Hi, is there a page aimed for an external audience which explains in a few lines of text what is the problem, and why we care? Lodewijk On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The message below I sent to the Wikimedia chapters. > > As WMF considered SOPA as a big issue for Wikipedia/Wikimedia, this > can have a huge impact on Wikipedia, Commons and other wikis and I think it > would be good if WMF can take a stand in this matter and would help the > European chapters with this issue. > > Certainly some help with the *E-mail / Tweet your Member of the > European Parliament* (like with SOPA) would help! > > Greetings, > Romaine > > > Hi all, > > This concerns all the chapters in the European Union and chapters in > other European countries as well (copying is possible). > > *Subject* > Copyrights reform in Europe going in the wrong direction, damaging > Wikipedia. > > *What is going on?* > In the European Parliament currently a proposal (amendment) is > submitted that will restrict Freedom of Panorama in Europe. > This means: you are no longer allowed to upload images from modern > buildings and works of public art on Commons and not allowed to use those > images on Wikipedia. > > Also if Freedom of Panorama is only allowed for Non Commercial > purposes only, this is a problem for Wikipedia! > > *Some details*? > It concerns the amendment AM421 proposed by Cavada and passed in the > JURI committee. > > *When is the voting about the amendment?* > Thursday 9th July > > But we have one chance only! > > > *What can we do about this?* > > - Forward this e-mail to anyone who should know about this. > - Talk to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in your > country. Especially the members of the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups. -> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament,_2… > - Communicate this issue to the members of your association, to > your Wikipedia communities, and to the readers of Wikipedia. The public > needs to know! > - Translate: There will come a page on Meta about this, which > needs translation. This page with info will contain basic information and > can be linked to. This page can be copied to the local Wikipedias. This was > done as well for the SOPA situation in 2012 which also attacked Wikipedia, > example: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA > - Publicise a press release about this, write about it on your > website/blog, talk to the media how this can damage Wikipedia, etc. > - Use social media: Twitter, Facebook, and so on... > - Twitter about it and retweet them. Suggestions: > https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_BE/status/611000943908384768 - > https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_BE/status/610984311853064193 - > https://twitter.com/dimi_z/status/610792189631811584 > - Twitter also directly to the Members of the European > Parliament directly and ask them if they want to turn Wikipedia into black. > > > Also we should think about a CentralNotice / Sitenotice to inform our > readers. > > > *Where is the coordination?* > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_Panorama_2015 > To have an overview it would be handy if you sign up for your > country/area. > > Collect here also your actions like press releases, tweets, Facebook > posts, etc. Those can be useful to read and to see where some action is > missing or needed. > > > *You need more information?* > Read the upcoming Signpost article: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-06-17/Three… > > > *Also* > The Dutch chapter (WMNL) has formed a project group (including me) who > is working hard on getting more attention for this subject. Both towards > MEPs, the local community and towards the readers of Wikipedia. A campaign > is coming up today or in the following days. > > In Brussels Dimitar and Karl are monitoring the situation in the > European Parliament. Thanks to them this issue comes to our attention. > > Does your MEP like to meet someone in Brussels? Dimitar and Karl are > in Brussels and I can come there as well. > > > *Other suggestions?* > Let us know! > > Thanks! > > Romaine > > ---- > board member of Wikimedia Belgium > volunteer for Wikimedia Nederland > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Advocacy_Advisors mailing list > Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors > > _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

OK, when there is, that could be a nice thing to link in social media. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Not yet, but our intention is to create one and translate it in the > various European languages, > > Romaine > > 2015-06-18 20:54 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <lgelauff(a)gmail.com>om>: > >> Hi, >> >> is there a page aimed for an external audience which explains in a >> few lines of text what is the problem, and why we care? >> >> Lodewijk >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.wiki(a)gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> The message below I sent to the Wikimedia chapters. >>> >>> As WMF considered SOPA as a big issue for Wikipedia/Wikimedia, this >>> can have a huge impact on Wikipedia, Commons and other wikis and I think it >>> would be good if WMF can take a stand in this matter and would help the >>> European chapters with this issue. >>> >>> Certainly some help with the *E-mail / Tweet your Member of the >>> European Parliament* (like with SOPA) would help! >>> >>> Greetings, >>> Romaine >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> This concerns all the chapters in the European Union and chapters in >>> other European countries as well (copying is possible). >>> >>> *Subject* >>> Copyrights reform in Europe going in the wrong direction, damaging >>> Wikipedia. >>> >>> *What is going on?* >>> In the European Parliament currently a proposal (amendment) is >>> submitted that will restrict Freedom of Panorama in Europe. >>> This means: you are no longer allowed to upload images from modern >>> buildings and works of public art on Commons and not allowed to use those >>> images on Wikipedia. >>> >>> Also if Freedom of Panorama is only allowed for Non Commercial >>> purposes only, this is a problem for Wikipedia! >>> >>> *Some details*? >>> It concerns the amendment AM421 proposed by Cavada and passed in the >>> JURI committee. >>> >>> *When is the voting about the amendment?* >>> Thursday 9th July >>> >>> But we have one chance only! >>> >>> >>> *What can we do about this?* >>> >>> - Forward this e-mail to anyone who should know about this. >>> - Talk to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in your >>> country. Especially the members of the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups. -> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament,_2… >>> - Communicate this issue to the members of your association, to >>> your Wikipedia communities, and to the readers of Wikipedia. The public >>> needs to know! >>> - Translate: There will come a page on Meta about this, which >>> needs translation. This page with info will contain basic information and >>> can be linked to. This page can be copied to the local Wikipedias. This was >>> done as well for the SOPA situation in 2012 which also attacked Wikipedia, >>> example: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA >>> - Publicise a press release about this, write about it on your >>> website/blog, talk to the media how this can damage Wikipedia, etc. >>> - Use social media: Twitter, Facebook, and so on... >>> - Twitter about it and retweet them. Suggestions: >>> https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_BE/status/611000943908384768 - >>> https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_BE/status/610984311853064193 - >>> https://twitter.com/dimi_z/status/610792189631811584 >>> - Twitter also directly to the Members of the European >>> Parliament directly and ask them if they want to turn Wikipedia into black. >>> >>> >>> Also we should think about a CentralNotice / Sitenotice to inform >>> our readers. >>> >>> >>> *Where is the coordination?* >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_Panorama_2015 >>> To have an overview it would be handy if you sign up for your >>> country/area. >>> >>> Collect here also your actions like press releases, tweets, Facebook >>> posts, etc. Those can be useful to read and to see where some action is >>> missing or needed. >>> >>> >>> *You need more information?* >>> Read the upcoming Signpost article: >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-06-17/Three… >>> >>> >>> *Also* >>> The Dutch chapter (WMNL) has formed a project group (including me) >>> who is working hard on getting more attention for this subject. Both >>> towards MEPs, the local community and towards the readers of Wikipedia. A >>> campaign is coming up today or in the following days. >>> >>> In Brussels Dimitar and Karl are monitoring the situation in the >>> European Parliament. Thanks to them this issue comes to our attention. >>> >>> Does your MEP like to meet someone in Brussels? Dimitar and Karl are >>> in Brussels and I can come there as well. >>> >>> >>> *Other suggestions?* >>> Let us know! >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Romaine >>> >>> ---- >>> board member of Wikimedia Belgium >>> volunteer for Wikimedia Nederland >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Advocacy_Advisors mailing list >>> Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Advocacy_Advisors mailing list >> Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors >> >> > _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors