Thanks!!!
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Corynne McSherry
Intellectual Property Director, EFF
815 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
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great job when we post please do an allstaff email
with a link and background
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On Jan 9, 2014, at 15:40, Yana Welinder <ywelinder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have prepared a guest blog post for EFF about how Wikipedia relies on the public
domain:
>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Wikipedia_Shows_the_V…
>
> The final post will be published on January 14 as part of a copyright activism week
that EFF and other organizations are doing next week. You can find more information below
about the different themes for the week. It’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of
the importance of the public domain, so I'd love to get your input on the draft.
>
> Thanks,
> Yana
>
> --
> Monday Jan 13 - Transparency:
> Copyright policy must be set through a participatory, democratic and
> transparent process. It should never be decided through back room deals
> or secret international agreements.
>
> Tuesday Jan 14 - Building and Defending a Robust Public Domain:
> The public domain is our cultural commons and a public trust. Copyright
> policy should seek to promote, and never diminish, this crucial resource.
>
> Wednesday Jan 15 - Open Access: The results of publicly funded research
> should be made freely available to the public online, to be fully used
> by anyone, anywhere, anytime.
>
> Thursday Jan 16 - You Bought it, You Own It: Copyright policy should
> foster the freedom to truly own your stuff: to tinker with it, repair
> it, reuse it, recycle it, read or watch or launch it on any device, lend
> it, and then give it away (or re-sell it) when you're done.
>
> Friday Jan 17 - Fair Use Rights:
> For copyright to achieve its purpose of encouraging creativity and
> innovation, it must preserve and promote ample breathing space for
> unexpected and innovative uses.
>
> Saturday Jan 18 - Getting Copyright Right:
> A free and open Internet is essential infrastructure, fostering speech,
> activism, new creativity and new business models for artists, authors,
> musicians and other creators. It must never be sacrificed in the name of
> copyright enforcement.
>
> --
> Yana Welinder
> Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 415.839.6885 ext. 6867
>
>
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