On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Dominic dmcdevit@cox.net wrote:
Actually, I would like Wikimedia DC to take more such stances that make it clear to the public that it belongs in the category of organizations which advocate for open access and copyright sanity. The Public Domain Manifesto has been signed onto by Wikimedia Argentina, Wikimedia Netherlands, Wikimedia France, Wikimedia Italy, Wikimedia Switzerland, and Wikimedia Czech Republic already. The Berlin Declaration has been signed by the WMF, Wikimedia Poland, and Wikimedia Germany. There may be other similar statements that Wikimedia chapters have become signatories to. Wikimedia DC has never (?) gotten involved as an organization in that realm. I would like to propose that Wikimedia DC hold a discussion about formally signing onto those two, as well as the recent Washington Declaration and possibly others, at some point in the future.
Just to make sure we're talking about the same thing, I assume you're referring to the following documents:
(1) Public Domain Mainfesto: http://publicdomainmanifesto.org/manifesto
(2) Berlin Declaration: http://oa.mpg.de/berlin-prozess/berliner-erklarung/
(3) Washington Declaration: http://infojustice.org/washington-declaration
Cheers, Kirill
-- Kirill Lokshin Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc