Hello everyone,
It is a fact that for many African countries especially, a common
thing like a selfie with a national statue can be copyright infringement.
For some time now Wikimedia Ghana UG <https://wmghug.wordpress.com/>has
been learning what it needs to do to have Freedom of Panorama introduced in
Ghana.
Today we are happy to announce that following a session
<https://accra18.re-publica.com/en/session/freedom-panorama-why-free-knowled…>
on Freedom of Panorama with Douglas Scott of Wikipedia ZA at re:publica Accra
conference <https://accra18.re-publica.com/en>, we have put up a petition
on change.org for the President of Ghana to put his weight behind this.
Before you sign the petition you'll need to know this:
*Problem:*
Ghana's Copyright Act of 2003, Act 690 at the moment restricts Freedom of
Panorama.
Because of the restriction of Freedom of Panorama taking a photo or video,
or creating images or copies of monuments, buildings, sculptures and other
permanently public artwork including those belonging to the state could be
a crime.
*Our Request *
We are petitioning his excellency and our minister for the arts to have
Parliament revisit our Copyright Act of 2003, Act 690 and grant Freedom of
Panorama.
*About Fair Dealing In Ghana*
We have put a preamble to our FOP research as adviced by a lawyer here
<http://bit.ly/FOPPreamble> to explain the status quo in Ghana.
*Why the president?*
Though it is Ghana's Parliament that would amend the act, the lawyer and
the presidential staffer who is our liaison has recommended we channel this
through the presidency instead.
The Chief of Staff is ready to receive this on the president's behalf
Sign the petition here
<https://www.change.org/p/h-e-nana-akufo-addo-please-introduce-freedom-of-pa…>
.
And while you are there, if you have questions, suggestions, concerns, even
typos to report, I'll gladly handle them before we print it out for
delivery.
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Regards
Sandister Tei | Curator Media & Journalism, re:publica Accra | Citi
FM/TV | Wikimedia
Ghana UG representative + co – founder | Purple People
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Hello,
Our Annual Meeting was on Saturday and the few who came where able to share
some of their problems and ways they would want to deal with it.
We also have a google document file open[1] with 4 questions which we would
want members who didn't come to the meeting to answer. Please note this
google drive is opened for a limited period only so the earlier you submit
your response the better for proper planning for the coming year.
Also, the by-laws committee have finished drafting our by-laws which is now
uploaded unto our meta page[2]. If you have any comments please let us know
on the discussion page of the same meta page.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you
Best,
Justice.
[1] http://bit.ly/wmghmeeting
[2] http://bit.ly/wmghbylaws
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Hello all.
1. September marked the end of year as a usergroup.
It's October so happy new year to you all.
2. This coming week, Georgina, Justice and I will finish the report.
I will encourage you all to read it when it comes out. It won't be long.
3. Moving forward into our new please know that we will have an annual
meeting in early November to plan for this new year.
Stay tuned for the date.
4. Those who volunteered to assist with re:publica, you'll be added to a
WhatsApp group shortly.
If you are not added, draw my attention.
Thank you.
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Regards,
Sandister Tei
New Media+Journalism | Wikipedia | Purple People
linkedin.com/in/sandister-tei
Via Samsung Mobile
Hi everyone,
Our friends from Open Awards are trying to collect data on how users feel about the use of CC Licensed Works. Let’s help them by completing the survey below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SNILZBFmtvCJlGIm83Cx6-3YO_GDKrVcfv5RtaSq8A…
Feel free to share on other platforms.
Thanks for your contribution!
-Masssly