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[Foundation-l] Intellectual property policy for open organisations
by John Vandenberg 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

There are an increasing number of organisations which have indicated that their output is Creative Commons by default, however there are not as many that have a public IP policy which clearly allows staff to publish "their" work. i.e. We have moved from the IP policy being the stick used to prevent openness, and the "work for hire" and "publish process" are the next frontier. A few staff at University of Canberra (UC) have written an IP policy proposal which clearly gives staff ownership of their work, and requires CC licensing if their staff use organisational infrastructure to create their work. http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/University_of_Canberra/Proposed_policy_on_in… Otago Polytechnic adopted an IP policy like that in 2007. http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic/Intellectual_property Are there other examples, within or outside academia, where the organisation empowers its staff by providing a policy which clarifies when "work for hire" principle is enforced in this murky world of online collaboration? Does the WMF have an intellectual property policy for works created by WMF employees? Employees edit and upload using free licenses under their own name, but does the copyright belong to the employee or to the WMF? Is anyone in our community going to: Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest Washington College of Law American University, Washington, DC August 25-27, 2011 http://infojustice.org/public-events/global-congress -- John Vandenberg

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[Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Highlights: November issue translated (Dansk, Español, Français, Italiano, 日本語, Nederlands, Tiếng Việt) / news suggestions wanted for December issue
by Tilman Bayer 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

This is to draw attention to the translations that have been made available for the November 2011 "Wikimedia Highlights" - combining some of the most relevant information from the Wikimedia Foundation Report and the Wikimedia engineering report for November 2011 with a selection of other important events from the Wikimedia movement. Help is welcome in spreading the translated versions among the project communities for these languages, where this has not already been done.Many thanks to all translators! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_November_2011/da Hovedpunkter fra Wikimedia Foundations månedsrapport og Wikimedias tekniske rapport for november 2011 med et udvalg af andre betydningsfulde hændelser i Wikimedia-bevægelsen https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_November_2011/es Destacados del Informe de la Fundación Wikimedia y del informe de los ingenieros de la Fundación para el mes de noviembre de 2011, con una selección de otros eventos importantes del movimiento Wikimedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_November_2011/fr Éclairages sur le rapport de la Fondation Wikimedia et le rapport d’ingénierie Wikimedia pour novembre 2011, avec une sélection d’autres évènements importants du mouvement Wikimedia. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_November_2011/it Approfondimenti dal rapporto della Wikimedia Foundation e dal rapporto ingegneristico Wikimedia di novembre 2011, con una selezione di altre importanti iniziative dagli eventi di Wikimedia. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_November_2011/ja 2011年11月のウィキメディア財団報告書及びウィキメディア技術報告の抄録ほかウィキメディア運動の重要行事について https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_November_2011/nl Hoogtepunten uit de Wikimedia Foundationrapportage en de Wikimedia technische rapportage voor november 2011, aangevuld met een selectie van andere belangrijke gebeurtenissen binnen de Wikimediabeweging. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_November_2011/vi Những điểm nổi bật từ Bản báo cáo Wikimedia Foundation và phản hồi kỹ thuật Wikimedia vào tháng 11 năm 2011, bao gồm các sự kiện quan trọng khác của phong trào Wikimedia The December "Wikimedia Highlights" are currently being prepared. Suggestions for notable items to be covered in the short movement news part are still welcome until Tuesday afternoon UTC, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights . Also a quick note that on the suggestion of users Timeshifter and Buster Keaton, we're starting a (still experimental) global subscription service for the "Wikimedia Highlights", similar to that of the Signpost. If you would like to receive a summary message delivered to your user talk page on any Wikimedia project right after each issue is published, add yourself to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Wikimedia_H… (at the moment this is for the English original, but eventually subscription should become available for the translated versions as well). Regards, Tilman -- Tilman Bayer Movement Communications Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Foundation-L, the public mailing list about the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects. For more information about Foundation-L: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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[Foundation-l] Wikimedia España Chapter Report (October-December 2011)
by Jorge Sierra 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Hi all, You will find below the Chapter Report of Wikimedia España for the last trimester of the year. You can also find it in Meta.[1] Best regards, [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters/Reports/Wikimedia_Espa%C3… -- Jorge A. Sierra Presidente Wikimedia España http://www.wikimedia.org.es == October == *01.10.2011: Workshop about Catalan Wikipedia at ''Aplec de la Plana''. Moncofa, Castellón. [ http://www.moncofa.com/public/?section=agenda&dia=1&mes=10&anyo=2011] *07-08.10.2011: Participation in European Heritage Days: Landscape and Archeology. Sagunto. [ http://wikimedia-es.blogspot.com/2011/10/jornadas-europeas-de-patrimonio-pa… ] *21.10.2011: Interviews for article of La Vanguardia (newspaper). Barcelona. [ http://www.lavanguardia.com/estilos-de-vida/20111021/54232200370/wikipedia-… ] *21.10.2011: Meeting with Comunication Agency [http://www.f2-8.es/?page_id=2f2.8]. Valencia. *22-29.10.2011: Participation with Press pass at Seminci 2011. Valladolid. [ http://www.seminci.es/indexweb.php] Pictures uploaded to Commons: [ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seminci_2011] *23.10.2011: Interwiew for article of Diario de Ferrol (newspaper). El Ferrol. [ http://www.diariodeferrol.com/index.php/periodico-impreso/ferrol/30090-ferr… ] *26.10.2011: Agreement with Real Dreams. Barcelona. *27-28.10.2011: Participation at "II Jornadas de Debate. Museos y Bibliotecas: nuevas Estrategias en Internet." (2nd Conference of debate. Museums and Libraries: new strategies in Internet) organized by Museum of Prehistory of Valencia. Valencia. [ https://sites.google.com/site/museosybibliotecaseninternet/] *28.10.2011: Participation at "VI jornadas de la asociación nacional de podcasting" (6th National Association of Postcasting Conference). Alicante. [http://jpod11.com/] == November == *01.11.2011: Official results of Wiki Loves Monuments in Spain are announced. [ http://wikimedia-es.blogspot.com/2011/11/resultados-de-wiki-loves-monuments… ] *05.11.2011: Awards Ceremony of Wiki Loves Monuments in Spain. Plasencia. [ http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm6oqk_premios-wiki-loves-monuments_news] *16.11.2011: Participation in the III Meeting of Free Knowledge in Cadiz. [ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Encuentros/III_Encuentro_sobre_Conoc…] [http://www.uca.es/es/cargarAplicacionNoticia.do?identificador=3916] *22.11.2011: Participation in FICOD 2011: Workshop on "Wikipedia, Wikimedia and Collaborative Projects of the Digital World". Madrid. [ http://www.ficod.es/ficod/taller-debate/wikipedia-wikimedia-y-los-proyectos… ] *25.11.2011: Radio interview about Wikipedia in Aragón Radio 2. [ http://www.aragonradio2.com/podcast/emision/ventajas-y-riesgos-de-la-wikipe… ] *29.11.2011: Workshop about WikiAfrica: "How to share your knowledge about Africa in Wikipedia". Collaboration with Casa de África. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [http://www.africafundacion.org/spip.php?article10176] [ http://www.casafrica.es/agenda_europa_africa.jsp?PROID=549005] [ http://wikimedia-es.blogspot.com/2011/12/taller-wikiafrica-en-las-palmas.ht… ] == December == *05.12.2011: Interview about Wikipedia in "Gaceta Tecnológica" [ http://www.gacetatecnologica.com/entrevista/2040-wiki.html] *16.12.2011: Seminar eMadrid "Wikipedia as a technology enhancing tool" at Rey Juan Carlos University. Madrid. [ http://www.emadridnet.org/en/emadrid-seminar-wikipedia-learning-tool] *16.12.2011: Interview in La Sexta (national tv) on Wikipedia and SOPA.

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[Foundation-l] New partnership: Translators Without Borders and Wikipedia's Wikiproject Medicine
by James Heilman 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Translators Without Borders and Wikipedia's Wikiproject Medicine would like to announce a partnership to improve the free global access to high quality health information. Wikipedia, as many are aware, is one of the foremost health care information resources. It is freely usable by all people globally and can be re-purposed or changed for other uses as long as Wikipedia is acknowledged and the resulting product is released under a license that allows the same. Wikipedia's 26,000 medical articles receive approximately 150-200 million page views a month in English alone with some content available in over 280 other languages. The top 300 medical articles receive more than 100,000 page views a month[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Popular_p… and it is used extensively by both health care providers and the lay public with between 50-70% of physicians using it in clinical practice. Availability of high quality content is however limited in many languages. Even in English less than 1% of articles have passed a semi formal peer review process. Our efforts are attempting to both improve the English content and translation articles on humankind's 80 most important health care conditions to as many other languages as possible. This will be for many people the first time high quality health information becomes available in their own language. We are looking for people to both help us at Wikipedia improve articles in English and people to help Translators Without Borders do translation. We are also needing people with both language abilities and the ability or desire to learn how to edit Wikipedia to integrate the translated material back in the Wikipedia edition in question. This project is just beginning and we are planning on caring it out over the next three to five years. If you wish further details or want to become involved feel free to contact me or sign up here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Translation_tas… . Also please be extra nice to all the people I am recruiting and give me a heads up if problems are encountered. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

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Re: [Foundation-l] Bosnia's Top Cultural Institutions > Shutting Down
by Craig Franklin 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

> Message: 7 > Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:25:33 +0400 > From: "Yaroslav M. Blanter" <putevod(a)mccme.ru> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Bosnia's Top Cultural Institutions > Shutting Down > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: <fd4d5a6d2d4cf1db823bfb1df349c5ce(a)mccme.ru> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 22:13:58 +0100, emijrp <emijrp(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> 2012/1/7 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> >> >>> On 7 January 2012 20:12, emijrp <emijrp(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 400,000 >>> > artifacts. >>> > Any National Cultural Institution closing is a disaster. >>> >>> Yes, it is. So what's the game plan? >>> >>> >> I'm not sure. If the WMF goals are to collect/preserve/disseminate >> educational content, they can start with the holdings in endangered >> cultural institutions. It is not my work, but some suggestions, from low > to >> high involvement: >> >> * blog post exposing the events >> * a call to the museums, showing that we are concerned >> * offering wikimedia projects to host any materials they want to give >> * marathon to create related articles >> * organize a "Wiki Invades..." to take photos and notes of the > collections >> * wikipedian in residence and put some money to fund some activities >> * any other high profile partnership >> >> And read international news related to our long-term goals. >> >> Regards, >> emijrp > > May be checking with WM Serbia (I am not sure they can do anything, but it > would be good to know) and leaving a message on Serbian Wikipedia asking > for advise/clarification/actions. Everybody can leave this message, but > probably the most efficient would be to find someone who speaks Serbian. > > Cheers > Yaroslav I might just be a crypto-American chauvinist (and really, that sort of inflammatory message is completely unnecessary on this list), so I apologise for any ignorance on the situation, but would Wikimedia Serbia really be the best organisation to help out here. My understanding is that Bosnia-Serbia relations are still very... delicate... and a Serbian organisation coming in to help out with Bosnian cultural artefacts, no matter how well meaning, might not get the most enthusiastic of receptions. Cheers, Craig

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[Foundation-l] Moderation
by Nathan 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

This is well beyond acceptable discussion, and should draw attention from the mysterious and rarely seen list moderators. On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 3:12 PM, emijrp <emijrp(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/1/7 geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> > >> On 7 January 2012 16:53, emijrp <emijrp(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > It is sure that LOC is in the top priorities for Americans, and the BNL >> for >> > Serbians, don't you think so? Thanks for showing your patent chauvinism. >> >> Never ever imply that I am American again. >> > > I'm not implying that you are American. I'm just saying that you are an > ignorant chauvinist. > > The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina holds 400,000 artifacts. > > Any National Cultural Institution closing is a disaster. > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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[Foundation-l] Wikizine - Anno Domini MMXII Week II Number CXXXI
by EN Wikizine 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

************************************************************ __ __ _ _ _ _ / / /\ \ \(_)| | __(_) ____(_) _ __ ___ \ \/ \/ /| || |/ /| ||_ /| || '_ \ / _ \ \ /\ / | || < | | / / | || | | || __/ \/ \/ |_||_|\_\|_|/___||_||_| |_| \___| .org Anno Domini MMXII Week II Number CXXXI ************************************************************ An independent internal news bulletin for the members of the Wikimedia community //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// === Foundation === [Terms Of Use] - On websites the "Terms of Use" are what most of us frequently indicate to agree with but never reed. Also Wikipedia has a "Terms of Use". A "Terms of use" for Wikipedia came only to existence years after its founding and remained very basic. Until now. In original Wikimedia style a new Terms Of use have been written by the community at Meta. It is more extensive then the current but it remains, for a "Terms of Use", relative short and very readable. The WMF board still needs to approve it before it can replaces the current "Terms of Use". http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/12/31/terms-of-use/ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use -- New "Terms of Use" (final community draft) [The Annual Fundraiser] - Despite the economic problems of the world - the Wikimedia Foundation did it again. The goal is every year higher but the donations follow. The WMF has raised the new record amount of 20 million US dollar in the fundraiser that just now ended. The miracle of the WMF business model to just ask for money keeps working. But even a miracle needs some help. Last year the WMF spend 1,8 USD $ on fundraising. The operating budget of the WMF will increase in spending in 2011-12 compared with 2010-11 with $9.8 million. 28.3 million USD will be the current budget. The gap between the raised amount and the budget is closed by several grants and continuous donations. 44% of the budget will go to running the actual web-infrastructure. 24% will go to management, finance and administration. A tiny fraction smaller, 23% of the budget, is under the label "Other programs". The Community department and the Global Development department falls under that slice. The rest are fundraising costs. Best read the annual plan if you wish to know more. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/01/02/wikimedia-fundraiser-concludes-with-re… http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2011-2012_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Ans… [Grant of $3.6 Million] - The Stanton Foundation -, a long term funder of the WMF, donated $3.6 million USD (2,61 Million EUR) to the Wikimedia Foundation. This is the largest grant ever received by the WMF. http://tinyurl.com/3qv5grb === Technical news === [https] - It was already possible to login to the projects by means of a secure connection but that was by means of a "https://secure.wikimedia.org" -type of link. Now the usable links work. Just add the "s" to the protocol. This works on all Wikimedia wikis. Using https is not yet the default option when you login. If you wish to use it you need to enter it manually. https://en.wikipedia.org [Article Feedback] - A new article feedback system is in testing at EN Wikipedia. A previous version used a star-system the the reader could give to articles. The new one uses a different approach. It does not asks to give points but the give real textual reader feedback. More like a very easy comment function like on blogs and news sites. Only are the comments not posted. Currently the collected data is only for testing and not public. The idea is that editors will be able to assess the feedback in the future. The test runs on limited number of articles on EN Wikipedia. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/12/20/a-new-way-to-contribute-to-wikipedia/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29 -- example article with the new feedback function === Movement === [Al Jazeera] - The media company Al Jazeera, mostly know for its television stations, is releasing a large part of the pictures and video's the make under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0). This is very, very great news. Wikinews and Wikipedia now have access to recent quality material for there articles about topics that would be nearly impossible otherwise. http://cc.aljazeera.net/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/sets/ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_Al_Jazeera === Media === [Wikipedia Vs. Britannica] - It is not original but always interesting to read; compare the articles of Wikipedia with those of Britannica and other classic sources by academics. The reaserch is published in the peer-reviewed medical journal "Psychological Medicine". To read the actual article you can "buy" the article for $45 or "rent" it for $5,99. Luckily the Singpost is not so silly. http://tinyurl.com/6mzosac -- free read === Events and meetups === [Wikipedia Day] - next week, Sunday, it will be once more Wikipedia Day; the founding day of Wikipedia. The 15th of January Wikipedia will be become 11-years old. Several community's will hold a wiki-meetup in honour or Wikipedia Day in India, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States .... see link and check your local community. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day#Wikipedia_Day_2012 === Other news === [Illustrators] - An art and design school in Barcelona and the Catalan foundation "Friends of Wikipedia" have made a partnership in which 6 illustration students are doing their final degree creating images that will be incorporated under free licenses to Wikimedia Commons to illustrate some Wikipedia articles. http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2012/01/emerging-illustrators-int… [Wikiriffs] - "Every week or so I go to Wikipedia, click Random Article, and write a song about whatever comes up." https://www.youtube.com/user/WikiRiffs === Wikizine === [?] - between mid August and the end of September there was a short but strong burst of Wikizines in different new editions, new emerging concepts for Wikizine. This was under the direction of the new lead editor of Wikizine User Milos. Unfortunately it was a short candle that burned out very fast. This Wikizine is once more a "Classic edition". No more "News", "Talk" of "Opinion" editions. It is constructed once more by User:Walter. Realistically speaking Wikizine is dead since long. This edition and possible future editions are the product just of plain stubbornness to continue more or less despite any objective reason to do so. In that spirit I also wish to point out that Wikizine is still also online at Gopher-space. The wikizine.org domain is just renewed for two years so in any case that will remain online for the near future. Happy new year! -- User:Walter === Request for help === [WikiLovesMonuments] - The photo contest. Edition 2010 was only in the Netherlands. Edition 2011 was in many European country's and very successful. Will the edition of 2012 be a truly global event? Would you be interested in organizing a Wiki Loves Monuments in 2012 in your country? Would you like to know more? See the links below and join the mailing list. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012 -- first steps for the 2012 edition http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2011_winners - see the winners of 2011 http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu/ -- main website of WLM https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments -- join the mailing list [Babel] - The Babel extension is a system to indicate what languages you speak and at what level. Your invited to check of in your language everything is (correctly) translated. http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/01/ask-and-it-will-be-given.html === Did you know ... === ... that it very easy to get a QRcode for any Wikipedia article? A QR code a square barcode that is used to point to online resources that people can lookup with there mobile device. The website QRpedia.org makes it very easy make a code for any Wikipedia article. The code is language independent. When used it will return to the user the Wikipedia article about that topic in the language of the user based on the language settings of the mobile device. This system is used in several museums to provide multi-language extra information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia http://qrpedia.org/ === Quote === "jimmy_wales; I am proud to announce that the Wikipedia domain names will move away from GoDaddy. Their position on #sopa is unacceptable to us. 23 Dec Twitter." 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Re: [Foundation-l] A fundraiser for editors
by James Heilman 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

I am not suggesting that we use just a simple banner. We need to create something with a picture of a Wikipedian with text like "join us in improving the world leading encyclopedia, click here to learn how." Than when people click it will ask them "what sort of subject area are you interested in" with options like medicine and grammar/copyrediting, etc. After which it would displace important thing people need to now for the topic area or task they have shown interest in. For medicine they would be given guidelines on what are appropriate references and a link to WikiProject medicine where they can post comments. This effort would be supported by the number crunchers at the WMF who would determine which messages received more clicks and which messages resulted in more editors. The banner shown could also be subject area specific where we could test if having a medical student request someone joins us is more effective than having someone with a significant medical condition etc. -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

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[Foundation-l] Canadian consultation on Trans Pacific Partnership
by John Vandenberg 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

subject was: Spanish website blocking law implemented Canadian public consultation on TPP closes February 14, 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Pacific_Partnership Is WMF and/or WM-CA intending to submit their views? How can we help!? Do we have a list of submissions to govt.by the Wikimedia community? e.g. there was an EU submission last year, and here is a WM-AU one http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Submission_on_Australian_Digital_Future_Di… -- John Vandenberg DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE CONSULTATIONS ON POTENTIAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS The Government of Canada is seeking the views of Canadians on the scope of possible free trade negotiations between Canada and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) members, which include - Australia - Brunei Darussalam - Chile (see footnote 1)<http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-12-31/html/notice-avis-eng.ht…> - Malaysia - New Zealand - Peru (see footnote 2)<http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-12-31/html/notice-avis-eng.ht…> - Singapore - United States (see footnote 3)<http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-12-31/html/notice-avis-eng.ht…> - Vietnam Additional countries have also expressed their interest in consultations on joining the discussions: - Japan - Mexico (see footnote 4)<http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-12-31/html/notice-avis-eng.ht…> This notice is part of the Government of Canada’s domestic consultation process with business, citizen-based organizations and individual Canadians, as well as with provincial and territorial governments, to obtain advice and views on priorities, objectives and concerns to help outline the parameters of this initiative. Background The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement under negotiation to liberalize trade in the Asia-Pacific region. Nine countries are currently participating in the negotiations: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States. Japan and Mexico have recently announced their intentions to begin consultations to join the TPP. With the participation of Canada, Mexico and Japan, the TPP would represent a market of more than 775 million people and a combined GDP of $25.7 trillion (or US$24.9 trillion) — a market larger than the European Union. The intent of TPP negotiators is to create an ambitious, high-standard regional free trade agreement that covers a wide range of areas related to trade and investment. On November 12, 2011, leaders of the TPP member countries meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum announced the achievement of a broad outline of an agreement that would enhance trade and investment, promote innovation, economic growth and development, and create and sustain jobs. Nine rounds of negotiations have taken place. Following review of the November 2011 outline released by TPP members, Canada notes the high degree of complementarity between what is being pursued in the TPP and the approach Canada takes in its own trade negotiations. Additional information on the TPP can be found at www.ustr.gov/tpp (in English only). Submissions by interested parties The Government is embarking on a public consultation process to allow all interested stakeholders an early opportunity to provide comments, input and advice on possible free trade negotiations with TPP countries (current nine members and other interested countries: Japan and Mexico). It is essential that the Government of Canada be fully aware of the interests and potential sensitivities of Canadians with respect to this initiative. We welcome advice and views on any priorities, objectives and concerns relating to possible free trade negotiations with TPP countries. In particular, we are seeking views with respect to the following: - Opinions on areas of goods export interest (identified by Harmonized System [HS]/Tariff codes, if possible), including products that would benefit from the early removal of tariffs and other barriers by TPP countries. - Views on market access liberalization for TPP countries products (identified by HS/Tariff codes, if possible) into the Canadian market, including input on those products for which the elimination of tariffs should be expedited or phased-in over time. - Advice and views on trade in services, particularly the identification of sectors/activities of export interest for Canadian service providers, and opinions on domestic regulatory measures that restrict or otherwise affect market access for Canadian service providers. - Advice, views and experiences regarding the temporary entry of business persons from Canada into TPP countries and into Canada from TPP countries (e.g. impediments to entering or working in TPP countries on a temporary basis, including licensing or certification requirements at the border). - Advice, views and experiences regarding measures affecting exports destined for TPP countries, including non-tariff barriers (such as import licensing), technical barriers to trade (including technical regulations, standards and/or conformity assessment procedures) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. - Views on general rules of origin and/or advice on appropriate rules of origin for specific products or sectors. - Advice on “trade facilitation” issues (e.g. significant impediments related to import procedures). - Advice, views and experiences with customs procedures and with commercial goods entering and/or leaving TPP countries. - Advice, views and experiences regarding investment barriers faced by Canadian investors in TPP countries, including restrictions imposed on foreign ownership or entry to market, questions of transparency of regulation, performance requirements (i.e. local content requirements, use of local labour and services), and any other impediments/barriers. - Advice and views on government procurement markets of interest to Canadian suppliers and exporters to TPP countries, including the government departments, agencies or enterprises of interest and the goods, services or construction services that Canadian suppliers are interested in selling to those government organizations. Note that participation in government procurement may include bidding as the prime contractor or exporting goods and/or services to the prime contractor who in turn bids on government contracts. - Advice, views and experiences regarding barriers (e.g. availability and transparency of information, domestic preferences) when selling or attempting to sell to governments of TPP countries. - Views and experiences with the protection of intellectual property rights. - Advice and views on competition policy matters, including development of possible cooperation mechanisms. - Views on capacity-building measures that could assist developing countries in achieving the objectives of the agreement. - Views on ways to reflect the interests and values of Canadians in the area of sustainable development, environmental protection and conservation. - Views on ways to reflect the interests and values of Canadians in the areas of workers’ rights, human rights, transparency in business and commercial practices and other social concerns, as they relate to TPP countries. - Views on other related issues not mentioned above. All interested parties are invited to submit their views by February 14, 2012. Please be advised that any information received as a result of this consultation will be considered as public information, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Submissions should include 1. the contributor’s name and address and, if applicable, his/her organization, institution or business; 2. the specific issues being addressed; and 3. precise information on the rationale for the positions taken, including any significant impact it may have on Canada’s domestic or foreign interests. Contributions can be sent by email to consultations@ international.gc.ca, by fax to 613-944-3489 or by mail to Trade Negotiations Consultations (TPP), Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Trade Policy and Negotiations Division II (TPW), Lester B. Pearson Building, 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kim Bruning <kim(a)bruning.xs4all.nl> Date: Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:14 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Spanish website blocking law implemented To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> And canada is considering pushing back the public domain 20 years, under ... us influence yet again. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6225/125/ (Proposed and existing) US policy (foreign and domestic) is not really in favor of wikimedia at the moment, is it? :-/ sincerely, Kim Bruning

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[Foundation-l] Spanish website blocking law implemented
by Kim Bruning 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

Looks like .us is pushing other countries to implement similar laws, eg. .es : http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/03/0241248/spanish-website-blocking-law… sincerely, Kim Bruning

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