As you probably know, the EU is considering changes to copyright law which could have serious negative effects on Wikipedia, as well as on the ability to share article abstracts and memes. We encourage our community to take a look at the following petition and consider adding your voice to calls to MEPs to vote against this poorly considered law when it comes before the European Parliament.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
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There's also a petition on Change.org here https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-stop-the-censorship-machinery-save-the-internet?utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_signer_receipt&utm_campaign=triggered&j=354014&sfmc_sub=20958642&l=32_HTML&u=63092316&mid=7233052&jb=416568 that needs to double its number of signatures.
On 28 June 2018 at 14:11, John Lubbock john.lubbock@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
As you probably know, the EU is considering changes to copyright law which could have serious negative effects on Wikipedia, as well as on the ability to share article abstracts and memes. We encourage our community to take a look at the following petition and consider adding your voice to calls to MEPs to vote against this poorly considered law when it comes before the European Parliament.
John Lubbock
Communications Coordinator
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 203 372 0767
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ.
Wikimedia UK is the national chapter of the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia UK? Donate here https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk.
The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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