Congrats to Eric et al !! 🎉 This is clear proof of how meaningful and
impactful wikimedian advocacy efforts are :)
On the copyright law side there are 2 grains of salt to mention: As the
CDSM Directive for the most part fully harmonises what it covers, there is
a remaining risk that the ECJ might rule that the SE law can only be
applied to works of visual art, even though it reads broader. How likely
such a decision is I cannot really assess at this point. The second grain
concerns acoustic art, where very often (and more so compared to visual
art) reproductions require an interpretation contribution by performing
artists, like orchestras and studio musicians. One reason for limiting Art.
14 to works of visual art was to steer clear of impeding on related rights
of those performing artists. That would not have been necessary if the
qualifier "faithful" or "verbatim" would not have been struck out of
the
draft in the committee, or if the "unless ..." part of Art. 14 would have
drawn on something like "requires interpretation by performing artists"
(instead of that purely declaratory "own intellectual creation"). But
still, Art. 14 solves many things for the wikiverse and beyond, and is the
_only_ entirely new regulatory function that civil society managed to push
into the copyright reform, credits going to all involved in F.K.A.G.E.U. ðŸŒ
Greetings from the train
John
Am Do., 1. Dez. 2022 um 11:06 Uhr schrieb Eric Luth <eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se
:
> Thanks! And definitely, Lilli. I also don't think that too many countries
> have implemented Article 14 yet (?) so there should be some room left for
> trying out the same arguments, in those countries where it would be
> relevant.
>
> Best,
> *Eric Luth*
> Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement and
> Advocacy
> Wikimedia Sverige
> eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se
> +46 (0) 765 55 50 95
>
> Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.
> Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se
>
>
> Den tors 1 dec. 2022 kl 10:55 skrev Lilli Iliev <Lilli.Iliev(a)wikimedia.de
>
:
>
>> +1 Congratulations on this success. Also the aspect of the possible
>> benefit for visibility of art by women is good to see. A mapping of the
>> development of the efforts of Wikimedians in this field would also be
>> great.
>>
>> best wishes from Berlin
>> Lilli
>>
>> Am Do., 1. Dez. 2022 um 10:38 Uhr schrieb Franziska Putz <
>> fputz(a)wikimedia.org
:
>>
>>> This is great news!!!
>>>
>>> What a success story to share.
>>>
>>> @Eric I would love to reach back out in 2023. I'm thinking of kicking
>>> off a mapping of the Copyright advocacy work that Wikimedians have done
>>> over the past few years, including convening calls in which individuals can
>>> talk about their specific efforts and experiences, as well as collecting
>>> materials that we can compile into one big resource for everyone. It would
>>> be great to collect your learnings and also to have you present your
>>> experience at one of these sessions!
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Ziski
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 9:23 AM Eric Luth <eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se>
wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> The Swedish parliament just voted (a few hours ago) on the final
>>>> implementation of the EU Copyright Directive in Swedish law. The vote
>>>> passed, which of course embeds all the issues with the EU Copyright
>>>> Directive in Swedish law, but also brings the good parts.
>>>>
>>>> I'd especially like to mention one thing that I'm very happy that
we
>>>> succeeded with in our advocacy: to broaden the so called Article 14,
often
>>>> phrased as the the 'safeguarding of the public domain', in the
Swedish
>>>> implementation.
>>>>
>>>> The EU Copyright Directive states that no new copyright or related
>>>> right can be applied on digitizations / digital reproductions of
'works of
>>>> visual art' – a practice which has been fairly common in Sweden.
Based on
>>>> our feedback and advocacy towards Swedish government and parliament, it
was
>>>> however broadened to 'works of art', which certainly includes
everything in
>>>> the grey zone between what could be defined as work of art and work of
>>>> visual art respectively (such as applied arts, handicraft, probably also
>>>> manuscripts etc.).
>>>>
>>>> In Sweden, the creation of the kinds of art works just mentioned have
>>>> historically been dominated by women – which also means that we have a
much
>>>> stronger legal framework for making women's art visible online in
Sweden.
>>>>
>>>> This will mean a whole new opportunity for working with the
>>>> digitization of the Swedish cultural heritage.
>>>>
>>>> Happy to reply to any questions on this (or anything else about the
>>>> Swedish implementation, of course).
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> *Eric Luth*
>>>> Projektledare engagemang och påverkan | Project Manager, Involvement
>>>> and Advocacy
>>>> Wikimedia Sverige
>>>> eric.luth(a)wikimedia.se
>>>> +46 (0) 765 55 50 95
>>>>
>>>> Stöd fri kunskap, bli medlem i Wikimedia Sverige.
>>>> Läs mer på blimedlem.wikimedia.se
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