Hello all
We wanted to let you know that WMF has signed a joint statement https://policy.wikimedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/transparency-digital-rights-and-nafta.pdf by internet freedom and digital rights organizations urging NAFTA countries for transparency in the negotiations process and to protect the right to culture and freedom of expression. The letter also asks that rules on copyright adequately protect users and the public domain and demands that provisions on the free flow of data do not limit countries' abilities to protect privacy and security.
We've published a blog post about the letter here https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/18/nafta-transparency-permissive-copyright/ . For more perspective on the issue, you can read the statements from our friends at Creative Commons here https://creativecommons.org/2017/08/18/digital-rights-organisations-tell-nafta-negotiators-move-talks-shadows/ and Open Media's post here https://openmedia.org/en/civil-society-urges-trade-decision-makers-consider-impacts-nafta-digital-rights .
Best, Jan
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Jan Gerlach Public Policy Manager Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 jgerlach@wikimedia.org
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