Owen Blacker's blog post on Medium:

https://medium.com/vantage/freedom-of-panorama-is-under-attack-6cc5353b4f65

The Times headline is *superlative*. If only the Times wasn't paywalled ...

On 24 June 2015 at 13:45, Richard Nevell
<richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> I think Stevie Benton is working on a letter to MEPs. As far as I know it's
> at a drafting stage.
>
> Richard
>
> On 24 June 2015 at 13:39, Deryck Chan <deryckchan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi team WMUK,
>> I'm planning to write a letter to my MEP(s) about this. Has anyone written
>> one already and can share it?
>> Deryck
>>
>> On 23 June 2015 at 23:38, Fæ <faewik@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> For those interested in this proposed EU copyright change, and with
>>> access to the BBC IPlayer (it may only work in the UK), I suggest
>>> reviewing today's Daily Politics show.[1] The position of the Labour
>>> party MEP (Mary Honeyball) is to support new restrictions on Freedom
>>> of Panorama (she gives a good 2 minute explanation of why the proposed
>>> amendment is a great thing), while the UKIP Culture Spokesman (Peter
>>> Whittle) is set against.
>>>
>>> The arguments on both sides are reasoned but slightly confused, with
>>> some errors creeping in. However these sound-bite cases for both sides
>>> are worth thinking through if attempting to provide MEPs with lobbying
>>> comments or better case studies and briefing material.[2] I'm
>>> surprised to see a Labour politician arguing to damage the UK's
>>> current Freedom of Panorama, it feels like a future vote loser to me,
>>> especially in the light of the ever looming UK referendum on whether
>>> to stay in the EU.[3]
>>>
>>> Links
>>> 1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060kp1r  - go to 52 minutes into
>>> the programme, available on-line for a month from broadcast.
>>> 2. http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your-meps.html - contact details for
>>> UK MEPs, Honeyball can be found under London.
>>> 3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32810887
>>>
>>> Fae
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