Dear all
At this year’s Wikimania conference
<https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania> next month in
Montréal, we’re again hosting a public policy meetup for folks interested
in advocacy for laws that promote free knowledge and the Wikimedia
projects. The gathering will take place on Saturday, August 12, from 12.30
to 2.00pm in a room on the 7th floor of the event hotel. We will announce
the room number once it is available.
We’d like to invite you to join us for a conversation and exchange about
ongoing and upcoming policy challenges and campaigns. The goal for this
meetup is to learn about regulatory trends and developments directly from
other Wikimedians from different countries. We’re also inviting people from
other organizations who are participating in Wikimania and would love to
use the meetup to connect them with you.
Some topics that we can discuss include:
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Copyright reform in the EU, South Africa, and Australia;
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Access to knowledge and enforcement of national laws across borders;
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Public domain status for publicly funded works.
The meetup will take place over lunch, so feel free to grab food and bring
it with you to the room.
If you’re interested in participating, please send us an email off-list. We
look forward to seeing you!
Best,
Dimi (Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU)
Jan (Wikimedia Foundation)