<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I've spent a good chunk of the day reading through the first 31 questions; the comments on meta about those questions, and the responses proposed by Dimi and others at <a href="http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu/en/full/?guide=wikimedia">http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu/en/full/?guide=wikimedia</a> <br>
<br>All the comments essentially agree, with only some small variations.
Since we don't have any serious splits of opinion, I think the idea of a
combined answer that represents this as the opinion of the Foundation makes sense. (Not clear to what extent we should also represent this as the opinion of Wikimedians - opinions welcome on that.)<br><br>With that goal in mind, I've drafted proposed answers to each question, which incorporate comments from (among others) Seb35, Deryck C., Sapfan, NaBUru38, Aktron, and Kaldari. <br>
<br></div><div>I think the best place to discuss individual answers is in the talk pages, so I'll start uploading those shortly. I've also more-or-less copied this email into <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:European_Commission_copyright_consultation#Goals_and_next_steps">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:European_Commission_copyright_consultation#Goals_and_next_steps</a> if people prefer to discuss there.<br>
<br>Luis<br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Michael Maggs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Michael@maggs.name" target="_blank">Michael@maggs.name</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><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" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation</a></div><div><br></div>
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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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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>
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</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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">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></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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