Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Advocacy Advisors] European Commission Copyright Consultation

It's not clear to me what will be done with the answers proposed so far at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation Will they be submitted as they are, or is someone proposing to merge them into a single version (even though many answers have been signed)? Also unclear unless I have missed something is who will the answers be submitted by, and on whose behalf? Only individuals - and not the Foundation nor chapters - have formally posted answers so far, so is the intention that the answers will be submitted by and on behalf of those individuals only? The page says that the response "*can be submitted by the Wikimedia Foundation and other interested groups*", so perhaps the answers are merely intended as a resource others can use if they wish? If the intention is that a formal response will be submitted on behalf of the unincorporated group *Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU*, then it would be sensible for that group to register with the EU Transparency Register, here: http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do?locale=en According to the EU, responses to the consultation from non-registered entities will "*be published separately from the registered organisations"*, which may mean less influence. See: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/inde… (I note that the Foundation is not registered!) By the way, WMUK will be completing and filing its own separate response. Michael From: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> Date: 21 January 2014 14:51 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] European Commission Copyright Consultation To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder that we have 6 more days to collaboratively draft answers to the European Commission's copyright consultation. The idea is to give the global, online community a chance to come up with answers that, if coherent enough, can then be officially given to the Commission. We see this as a social experiment, since no one until now has ever attempted to answer collaboratively and publicly such short-termed and in-depth consultations. The corresponding link is: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_copyright_consultation Have fun answering! Dimi _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Advocacy_Advisors mailing list Advocacy_Advisors(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy_advisors