Dear all,
We're not actively doing anything on "linking liability" in Brussels, but there are a few proposals on the table that push for more liability in exchange for some copyright reform.
I do think it is something that generally concerns us, but we lack a general consensus what our position on this is. Since we're not likely to have a position on it soon, the forwarded message is FYI and gives an example of what others are doing.
Cheers, Dimi
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Anderson steve@openmedia.ca Date: 2015-05-05 1:21 GMT+02:00 Subject: Last Chance -- join the launch of Save The Link To: Steve Anderson steve@openmedia.ca
Hi all, on Wednesday morning OpenMedia be joining organizations (EFF, Fight For The Future, Creative Commons, World Wide Web Foundation and many more) from over 17 countries to launch the http://SaveTheLink.org http://savethelink.org/ campaign.
If your organization would like to join the campaign you can sign on here: https://openmedia.org/savethelink
Our right to link and host links to content and services online is under threat. We believe: "Linking is the foundation of the Web. We oppose regulations that aim to censor links to content or otherwise penalize services that utilize hyperlinks."
If you scroll down on the website https://savethelink.org/ you can learn about some of the threats to the 'right to link' we hope to take on.
Please also consider joining the ThunderClap promoting the launch: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/25637-save-the-link
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I recommend opposing linking liability.
Best regards, James Salsman
On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:53 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,
We're not actively doing anything on "linking liability" in Brussels, but there are a few proposals on the table that push for more liability in exchange for some copyright reform.
I do think it is something that generally concerns us, but we lack a general consensus what our position on this is. Since we're not likely to have a position on it soon, the forwarded message is FYI and gives an example of what others are doing.
Cheers, Dimi
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Anderson steve@openmedia.ca Date: 2015-05-05 1:21 GMT+02:00 Subject: Last Chance -- join the launch of Save The Link To: Steve Anderson steve@openmedia.ca
Hi all, on Wednesday morning OpenMedia be joining organizations (EFF, Fight For The Future, Creative Commons, World Wide Web Foundation and many more) from over 17 countries to launch the http://SaveTheLink.org http://savethelink.org/ campaign.
If your organization would like to join the campaign you can sign on here: https://openmedia.org/savethelink
Our right to link and host links to content and services online is under threat. We believe: "Linking is the foundation of the Web. We oppose regulations that aim to censor links to content or otherwise penalize services that utilize hyperlinks."
If you scroll down on the website https://savethelink.org/ you can learn about some of the threats to the 'right to link' we hope to take on.
Please also consider joining the ThunderClap promoting the launch: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/25637-save-the-link
best
*Steve Anderson* Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca 604-837-5730 http://openmedia.ca http://www.openmedia.ca/ steve@openmedia.ca
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On Tue, 5 May 2015, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov wrote:
Dear all,
We're not actively doing anything on "linking liability" in Brussels, but there are a few proposals on the table that push for more liability in exchange for some copyright reform.
I do think it is something that generally concerns us, but we lack a general consensus what our position on this is. Since we're not likely to have a position on it soon, the forwarded message is FYI and gives an example of what others are doing.
While I fully support the freedom of the hypertext I have my doubts about this campaign, because the issue at the table is about financial relationship between certain publishers and "the" Internet intermediary.
This is definitely the issue to watch since we are also an intermediary with a powerful, but non-commercial agenda. The same policymaker may happily bash Google while at the same time praise Wikipedia, although technically we might have quite a lot in common (toutes proportions gardées).
Marcin Cieślak saper@plwiki
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