Hi Pyb,
this is whole initiative is completely bonkers, but with the current
government here nothing comes as a surprise anymore.
Currently, WMAT would not be affected by the law (in case it passes) as
we are under the 500,000 EUR annual return limit. However, this might
change in the future - the year we hosted the Hackathon and with the
additional funds we handled we came very near that limit.... Regardless
of the status of the local chapter, Wikimedia projects would definitely
be subject to this policy, how they would enforce it however is not
entirely clear. Some of our netpoliticial partner organisations in
Austria, fight the current draft, we try to support them as best as we
can with the limited resources we have.
Claudia
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> Does someone have more information about what is going on in Austria
> with anonymity?
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190428/13263642106/austrian-government-…
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> Pyb
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> Le 2019-04-30 12:53, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov a écrit :
>
> tl;dr
>> The regulation on preventing online dissemination of
> terrorist content, as well as a general restructuring of the
> intermediary protection rules, will be two hot topics for the next
> European Commission and Parliament after the elections. Copyright is a
> wrap and it is now up to the Member States to transpose it.
>> This
> and previous reports on Meta:
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor
>> ======
>>
>> ======
>> TERREG
>>
>> On April 17th, after 8 months since the European
> Commission first presented its version of the "Regulation on Preventing
> the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Online" (TERREG), the Civil
> Liberties (LIBE) committee report was adopted by the European
> Parliament. [1] Let's recap: the EC planned an overhaul of free speech
> under blurry definitions and unproportionate measures. Two Parliamentary
> Committees - Internal Market (IMCO) and Culture (CULT) - presented much
> better versions of the regulation. The lead LIBE, at first, presented a
> version retracting the positive thinking. Then, thanks to the work of
> some of the shadow rapporteurs and civil society input, the the final
> report offered some mitigation.
>> ---
>>
>> The parliamentary vote
> [2] means that the rapporteur is going to the trilogues with a text that
> does not include referrals, has no proactive measures (at least not
> mandated by law) and provides for some judicial oversight on removal
> orders. Content mentioned in an order, however, will need to be removed
> within 1 hour of receiving it. An attempt to change it failed by 3 votes
> in the plenary.
>> ---
>>
>> Next stage, the Trilogues, are expected
> to happen in the Fall. It can also be expected that the European
> Commission will want to bring back the referrals and proactive measures
> into the final text. So our work with that file is far from done.
>>
> ======
>> ======
>>
>> Copyright
>>
>> Two weeks ago the Council gave
> the final "green light" for the Copyright in the Digital Single Market
> Directive. [3] In the end Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, the Netherlands,
> Sweden and Finland voted against, while Belgium, Estonia and Slovenia
> abstained (which has the same effect as voting against). Still, the
> necessary double majority was reached.
>> ---
>>
>> The final text
> [4] will soon be published in the Official Journal of the EU and from
> that date on Member States will have 24 months to transpose it into
> national law. The European Commission has stated that they would like to
> work on non-binding best practice implementation guidelines for Article
> 17 (formerly Article 13, the one with upload filters). We expect most
> Member States to participate and make use of them. Procedure and
> timeline are still to be announced. In the meanwhile, it looks like
> France is keen on transposing the Directive without additional delays.
> The Estonian government has asked stakeholders about their views on
> implementation. Did you hear about your government doing something in
> this regard already? Please let us know!
>> ======
>>
>> ======
>>
>>
> E-Commerce Directive Reform
>> We may consider it as certain that the
> next European Commission will propose a reform of the E-Commerce
> Directive, most likely turning it into a Regulation. This means that
> intermediary liability will be directly discussed and redrawn during the
> next legislative term. So upload filters, deletions, stay-downs are
> going to be a central topic. We need to have a positive vision for what
> a regime change may look like in order to be a serious stakeholder in
> the debates. If you would like to join a working group this, please let
> us know!
>> ======
>>
>> ======
>>
>> BIG FAT BRUSSELS MEETING
>>
>>
> The Big Fat Brussels Meeting will be on 1-2 June, the weekend after the
> EP elections. We will be setting up our transposition work and will be
> making plans of how to reach out the newly elected MEPs. If you want to
> attend, but can't afford the travel, please let us know! [5]
>>
> ======
>> ======
>>
>>
>
[1]https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2018/0331(COD)&l=en
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>>
> [2]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-8-2019-0421_EN.pdf
>
[3]https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/04/15/eu-adjusts-copyright-rules-to-the-digital-age/
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>>
> [4https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-51-2019-INIT/en/pdf
>
>>
> [
5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Commerce_Directive_2000
> [
6]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_VI
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