Regarding the public domain issue, perhaps someone can create a document where--at the very least--we can add citations to important documents, to serve as a resource for when work on the text begins.
Bob
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Yana,
thanks for the pointer! Some examples of the social value are indeed very much needed.
I also realised that Babmi/Pinnochio have different legal status in the US and in Europe, I shall therefore replace them with Cindarella, to play it safe.
Dimi
2014-02-27 0:48 GMT+01:00 Yana Welinder ywelinder@wikimedia.org:
Hi Dimi,
Stephen and I wrote a guest post for EFF about the importance of the public domain for Wikipedia last month: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-d...
You may want to reuse some of that discussion to expand on the section on the social value of the public domain and open licenses. I think that concrete examples would help make that section more persuasive.
Best, Yana
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, everybody!
As reported previously [1], the OHIM (IP Observatory)[2] has picked up our request to commission a study on the benefits of public domain and open licenses. To get the process going we need to present a one-pager with our main ideas. This document has been worked out together with EDRi [3] and BEUC [4], as they will also request the same study in order to have more leverage. We have kept this intentionally broad at some points, as the OHIM needs to make a first step in specifying the exact form and methodology.
I am sharing this with you now and asking for feedback and comments until the middle of next week. Please bear in mind, that this is really just a first pitch and the form of the study will be agreed upon in the months to come.
Thank you! Dimi
[1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-December/129015.html [2]https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home [3]http://edri.org/ [4]http://beuc.org/
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