Hi Dimi,

This is excellent news. I've done some work with Gervase in the past, including recently in some copyright workshops with Open Rights Group. He's really smart and I think he will be an excellent ally.

Thank you,

Stevie

On 21 April 2015 at 14:21, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, everybody!

Me and Karl just had a meeting with Mozilla's Jochai (San Francisco based) and Gervase (UK based and on this list). Mozilla will very quickly get active in Brussels hiring a full-time representative.

Their policy goals will be published soon and are centred around "not breaking the internet" and copyright, with a focus on goals such as having an "open norm" (i.e. fair use), an audiovisual citation exception and fighting against linking liability.

We're also likely to experience similar organisational challenges, as they're also looking into a way to ensure a coherent message and strategy and involve their volunteer community.

I personally am excited that we'll have another advocate for free&open things on the ground here.

Cheers,
Dimi




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