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Asunto: [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)


Today we received some bad news in Sweden. The Swedish Patent and Market
Court ruled against Wikimedia Sverige in a lawsuit filed by Visual
Copyright Society in Sweden [1] (BUS). The case concerns images of
public art online, more specifically in the case of our website
Offentligkonst.se [2], a service created by Wikimedia Sverige using
images from Wikimedia Commons.

The ruling means that Freedom of Panorama is eroded and the public space
is diminished. It is a detrimental loss for our projects. Next we will
talk to our lawyers and WMF legal team to see what our remaining legal
options are. Our lawyers however believe that success is not very likely
if we would decide to move forward.

Intensive efforts to advocate for our elected officials to change the
outdated and problematic clauses in Swedish copyright law will be
initiated during the year.

We have also started a crowdfunding campaign to cover some of the cost
of the legal expenses and fines of about 750,000 SEK stated in the
verdict (around 89,000 USD) and for future national and international
lobbying efforts. Please consider making a donation at
http://wikimedia.se/en/donera [3], [4]ev [5]en [6] i [7]f [8]it [9] i
[10]s [11]a [12]sy [13]mb [14]ol [15]ic [16] s [17]um [18]. Simply  add
“BUS” in the comment, and all the money will be used for these
costs.

Some useful links (in Swedish):

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The legal argumentation from the court:
[19]http://www.bildupphovsratt.se/sites/default/files/upload/stockholms_tr_pmt_8448-14_dom_2017-07-06.pdf
[20] [21]
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Our press release:
[22]https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/wikimedia-sverige/pressreleases/domslut-krymper-det-offentliga-rummet-i-sverige-2054679
[23] [24]
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A timeline of what has happened:
https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offentligkonst.se/Stämning [25]

Best,

John

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John Andersson

Executive Director

Wikimedia Sverige

Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 [26]

Email: john.andersson@wikimedia.se [27]

Skype: johnandersson86

Links:
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[1] http://bus.se/en
[2] http://offentligkonst.se/
[3] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[4] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[5] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[6] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[7] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[8] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[9] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[10] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[11] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[12] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[13] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[14] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[15] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[16] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[17] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[18] http://wikimedia.se/en/donera
[19] http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Domstolar/hogstadomstolen/Avgoranden/2016/2016-04-04%20%C3%96%20849-15%20Beslut.pdf
[20] http://www.bildupphovsratt.se/sites/default/files/upload/stockholms_tr_pmt_8448-14_dom_2017-07-06.pdf
[21] http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Domstolar/hogstadomstolen/Avgoranden/2016/2016-04-04%20%C3%96%20849-15%20Beslut.pdf
[22] http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressreleases/hoegsta-domstolen-vaeljer-att-krympa-det-offentliga-rummet-istaellet-foer-att-gaa-paa-wikimedia-sveriges-linje-1360834
[23] https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/wikimedia-sverige/pressreleases/domslut-krymper-det-offentliga-rummet-i-sverige-2054679
[24] http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressreleases/hoegsta-domstolen-vaeljer-att-krympa-det-offentliga-rummet-istaellet-foer-att-gaa-paa-wikimedia-sveriges-linje-1360834
[25] https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offentligkonst.se/St%C3%A4mning
[26] http://roundcube.wikimedia.es/tel:073-396%2051%2089
[27] mailto:john.andersson@wikimedia.se

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Santiago Navarro Sanz
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