Hi all,
I have written a template for a press release on the Freedom of Panorama issue. The message is that the European Parliament is now noticing the little known restrictions on sharing pictures of buildings and monuments online. We welcome this and point out that people in general have no idea that they are not permitted to share their vacation pictures online when traveling in countries such as France, Italy and Greece. (Thank you Stevie for your excellent edits!)
If you are interested in spreading the word in your country, or if you know someone who is, contact me and I will share the template with you.
What you have to do is translate the text. You are, of course, free to change it as you see fit.
As far as sending out the press release is concerned, I have written a brief how-to guide at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/how-to/press_release
If you have little time but would like to participate, I'd be happy to compile a list of media outlets in your country and send out the translated press release with you as point of reference for journalists who have follow-up questions.
Hope to hear from you.
Best Regards, Karl
Hi Karl,
Thanks for all of your work on this, I'm pleased I was able to help. It will be really interesting to see if this angle gets picked up in the press.
If the story gets coverage anywhere it would be great to see any links.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
On 15 February 2015 at 11:26, Karl Sigfrid karl@wikimedia.be wrote:
Hi all,
I have written a template for a press release on the Freedom of Panorama issue. The message is that the European Parliament is now noticing the little known restrictions on sharing pictures of buildings and monuments online. We welcome this and point out that people in general have no idea that they are not permitted to share their vacation pictures online when traveling in countries such as France, Italy and Greece. (Thank you Stevie for your excellent edits!)
If you are interested in spreading the word in your country, or if you know someone who is, contact me and I will share the template with you.
What you have to do is translate the text. You are, of course, free to change it as you see fit.
As far as sending out the press release is concerned, I have written a brief how-to guide at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/how-to/press_release
If you have little time but would like to participate, I'd be happy to compile a list of media outlets in your country and send out the translated press release with you as point of reference for journalists who have follow-up questions.
Hope to hear from you.
Best Regards, Karl
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Stevie,
Yes, I agree that it will be interesting to see whether the media picks up this angle. Always hard to know in advance.
I'll be sure to let you and everyone else on the list know of any resulting articles.
Best, Karl
Stevie Benton wrote on 2/16/2015 11:33 AM:
Hi Karl,
Thanks for all of your work on this, I'm pleased I was able to help. It will be really interesting to see if this angle gets picked up in the press.
If the story gets coverage anywhere it would be great to see any links.
Thanks and regards,
Stevie
On 15 February 2015 at 11:26, Karl Sigfrid <karl@wikimedia.be mailto:karl@wikimedia.be> wrote:
Hi all, I have written a template for a press release on the Freedom of Panorama issue. The message is that the European Parliament is now noticing the little known restrictions on sharing pictures of buildings and monuments online. We welcome this and point out that people in general have no idea that they are not permitted to share their vacation pictures online when traveling in countries such as France, Italy and Greece. (Thank you Stevie for your excellent edits!) If you are interested in spreading the word in your country, or if you know someone who is, contact me and I will share the template with you. What you have to do is translate the text. You are, of course, free to change it as you see fit. As far as sending out the press release is concerned, I have written a brief how-to guide at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/how-to/press_release If you have little time but would like to participate, I'd be happy to compile a list of media outlets in your country and send out the translated press release with you as point of reference for journalists who have follow-up questions. Hope to hear from you. Best Regards, Karl -- Karl Sigfrid +32 487 94 76 30 <tel:%2B32%20487%2094%2076%2030> karl@wikimedia.be <mailto:karl@wikimedia.be> Rue du Trone 51 1000 Brussels _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Advocacy_Advisors@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors-- Stevie Benton Head of External Relations Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 @StevieBenton
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