK will be completing and filing its own separate response.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com">dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: 21 January 2014 14:51<br>Subject: [Wikimedia-l] European Commission Copyright Consultation<br>To: Wikimedia Mailing List <<a href="mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org">wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br><br><br>Hi everyone,<br><br>Just a quick reminder that we have 6 more days to collaboratively draft<br>answers to the European Commission's copyright consultation.<br><br>The idea is to give the global, online community a chance to come up with<br>answers that, if coherent enough, can then be officially given to the<br>Commission.<br><br>We see this as a social experiment, since no one until now has ever<br>attempted to answer collaboratively and publicly such short-termed and<br>in-depth consultations.<br><br>The corresponding link is:<br><br><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation</a><br><br>Have fun answering!<br><br>Dimi<br>_______________________________________________<br><br></div></div></blockquote></body></html>