Wikimedia-l February 2006

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RE: [Foundation-l] Copyright complaints
by Patrick, Brad 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

You would be mistaken to conclude that the Foundation does not regard copyvio as significant. Rather, your choice of venue for discussion, i.e., Foundation-L, is not the most productive. Juriwiki-L is the place where hot copyvio action may be found more readily. Please contact me offline to discuss particulars. -Brad Bradford A. Patrick, Esq. Fowler White Boggs Banker 501 E. Kennedy Blvd. Suite 1700 Tampa, FL 33602-5239 (813) 228-7411 main (813) 222-3336 direct (813) 229-8313 fax bpatrick(a)fowlerwhite.com -----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces(a)wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Kim Bruning Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:34 AM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Copyright complaints On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:12:04PM +0100, Kim Bruning wrote: > This is important for wikipolitical reasons on en.wikipedia. If I > lose, my right honerable opposition shall likely successfully > endeavour to severely reduce copyright checks on the english wikipedia. The lack of response is deafening! :-P I guess I was mistaken. :-( I take it that copyright issues and incorrect use of fair use provisions are NOT a concern for the foundation at this moment in time? Due to the fact that copyright and fairuse checking is seen as disruptive on en.wikipedia, I suppose that priority must then be given to the community. I shall concede this point to my opposition, and request for copyright checks on en.wikipedia to be curtailed. sincerely, Kim Bruning -- [Non-pgp mail clients may show pgp-signature as attachment] gpg (www.gnupg.org) Fingerprint for key FEF9DD72 5ED6 E215 73EE AD84 E03A 01C5 94AC 7B0E FEF9 DD72 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer under IRS Circular 230: Unless expressly stated otherwise in this transmission, nothing contained in this message is intended or written to be used, nor may it be relied upon or used, (1) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and/or (2) by any person to support the promotion or marketing of or to recommend any Federal tax transaction(s) or matter(s) addressed in this message. If you desire a formal opinion on a particular tax matter for the purpose of avoiding the imposition of any penalties, we will discuss the additional Treasury requirements that must be met and whether it is possible to meet those requirements under the circumstances, as well as the anticipated time and additional fees involved. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Disclaimer: This e-mail message and any attachments are private communication sent by a law firm, Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A., and may contain confidential, legally privileged information meant solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message, then delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. Thank you.

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RE: [Juriwiki-l] Re: [Foundation-l] Copyright complaints
by Patrick, Brad 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Quote should include...[insert]..."in accordance with existing copyvio policy." See en:wp:Copyvio. -----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces(a)wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Sam Korn Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:25 PM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Juriwiki-l] Re: [Foundation-l] Copyright complaints On 2/9/06, Patrick, Brad <bpatrick(a)fowlerwhite.com> wrote: > To editors on en.wp in particular, don't hesitate to take action on > copyvio. It is better to err on the side of caution and aggressively > delete. The license problem is as much an educational problem as an > actual systemic copyvio problem. I hereby promise to quote you on that! -- Sam _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer under IRS Circular 230: Unless expressly stated otherwise in this transmission, nothing contained in this message is intended or written to be used, nor may it be relied upon or used, (1) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and/or (2) by any person to support the promotion or marketing of or to recommend any Federal tax transaction(s) or matter(s) addressed in this message. If you desire a formal opinion on a particular tax matter for the purpose of avoiding the imposition of any penalties, we will discuss the additional Treasury requirements that must be met and whether it is possible to meet those requirements under the circumstances, as well as the anticipated time and additional fees involved. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Disclaimer: This e-mail message and any attachments are private communication sent by a law firm, Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A., and may contain confidential, legally privileged information meant solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message, then delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. Thank you.

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[Foundation-l] Copyright complaints
by Kim Bruning 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Are there any (hopefully public) statistics/numbers/guesses as to how many copyright complaints the foundation gets per $time_period? If not, is there any guess, rule of thumb, estimate, or ballpark figure available, or could anyone dare give me a guesstimate? read you soon, Kim Bruning -- [Non-pgp mail clients may show pgp-signature as attachment] gpg (www.gnupg.org) Fingerprint for key FEF9DD72 5ED6 E215 73EE AD84 E03A 01C5 94AC 7B0E FEF9 DD72

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[Foundation-l] Thomas est né - Thomas is born
by Delphine Ménard 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Bonjour, Thomas Devouard, le fils de Florence (Anthere) est né hier soir. Il pèse 3,4 kg et mesure 51 cm. Il dort beaucoup et est bien sur le plus beau bébé du monde (dixit sa maman). Comme le dit la formule consacrée, la maman et le bébé se portent bien. Thomas Devouard, Florence's son (Anthere) was born yesterday. He weighs 3,4 kg and is 51 cm tall. He sleeps a lot and is of course the most beautiful baby in the world (says his mother). As the saying goes, both mother and baby are doing great. Delphine -- ~notafish

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[Foundation-l] Wikinews IOTM: February
by Brian Anderton 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

I'm pleased to announce that Michael Geist has accepted a request for an interview with Wikinews. This months Interview will be taking place on Wednesday, 15 February 2006 at 19:00 UTC in the International Wikinews IRC channel (irc://irc.freenode.net/wikinews). Michael Geist is a Canadian law professor, newspaper columnist, and blogger. Involved with the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic. Recently embroiled in a very public debate with MP Sarmite Bulte over her statements in support of expanding copyright law. We will be doing research and developing questions at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews/Interview_of_the_month/February_200… . Brian

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[Foundation-l] TACD Conferences 2006
by Kurt Jansson 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [edri-ip] TACD Conferences 2006 Datum: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:07:08 +0000 Von: Vera Franz <vfranz(a)osieurope.org> An: edri-ip(a)edri.org Below an overview on the upcoming IP conferences organised by the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue <www.tacd.org>. For more information, please contact Ben Wallis <bwallis(a)consint.org> (1) TITLE: The Politics and Ideology of Intellectual Property VENUE: Renaissance Hotel, Brussels, March 20-21, 2006 DESCRIPTION: The conference will bring together a broad variety of political figures and stakeholders to look at the thinking that drives current intellectual property rule-making. In recent years, intellectual property policy issues have gained higher profiles in Europe and the United States, as debates over patenting of software and business methods, copyright term extensions, the public domain nature of the Human Genome Project, access to medicine, peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, and other hot button issues have attracted a wide public audience. The TACD conference will provide an opportunity to stand back from specific legislative proposals and consider the broader intellectual and philosophical aspects of the debate. In particular, the meeting will examine how the struggles over the control and ownership of the new knowledge economy relates to our concepts of ideology, in party political positions platforms and political rhetoric. It will also look at the role of both the transparent and non-transparent lobbying of government officials, opinion leaders and the public to build consensus or support for different intellectual property rules. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: - Philippe Aigrain, Peter Drahos, Tom Faunce, Hugh Hansen, Susan Sell, Martin Khor, Bruce Lehman, David Hammerstein MEP, Eva Lichtenberger MEP, Declan McCullagh, Florian Müller, Nicoletta Dentico (2) TITLE: IP Disputes of the Future VENUE: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., April 27-28, 2006 DESCRIPTION: The conference will bring together experts in innovation, emerging technologies and the digitally networked society to explore how intellectual property (IP) rules will shape the world in the 21st century. In recent years, intellectual property issues have gained higher profiles, as debates over patenting of software and business methods, copyright term extensions, peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, and other hot button issues have attracted a wide public audience. This conference will ask what will be the IP disputes in new fields of technology, and how advances in biotechnology and information technologies will change the nature of IP disputes in areas such as for medicine, agriculture, software, music, academic journals, databases. Discussions will also focus on broader questions about how IP rules, in the long term, will impact personal privacy, and whether they will promote or undermine equality and fairness. What are the long-term consequences of different models for protecting or supporting innovation and creativity in terms of society? Are we headed into a world of hyper-litigation and concentration of ownership of new knowledge? CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Cory Doctorow, Ben Rosenbaum, James Gleick, Marc Rotenberg (EPIC) and Susanne Lace (UK National Consumer Council) (3) TITLE: The future of creativity: changing relationships between creators, consumers and citizens VENUE: Oh 20eme, Paris, June 19-20, 2006 AIM OF CONFERENCE The goal is to bring people together (mainly representatives of creative people and users) to look at new and existing social and business models for the intermediary between the creative person and the consumer. This would hopefully legitimize and elevate the status of new models of intermediary that promote the access of users and ensure the livelihood of the creators. The conference will look at ideas that realign the livelihoods and economic interest of the people that create works, with the people that need access. The idea is to ensure that they're partners rather than enemies. Ben Wallis Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Coordinator Consumers International 24 Highbury Crescent London N5 1RX Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 218 Consumers International is a federation of consumer organisations dedicated to the protection and promotion of consumers' rights worldwide through empowering national consumer groups and campaigning at the international level. It currently represents 234 organisations in 113 countries. For more information, see: www.consumersinternational.org

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[Foundation-l] Google AdWords to promote Wikimedia sites
by Jakob Voss 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Hi! Wikimedia Germany has been offered to participate in the Google Grants International-Programm. We can kidnly use Google AdWords to promote Wikimedia sites. Suggestions are needed to reasonably benefit: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Google_Grants Final dealine for suggestions is February 14th. Greetings, Jakob

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[Foundation-l] Wikipubs Project Proposal.
by admin＠wikipubs.org 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Hi, Please find below a project proposal for wikipubs. More information can be found either on the project proposals page, via the project page http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipubs or on the wikipubs demo site; http://wikipubs.org. Kind regards, James. === Wikipubs === * Domain names: Currently registered http://wikipubs.org, http://wikipubs.net, http://wikipubs.com * Scope: Wikipubs seeks to provide a source for the sharing of information relating to pubs, clubs, bars and festivals throughout the world. It will achieve this by encouraging users to post information, stories, anecdotes, reviews and ratings of their local pubs, clubs, bars and festivals. Wikipubs will also encourage discussion on pubs, clubs, bars and festivals between patrons of these establishments. Thus building a database for users to refer to when planning an enjoyable night out. * Details: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipubs * Proposer: mailto:admin@wikipubs.org * Demo Site: http://wikipubs.org

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[Foundation-l] Fundraising and change to the wikipedia traffic rating
by db 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

About fundraising: It is already pretty clear (see http://fundraising.wikimedia.org/ongoing/index.php/2006-02/) that Jimmy's personal appeal is more effective at generating funds than the wikimedia fundraising page (http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising). If we are going to continue with a fundraising link on every wikipedia page, shouldn't we change the link back to Jimmy's personal appeal until we find something else that is even more effective? About wikipedia traffic rating: Wikipedia is now one of the 25 (NOT 35) most visited websites in the world: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3m&size=large&comp… Can we update this information on the wikimedia foundation homepage? http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home -d __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[Foundation-l] .EU domain name
by Fruggo 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Does anyone know if we (foundation, a chapter, ...) applied for the wikimedia.eu and/or wikipedia.eu (and/or all the other projects) domain name? (see http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/) Greetz, Fruggo

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