I believe a coordinated effort could have good effects. The proposal as it is right now (there will be trilogues next week that may change it) is so bad that it might be possible to sway some MEP votes to completely block the directive.
Best regards, Jan Ainali
Den tors 7 feb. 2019 kl 12:14 skrev Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < rientjes@wikimedia.nl>:
In reply to Eva's question ("Do your chapters have an action plan?"). No, at the moment WMNL does not have a plan yet. Will there be coordinated action by Wikimedia affiliates like last year?
Sandra Rientjes Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
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Op wo 6 feb. 2019 om 22:56 schreef Eva Lepik eva@kodu.ee:
Dear all,
the conclusion to the copyright directive is approaching. The outcome seems to be horrible, as described for example here: https://twitter.com/paul_keller/status/1092912540194099200
or here: https://juliareda.eu/2019/02/article-13-worse/
Implementation of article 11 (link tax) and article 13 (content filtering) will have a severely negative impact on the digital environment. We don't know how much the link tax will affect the references in Wikipedia and Wikidata yet. As such, we cannot predict how much poorer the new liability regime will make our digital environment. The numerous outcries of digital rights organizations regarding the loss of freedom of speech and expression should be our concern, too.
The final plenary vote will most probably take place in March or April, some weeks before the elections of the next European Parliament. It will be the last chance to stop this disaster, after that we shall be left with damage control. Do your chapters have an action plan?
Best regards
Eva Lepik
Wikimedia Eesti
chairperson
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