[Advocacy Advisors] Study request - OHIM - Publicpolicy

Yana Welinder

27 Feb 27 Feb

1:48 a.m.

Hi Dimi, Stephen and I wrote a guest post for EFF about the importance of the public domain for Wikipedia last month: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-… You may want to reuse some of that discussion to expand on the section on the social value of the public domain and open licenses. I think that concrete examples would help make that section more persuasive. Best, Yana On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Hello, everybody! As reported previously [1], the OHIM (IP Observatory)[2] has picked up our request to commission a study on the benefits of public domain and open licenses. To get the process going we need to present a one-pager with our main ideas. This document has been worked out together with EDRi [3] and BEUC [4], as they will also request the same study in order to have more leverage. We have kept this intentionally broad at some points, as the OHIM needs to make a first step in specifying the exact form and methodology. I am sharing this with you now and asking for feedback and comments until the middle of next week. Please bear in mind, that this is really just a first pitch and the form of the study will be agreed upon in the months to come. Thank you! Dimi [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-December/129015.html [2]https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home [3]http://edri.org/ [4]http://beuc.org/ _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

-- Yana Welinder Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6867 NOTICE: For legal reasons, I may only serve as a lawyer for the Wikimedia Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.

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Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov

2:31 p.m.

Correction: I meant Babmi and Winnie Pooh (not Pinnochhio). 2014-02-27 13:30 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com>gt;:

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Hi Yana, thanks for the pointer! Some examples of the social value are indeed very much needed. I also realised that Babmi/Pinnochio have different legal status in the US and in Europe, I shall therefore replace them with Cindarella, to play it safe. Dimi 2014-02-27 0:48 GMT+01:00 Yana Welinder <ywelinder(a)wikimedia.org>rg>: Hi Dimi,

Stephen and I wrote a guest post for EFF about the importance of the public domain for Wikipedia last month: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-… You may want to reuse some of that discussion to expand on the section on the social value of the public domain and open licenses. I think that concrete examples would help make that section more persuasive. Best, Yana On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hello, everybody! As reported previously [1], the OHIM (IP Observatory)[2] has picked up our request to commission a study on the benefits of public domain and open licenses. To get the process going we need to present a one-pager with our main ideas. This document has been worked out together with EDRi [3] and BEUC [4], as they will also request the same study in order to have more leverage. We have kept this intentionally broad at some points, as the OHIM needs to make a first step in specifying the exact form and methodology. I am sharing this with you now and asking for feedback and comments until the middle of next week. Please bear in mind, that this is really just a first pitch and the form of the study will be agreed upon in the months to come. Thank you! Dimi [1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2013-December/129015.html [2]https://oami.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/web/observatory/home [3]http://edri.org/ [4]http://beuc.org/ _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

-- Yana Welinder Legal Counsel Wikimedia Foundation 415.839.6885 ext. 6867 NOTICE: For legal reasons, I may only serve as a lawyer for the Wikimedia Foundation. This means I may not give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors

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Laura Hale

4:46 p.m.

Hi, If you haven't read Amanda Hess's piece at http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-arent-welcome-int…, it is well worth reading. In it, she makes a very compelling case that the EFF's position on privacy is problematic in terms of protecting potential abusers private information and in effect enabling abuse. There needs to be a really good exploration of the relationship between the EFF and the WMF in terms of advocacy going forward because of this issue. With a goal of the WMF to increase user participation, aligning with an organization that protects the privacy abusers may not be one of the best stategic prioritities. Sincerely, Laura Hale On Thursday, February 27, 2014, Yana Welinder <ywelinder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Hi Dimi, Stephen and I wrote a guest post for EFF about the importance of the public domain for Wikipedia last month: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/wikipedia-shows-value-vibrant-public-… You may want to reuse some of that discussion to expand on the section on the social value of the public domain and open licenses. I think that concrete examples would help make that section more persuasive. > >

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