Yes, this is an important discussion regarding privacy. It is an ongoing topic of discussion in various portions of the wikimedian community. However, this proposed study being discussed is about copyright, which is quite a different subject.
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On 27 Feb 2014, at 6:46, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
Hi,
If you haven't read Amanda Hess's piece at http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-arent-welcome-inte... , it is well worth reading. In it, she makes a very compelling case that the EFF's position on privacy is problematic in terms of protecting potential abusers private information and in effect enabling abuse. There needs to be a really good exploration of the relationship between the EFF and the WMF in terms of advocacy going forward because of this issue. With a goal of the WMF to increase user participation, aligning with an organization that protects the privacy abusers may not be one of the best stategic prioritities.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Yana Welinder ywelinder@wikimedia.org wrote: 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.
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