Dear all,
I am happy to be able to finally invite you to a Freedom of Panorama Experted Seminar hosted by us and the Legal Affairs Committee chair Pavel Svoboda.
The event will take place in the European Parliament on 27 May between 9-11. The goal is to have a rather academic analysis of the current situation, although a certain amount of politics is inevitable two weeks before a vote in committee that will include our point.
For us it is important to make sure that this topic is less controversial. Having it hosted by the largest and most "copyright-reform-reluctant" group is in itself a success. We need to be prepared with data showing that opposition to FoP is based on very shaky and speculative presumptions. The counter-voice in the panel will be the president of the French visual arts collecting society, who will of course try to argue that "licensing is the solution and we don't need to change the law". I've asked WMFR to send a representative, as they have met with this collecting society to negotiate and I am afraid their panel speaker could misrepresent the talks.
Event poster here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FoP_Event_Poster.pdf
If you'd like to attend, please ping me briefly, as you probably require registration to enter the buildling.
Cheers, Dimi