The crucial thing at this stage, for the parliament-centred work, is to
try to find amendment texts that can get the widest support, from the
widest range of MEPs across the widest range of groups across the
parliament; and to try to get other amendments taken *off* the table, so
that the MEPs behind them back the cross-party amendments, to give them
the best momentum.
The team need to think what the best basis text for those amendments
should be -- should they be based on the texts that got through the
internal market committee, that Catherine Stihler (PSE, Scotland) might
be a powerful advocate for?
Or should they be based on the final evolved versions of amendments that
had the most support and most nearly made it in JURI?
Even though the EP is in recess, now is the time to be doing those
negotiations, and trying to sound out MEPs to build a cross-party
platform that can get the most support.
The *fewer* choices of front-running amendments there are in September,
and the more sensible they appear, the more chance we have to get them
in, instead of the text that came out of JURI.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can
submit amendments to the European Commission’s original proposal for the
copyright directive until September 5.
This is true.
This means that we will only know what’s actually on
the table on that day.
This is true in absolute, but it is our job (or specifically, the job of
the Parliament team & our allies in the different parties) to know as
much as possible about what is on the table before September 5th, and to
do our best to try to shape it into as successful and consistent a set
of proposals as we can.
One specific thing I would like to put up for consideration would be an
amendment that: if publication of a work is permitted by virtue of one
or more of the copyright exceptions, then the making available of the
work shall also be permitted.
This should sort a little local difficulty in Sweden that Wikimedia ran
into recently. It is also, I would submit, a sound principle in keeping
copyright law consistent and coherent, and preventing it becoming even
more complicated than it needs to be. It is not helpful, nor good for
the comprehension of copyright law, for distinctions to be made between
different modes of publication.
Such an amendment could perhaps be introduced and presented as a
response to M. Cavada's amendment, now part of the JURI amendments, that
sought to limit re-use and re-publication of material covered by exceptions.
It would be useful if we could get the above counter-text (or
alternatively, rider) through, I think.
All best,
James.
On 16/08/2018 23:25, Jan Gerlach wrote:
Hi Paulo
Thanks for the timely question! We’re getting closer to the vote, which is
scheduled for September 12. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can
submit amendments to the European Commission’s original proposal for the
copyright directive until September 5. This means that we will only know
what’s actually on the table on that day.
We are currently preparing information materials about the copyright reform
that the community can use to talk to the media in their country, MEPs, or
anyone else interested in the topic. We’re hoping to be able to build a
landing page where we can send everyone who wants to learn more about why
we care and how they can support our vision of a modern copyright. We’re
working on a pretty tight timeline here, because many things remain unknown
until after the European Parliament is back in session.
We’ll send out an update about next steps once more information is
available. In the meantime, you can reach out to me directly if you want to
get involved!
Best,
Jan
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:39 AM Paulo Santos Perneta <
paulosperneta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've just received a message in the Iberocoop ML about a WMF action plan
> for this phase of the copyright reform, which is said to be starting
> tomorrow. Do you have more information about this?
>
> All the best,
>
> Paulo
>
>
> john cummings <mrjohncummings(a)gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta,
> 16/08/2018 à(s) 13:50:
>
>> I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
>> what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
>>
>> Best
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 at 01:09, Jan Ainali <ainali.jan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
>>> of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most
MEP's are in
>>> their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
>>> period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
>>>
>>> /Jan Ainali
>>> Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 01:01 Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Jan,
>>>> Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm
>>>> excited that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I
hope
>>>> that in addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get
more
>>>> good stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
>>>> preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
>>>> freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel
like
>>>> the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
>>>> that direction!
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 3:40 PM Jan Gerlach
<jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of
our
>>>>> European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a
flawed
>>>>> copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of
expression,
>>>>> collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was
rejected
>>>>> by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier
draft
>>>>> text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments,
to be
>>>>> voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU
Parliament's
>>>>> rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to
achieve a
>>>>> balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
>>>>> Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12
plenary
>>>>> vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know
for
>>>>> certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it
will
>>>>> be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework
and the
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios,
promoting
>>>>> our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the
community to
>>>>> use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy
>>>>> efforts as well as news about any other important developments. In
the
>>>>> meantime, please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or
if
>>>>> there is anything we can help you with.
>>>>>
>>>>> We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Jan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/05/european-parliament-votes-against-cop…
>>>>>
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