Hi policy folks, ----- tl;dr: Please check out and participate in the new copyright strategy on Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy>, and attend the accompanying IRC office hour <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours> on September 15. ----- As you may have already seen on other mailing lists or through messages on-wiki, we on the WMF legal team have been putting together a new strategy for identifying, prioritizing, and addressing copyright issues that affect Wikimedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy>. The goal of the strategy is to improve how Wikimedia does its copyright-related work by providing a centralized place for everyone—staff and non-staff alike—to organize and collaborate on that work. There’s more information on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy The strategy is designed to work with all sorts of issues, including things like MediaWiki feature design, Creative Commons license compliance and project copyright policies. I’m hoping the copyright strategy pages will also become a place to track and discuss copyright-related public policy opportunities and developments. If a copyright lawsuit is filed, copyright legislation is proposed, or an opportunity arises to share Wikimedia’s perspective on copyright with policymakers, it can be added to the strategy’s list of issues <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy/Issues>. We can then all talk about it and propose responses or activism. The goal of the strategy is not to replace this mailing list, the public policy portal <http://policy.wikimedia.org>, or anywhere else where policy discussions are already thriving, but to supplement existing forums. By documenting discussions and keeping them active on-wiki, we can help make sure we don’t lose track of anything. If you have questions about all of this, I encourage you to leave a comment on the copyright strategy talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Copyright_strategy>. The legal team will also be holding an office hour on IRC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours>to discuss the strategy on September 15 at 14:00 UTC. I hope you’ll participate! Best, Charles M. Roslof Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation croslof(a)wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.