Chapters update report Wikimedia Nederland November 2008
==Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland==
Wikimedia Nederland organized the annual Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland on
November 1. Please see our previous report for more details.
==Green Paper reaction==
Wikimedia Nederland submitted a reaction to the ''Green Paper on Copyright
in the Knowledge Economy''[1] to the European Committee. This reaction was
written within the working group Groenboek, and translated into English[2].
The translated version was sent to the other chapters, with the suggestion
to submit a reaction as well. Wikimedia Deutschland[3], Wikimedia Italia[4]
and Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary)[5] have submitted a reaction based on
this. Wikimedia Polska submitted a reaction seperately earlier on. The
working group consisted of Elly, Wutsje, Esther, Marco and Fruggo.
==Speeches&Conferences==
Wikimedia Nederland was present at FIFI2008 and Hay gave a speech at PLUG in
Hilversum.
==Press attention==
In November there was a lot of attention for Wikimedia and Wikipedia in The
Netherlands. A full overview can be found as always on [6] (Dutch). Press
attention focused on the Wikimedia Conferentie Nederland, the blocking of
the German Wikipedia, the fundraiser, the decision by Winkler Prins (the
Dutch traditional encyclopedia) to stop publishing paper encyclopediae, the
legal issue described below and the 500.000 articles on the Dutch language
Wikipedia.
==Legal==
Wikimedia Nederland has been sued by a Dutch business man to a) remove his
article from Wikipedia and b) give the personal details of the author of the
article. Wikimedia Nederland is of the opinion that it is not able to comply
to either of the demands, and above that, that the demands are not
justifiable. The judge will rule on December 10.
==Fundraising==
Wikimedia Nederland signed the fundraising agreement with the Wikimedia
Foundation.
==Links==
*[1]:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52008DC0466:EN:…
*[2]:
http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:20081123_Brief_Groenboek_aan_EU.pdf
*[3]:
http://blog.wikimedia.de/2008/12/13/stellungnahme-grunbuch/
*[4]:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Alcuni_Wikipediani/Libro_verde
*[5]:
http://wiki.media.hu/w/images/6/65/Response_to_Green_Paper_on_Copyright_in_…
*[6]:
http://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Persaandacht