Hi everyone,
WIPO is currently negotiating a treaty to introduce a new limitation/exception to copyright. The German ministry of justice is keeping us posted with the current wording of the (still not finalized) treaty.
Wikimedia Deutschland has not been participating in any efforts on this matter. We indicated to the ministry early on that we believe every person should be allowed to transform a published work to make it fit his or her current needs and that such copyright limitation/exception should not be restricted to visually impaired persons.
Mathias
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Le 2013-05-21 09:16, Mathias Schindler a écrit :
Hi everyone,
WIPO is currently negotiating a treaty to introduce a new limitation/exception to copyright. The German ministry of justice is keeping us posted with the current wording of the (still not finalized) treaty.
Wikimedia Deutschland has not been participating in any efforts on this matter. We indicated to the ministry early on that we believe every person should be allowed to transform a published work to make it fit his or her current needs and that such copyright limitation/exception should not be restricted to visually impaired persons.
Mathias
Isn't it a "everything or nothing" approach? Don't get me wrong : sure I would like to see a world where everybody can have all means to access culture. In fact, on this regard I completely agree with what Russell write in "In Praise of Idleness"[1].
Now, I wouldn't drop an ease of access for visually impaired persons just because I would like more for everybody.
[1] http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html
The approach is different, it is the "we focus on the topics we really deeply care about and the topics where our limited resources can actually make a difference"-approach.
Out of a myriad of issues, almost all of them directly or indirectly can be linked to the health and growth of the cultural commons. However, not every issue has the same impact and the same amount of stakeholders. Getting involved in international treaty negotiations for copyright exceptions for visually impaired persons means not getting involved in another issue. Ultimately, it is a decision that has to be made which topics promise the best ratio of required effort and estimated outcome.
Having said that, I would personally love to see any effort of Wikipedians, Wikimedians or other groups to promote policy changes and technology to overcome barriers regardless of their cause; including visual impairments.
Mathias
2013/5/22 Mathieu Stumpf psychoslave@culture-libre.org:
Le 2013-05-21 09:16, Mathias Schindler a écrit :
Hi everyone,
WIPO is currently negotiating a treaty to introduce a new limitation/exception to copyright. The German ministry of justice is keeping us posted with the current wording of the (still not finalized) treaty.
Wikimedia Deutschland has not been participating in any efforts on this matter. We indicated to the ministry early on that we believe every person should be allowed to transform a published work to make it fit his or her current needs and that such copyright limitation/exception should not be restricted to visually impaired persons.
Mathias
Isn't it a "everything or nothing" approach? Don't get me wrong : sure I would like to see a world where everybody can have all means to access culture. In fact, on this regard I completely agree with what Russell write in "In Praise of Idleness"[1].
Now, I wouldn't drop an ease of access for visually impaired persons just because I would like more for everybody.
[1] http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html
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