Re: [Advocacy Advisors] Commissioner Ansip mentions FoP

Salut la liste! Presenting the Digital Single Market Strategy last month, the Vice-President Ansip and Commissioner Oettinger focued on exceptions for libraries, education and text and data mining. A few days ago, at at speech at the European Digital Forum Vice-President Ansip mentioned FoP as a standalone example, which is a good indicator that agenda-setting efforts are getting traction: Then there is the wide variety of rules that apply across the EU's 28 countries, with exceptions that are different in every one. Exceptions for public libraries, museums, archives, teaching; different rules everywhere about using photos of public buildings. The result is a series of national discrepancies: hardly a fair environment for creative competition in a single internal market. The rules should be brought into line across Europe so everyone knows where they stand. Europe's strength lies in its cultural diversity. But culture thrives on exchange and openness – not from being locked away on artificial cultural 'islands' where others cannot gain access. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15-5089_en.htm Many thanks to everyone who participated so far and have a sunny weekend! Cheers, Dimi _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors