Publicpolicy March 2014

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[Advocacy Advisors] Fwd: do you want to be listed on the Open Policy Network website?
by Mathias Schindler 26 Apr '14

26 Apr '14

Hi! I am forwarding this email for you. Please note Timothy's question regarding OPN membership. Mathias ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Timothy Vollmer <tvol(a)creativecommons.org> Date: 2014-03-20 23:16 GMT+01:00 Subject: do you want to be listed on the Open Policy Network website? To: open-policy-network(a)googlegroups.com Hi all: We're almost ready to launch the Open Policy Network website. Sorry for the delay! Here's a draft: http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/ (will eventually be openpolicynetwork.org). We need interested orgs to indicate whether they'd like to be listed as members on the website. If you are we will include a logo on this page http://staging.openpolicynetwork.org/about/#members Please let me know if you want your org listed and where to get a .png/.jpg logo. Thanks! timothy P.S. we wrote a bit more about the OPN and Institute for Open Leadership on the CC site awhile ago - https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41633 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Policy Network" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-policy-network+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Mathias Schindler Projektmanager Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. web: http://www.wikimedia.de mail: mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de Ceterum censeo opera officiales esse liberandam - http://urheberrecht.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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[Advocacy Advisors] Draft letter to UK MEPs on copyright
by Stevie Benton 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Hello everyone, As a part of the wider work that we're all doing on advocacy, Wikimedia UK has put together a letter to UK MEPs calling on them to support changes to copyright. The letter covers the three areas of interest of the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU: - Freedom of panorama - Use of orphan works - Public domain of publicly-funded works We've used illustrated examples in the text. We plan to send this out to all 73 UK MEPs within the next couple of days, both by email and by post. Do let me know if you have any thoughts. Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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Re: [Advocacy Advisors] FKAGEU at Wikimania?
by Romaine Wiki 28 Mar '14

28 Mar '14

I am available to help out on site in London with Wikimania with this subject. Romaine

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[Advocacy Advisors] FKAGEU at Wikimania?
by Stevie Benton 28 Mar '14

28 Mar '14

Hello everyone, I hope you're well. I'm in the process of writing a couple of submissions for Wikimania 2014 (we're all looking forward to welcoming you to London by the way!). I wondered if anyone would be interested in joining together to speak about the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU? Wouldn't need to be a lengthy talk, just perhaps 15 minutes with some Q&A, and to offer more volunteers the opportunity to get involved. Interested? The closing date for submissions is 31 March. I'll make a start and circulate the link shortly. Thanks and regards, Stevie -- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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[Advocacy Advisors] EU Transparency Register: push and pull
by Mathias Schindler 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20140317IPR39132/ht… Incentive measures The committee backed the introduction of incentive measures that would link the registration to: *further facilitation of access to Parliament's premises and help in contacting MEPs, *easier authorisation to organise or co-host events on its premises, *facilitated transmission of information, including through specific mailing lists, *participation as speakers in committee hearings, *better chances of getting patronage by the institution for events, The committee also encouraged the Commission to adopt similar measures. -- Mathias Schindler Projektmanager Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. web: http://www.wikimedia.de mail: mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de Ceterum censeo opera officiales esse liberandam - http://urheberrecht.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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[Advocacy Advisors] clarifying things for other advocacy groups
by Luis Villa 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

Hi, all- Since SOPA, we've seen a steady trickle of advocacy groups approaching us and asking us to banner or shut down for a variety of causes/events/etc. Not surprisingly, they usually come away frustrated.[1] I think that a lot of the frustration stems from two sources: - misunderstanding who we are/what we do - confusion about how best to ask us when there is a legitimate problem. To help address those points, I've put together a super, super-preliminary draft that we can point people at when they ask us to do advocacy for them, telling them better what to expect, how to help themselves, etc. It is here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Asking_Wikimedians_To_Support_Advocacy Please feel free to edit/hack at it/tell me it is awful :) Luis [1] Recent example: https://thedaywefightback.org/letter-to-wikipedia/ -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.*

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[Advocacy Advisors] Getty image embedding
by Mathias Schindler 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Greetings, Wikimedia Germany has received a requests to comment on the Getty Images embedding service that has been actively advertised by Getty Images last week. Our current draft statement is now located at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mathias_Schindler_(WMDE)/Getty_Embeddi… in both English and German and it is open for any kind of feedback regarding both the general statement and the details. This draft is meant to be open for feedback for the next days. I really appreciate any feedback from your side or any insight you might have. Feel free to use the talk page on meta. I especially want to know if other chapters have been approached by their communities, by the media or the general public on this topic. Mathias -- Mathias Schindler Projektmanager Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. web: http://www.wikimedia.de mail: mathias.schindler(a)wikimedia.de Ceterum censeo opera officiales esse liberandam - http://urheberrecht.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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[Advocacy Advisors] Big Fat Brussels Meeting Vol. 2 - Invitation
by Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Hello everybody, spring is coming and it's been a year since we launched the charme attack on Brussels. Let's take the next steps to conquer the bureaucrats' hearts and souls! In order to finetune our strategy, we invite everyone to a second meeting of the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU in Brussels: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_Vol._2 As last year [1], we will hold a two-day "Big Fat Brussels Meeting". The meeting is open for each and everyone. Prior knowledge of advocacy or internal Wikimedia policies is not required - a good diversity of views can be very productive. This years meeting is going to be held on a Thursday and Friday (April 24 and 25). We apologise for those of you who can't take weekdays off, but the meeting coincides with a public event on "Cultural Heritage and Mass Digitalisation" on Thursday, co-organised by us and UNESCO. [2] The two panels of the World Book and Copyright Day debate include speakers from the European Commission, Wikimedia, UNESCO, the British Library and the Federation of European Publishers. We believe tying-in the two events makes very good sense and will give participants an opportunity to engage hands-on in Brussels EU affairs. Please put your name on the participant list on Meta-Wiki or send me an email if you intend to participate, so we can organise an adequate meeting spaces. Thanks! Dimi [1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting [2]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/World_Book_and_Copyright_Day

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[Advocacy Advisors] OHIM Observatory - Studies
by Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Hi all, please find attached the three study requests that were submitted to the OHIM's IPR Infringements Observatory [1] by EDRi [2], BEUC [3] and us. The Observatory will work out their own proposals and work plans for these studies and come back to us shortly. The idea is that we will have the chance to monitor and comment each step of the work. We had initially requested a "study on the contirbution of the public domain the european economy" as a reaction to a study focusing solely on IP [4]. After a few months negotiations and meetings, the Observatory agreed to include studies requested by civil society in their 2014 work plan. In order to maximise impact, we coordinated with the two other civil society groups in the Observatory. Dimi [1]https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home [2]http://edri.org/ [3]http://www.beuc.eu/ [4] http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/intellectual-property/docs/joint-report…

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[Advocacy Advisors] Fwd: Official Public Domain FAQ from Switzerland
by Luis Villa 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Interesting example of small but real progress in educating by persuading government agencies to discuss facts that are important to us but not normally something they think about. Luis ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Daniel Boos <boos(a)pong.ch> Date: Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 6:37 AM Subject: [communia-associates] Offical Public Domain FAQ from Switzerland To: communia-associates(a)lists.communia-association.org Hi all Last year we kindly asked the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute to write an FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) on questions concerning the Public Domain. They were supportive of our idea. Last week they published their answers (in German): https://www.ige.ch/service/haeufige-fragen/urheberrecht/public-domain.html Unfortunately they are in German. IPI/IGE will translate the FAQ and add some answers about international matters. Some of the answers have implications for archives, museums or libraries in Switzerland. For example the FAQ makes clear: - when works are not protected by copyright in Switzerland (e.g need for some individual creativity (geistige Schöpfung ohne Individualität), official protocolls and reports, scientific data, after 70 years (death of author or if author is not known 70 years after publication), many everyday photos) - what one can do with works in the public domian - that the digitalization of a work usually does not create new intellectual property rights - circumstances, when it is allowed to break DRM protecting public domain works. - it does not matter, if a work is published or not. They all fall in the public domain 70 years after the death of the author - ... It also contains a nice definition in about what the public domain is. I think it is important to have such a FAQ on the webpage of the official agency for intellectual property matters in Switzerland. It is probably the only FAQ on their side describing what is not protected by copyright. I wrote a short article on the Digitale Allmend Blog. http://allmend.ch/2014/02/ige-veroffentlicht-faq-zu-public-domain/ Please distribute it to those that might be interested. The Swiss Intellectual Property Institute welcomes feedback. We might discuss it on the list. If you wish, Beat Estermann and I can report back. Best regards Daniel Boos _______________________________________________ Communia-associates mailing list Communia-associates(a)lists.communia-association.org https://lists.communia-association.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/communia-as… -- Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6810 NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.*

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