<div dir="ltr">Hi Dimi, <div><br></div><div>Stephen and I wrote a guest post for EFF about the importance of the public domain for Wikipedia last month: <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-domain">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-domain</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>You may want to reuse some of that discussion to expand on the section on the social value of the public domain and open licenses. I think that concrete examples would help make that section more persuasive. </div>
<div><br></div><div style>Best, </div><div style>Yana</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com" target="_blank">dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com</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"><div><div><div>Hello, everybody!<br><br></div>
As reported previously [1], the OHIM (IP Observatory)[2] has picked up our request to commission a study on the benefits of public domain and open licenses. To get the process going we need to present a one-pager with our main ideas. This document has been worked out together with EDRi [3] and BEUC [4], as they will also request the same study in order to have more leverage. We have kept this intentionally broad at some points, as the OHIM needs to make a first step in specifying the exact form and methodology. <br>
<br>I am sharing this with you now and asking for feedback and comments until the middle of next week. Please bear in mind, that this is really just a first pitch and the form of the study will be agreed upon in the months to come.<br>
<br></div>Thank you!<br></div>Dimi<br><br>[1]<a href="http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-December/129015.html" target="_blank">http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-December/129015.html</a><br>
[2]<a href="https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home" target="_blank">https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home</a><br>
[3]<a href="http://edri.org/" target="_blank">http://edri.org/</a><br>[4]<a href="http://beuc.org/" target="_blank">http://beuc.org/</a><br><br></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></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>
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