Hi all,

Without taking too much focus and energy off copyright reform and the current debate in the Parliament this is to let you know that the European Commission is currently conducting a survey on "Digital Education and Copyright". [1]

I have received information that so far the overwhelming majority of participants have been publishers and collective management organisations. We need to step up the game and get more free knowledge and free information organisations to participate.

The survey is pretty much straightforward. I filled it out keeping our Position Paper [2] in mind. The overall question is whether current copyright is helpful or a hurdle to digital education. It also asks whether current copyright guarantees high quality of educational content and thus copyrighted content is of higher quality than free licensed content.

In this case more important than having multiple Wikimedia chapters saying more or less the same thing would be to actually get other like-minded organisations to participate. If you can think of likely candidates willing to spare 15-20 minutes in your networks, please share!

Thank you! Dimi

[1]http://surveys.ppmi.lt/s/copyright/ [2]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright