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Co-located conference
by Michael Graaf 25 May '18

25 May '18

FYI, this is co-located with Wikimania https://whoseknowledge.org/decolonizing-the-internet-conference/ -- *Michael Graaf* *Researcher, Editor &* *Community Informatics Practitioner* keybase.io/michaelgraaf +27795487242

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22 May '18

Hello everyone, Below is an open email invitation to anyone who is interested in the Copyright Amendment Bill that is in the process of being reviewed and drafted by Parliament. As you know Wikimedia ZA advocates for the inclusion of both Freedom of Panorama <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Panorama_ZA> and Fair Use into the new version of the bill. So if you are interested in learning more about this and are in Cape Town then please join us. --- - *Date*: Thursday 24 May 2018 - *Time*: 17:30 - 19:30 - *Venue*: Code for Africa, 84 Shortmarket St, 3rd Floor, Cape Town Dear fellow creatives and activists ReCreate South Africa <http://re-createza.org>, Wikimedia ZA, Right2Know, and Code for Africa invite you to a meeting to discuss public and creator rights in the Copyright Amendment Bill now being considered by Parliament. As you may be aware, the Copyright Amendment Bill is under consideration by the Trade and Industry Parliamentary Sub-Committee. One of the key issues being debated is whether or not South Africa will develop a “fair use” right that has been crucial to the development of creative economies in countries such as the U.S. and Singapore and Korea amongst others. The DTI has proposed a two-phased approach and now is a crucial time to understand the options before Parliament and how to be engaged. This workshop brings together creatives and activists, including filmmakers, game and software developers, access to knowledge activists and other affected stakeholders. The workshop will include feedback on various engagements with the Parliamentary process as well as a presentation by Professor Sean Flynn, an international copyright law expert. Kindly RSVP to *tusifokane(a)gmail.com <tusifokane(a)gmail.com>* by 23 May 2018 to indicate your attendance and any dietary preferences. Regards -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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South African Copyright Act urgent call to action | Join us in parliament
by Ian Gilfillan 17 May '18

17 May '18

Sure, the Wikimedia ZA Twitter account is https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_ZA and the individual tweet was https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_ZA/status/997046800891686913 On 17/05/2018 15:43, Ian Gilfillan wrote: > Ian, > > Could you share links to the tweets? I will most definitely retweet. > > -- > Kind Regards, > Schalk Neethling > Founder ~ Front-End Engineer ~ Designer > Mechanical Ink > > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 11:34 AM Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza at greenman.co.za > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza>> > wrote: > > >/Thanks Douglas, I've added to Facebook and Twitter. It would help if />/others share and retweet on those channels as well. />//>/On 16/05/2018 22:53, Douglas Scott wrote: />/> Hello everyone, />/> />/> I am writing to ask you to consider coming in person to a crucial > meeting />/> of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee *Friday 18 May, 9am*, > National />/> Parliament, Cape Town. />/> />/> *To attend* the committee meeting, arrive by *08:30 this Friday*. > Consult />/> the schedule for Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, Report > back />/by />/> the subcommittee on the Copyright Amendment Bill. />/> />/> This is the last scheduled meeting of the Committee on the Copyright />/> Amendment Act. Scheduled for discussion is consideration of the > creators />/> rights issues in the Act, specifically rights to />/> />/> - Parody and satire />/> - Incidental use of background content />/> - Use works in public places (Freedom of Panorama) />/> - Digital archiving />/> - Create educational works />/> - Research, including through data mining, indexing and search />/> - Remix, transform and re-interpret />/> - Create accessible copies for people with disabilities />/> - Fair dealing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing> and />/fair use />/> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use> />/> />/> I will also be attending to ensure that Freedom of Panorama />/> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Panorama_ZA> has made > it />/> in. As you know this is a very important issue to the South African />/> editing community. />/> />/> Fair Use is also an important issue and at Wikimedia ZA's last AGM we />/voted />/> to support efforts to get the *fair dealing *clause amended to be />/replaced />/> with a *fair use* clause so that editors are at less risk when editing />/> Wikipedia. The basic difference between fair use and fair dealing is />/that />/> fair use basically says you can use X so long as it does *not > violate* a />/> few conditions. Whilst fair dealing says you can use X so long as it />/> *satisfies />/> or adheres to* one or more of a list of conditions. Fair use is > therefor />/> easier for the public to understand and people to adhere to as it is > more />/> flexible whilst still protecting the rights of copyright holders. />/> />/> There are concerns that the bill in its current form encourages both > data />/> hugging, private censorship, and exploitative behaviour by large > rights />/> holding monopolies and duopolies that is against the public interest. />/> />/> Related to this: A coalition of South African digital creators and />/> entrepreneurs -- called Re-Create -- will be attending the meeting > and is />/> inviting support for their declaration of principles for creator’s />/rights: />/> />/> You can learn more about Re-Create by reading their statement here: />/> http://tiny.cc/bt8gty />/> />/> Please forward this on to anyone you feel might be interested in this. />/> />/> Regards, />/> />/> Douglas />/> />//>/_______________________________________________ />/WikimediaZA mailing list />/WikimediaZA at lists.wikimedia.org > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza> />/https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza />/To unsubscribe, send an email to />/WikimediaZA-unsubscribe at lists.wikimedia.org > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza> /

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South African Copyright Act urgent call to action | Join us in parliament
by Douglas Scott 17 May '18

17 May '18

Hello everyone, I am writing to ask you to consider coming in person to a crucial meeting of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee *Friday 18 May, 9am*, National Parliament, Cape Town. *To attend* the committee meeting, arrive by *08:30 this Friday*. Consult the schedule for Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, Report back by the subcommittee on the Copyright Amendment Bill. This is the last scheduled meeting of the Committee on the Copyright Amendment Act. Scheduled for discussion is consideration of the creators rights issues in the Act, specifically rights to - Parody and satire - Incidental use of background content - Use works in public places (Freedom of Panorama) - Digital archiving - Create educational works - Research, including through data mining, indexing and search - Remix, transform and re-interpret - Create accessible copies for people with disabilities - Fair dealing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing> and fair use <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use> I will also be attending to ensure that Freedom of Panorama <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Panorama_ZA> has made it in. As you know this is a very important issue to the South African editing community. Fair Use is also an important issue and at Wikimedia ZA's last AGM we voted to support efforts to get the *fair dealing *clause amended to be replaced with a *fair use* clause so that editors are at less risk when editing Wikipedia. The basic difference between fair use and fair dealing is that fair use basically says you can use X so long as it does *not violate* a few conditions. Whilst fair dealing says you can use X so long as it *satisfies or adheres to* one or more of a list of conditions. Fair use is therefor easier for the public to understand and people to adhere to as it is more flexible whilst still protecting the rights of copyright holders. There are concerns that the bill in its current form encourages both data hugging, private censorship, and exploitative behaviour by large rights holding monopolies and duopolies that is against the public interest. Related to this: A coalition of South African digital creators and entrepreneurs -- called Re-Create -- will be attending the meeting and is inviting support for their declaration of principles for creator’s rights: You can learn more about Re-Create by reading their statement here: http://tiny.cc/bt8gty Please forward this on to anyone you feel might be interested in this. Regards, Douglas -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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New user right: event coordinator
by Ian Gilfillan 15 May '18

15 May '18

This new user right will come in very useful, so I suggest that those who have been or may in future be running editathons apply: -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [African Wikimedians] New user right: event coordinator Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 15:04:28 +0100 From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello, folks. This new user right will be handy for those of you running editing workshops on English Wikipedia to bypass the 6-account limit and to grant the attendees "confirmed" status. Details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator Cheers, A.

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Facebook promoted post
by Adri Baard 15 May '18

15 May '18

Morning Douglas Not sure if you're the person to talk to, but there is a promoted post on facebook for next week's capacity building workshop. I was very interested until I realised that it's in JHB. I'm sure that you can set location targeting on an event thereby only showing the post to relevant users. Kind regards Adri

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Wikipedia Cape Town workshop | Saturday 19th May
by Douglas Scott 15 May '18

15 May '18

Hello everyone, This is just a quick reminder that Wikimedia South Africa will be hosting our monthly Wikipedia workshop/hangout at the American Corner at the Cape Town Central Library this Saturday (19th May) from 10:00 to 15:00. Below are the details. - Location: American Corner, Cape Town Central Library, Grand Parade, Cape Town. - Time: 10:00 to 15:00 As always the event is open to everyone. Regards, Douglas.

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Countries influencing trusted content
by Ian Gilfillan 10 May '18

10 May '18

Hi This is probably most relevant to Afrikaans Wikipedia users - there's a project on the Finnish Wikipedia to map edits to find out which countries have had most influence on trusted content. I'd be interested to see results locally if someone has the time and interest to follow up. https://twitter.com/Alrahambra/status/993980815091609600 ian

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Wikimania 2018 | Registration is now open
by Douglas Scott 03 May '18

03 May '18

Hello everyone, This is just to let you all know that registration for Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town (18-22 July) is now open. You can register to attend at the link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikimania-2018-registration-43250273733 Banner notifications letting people know about registering to attend Wikimania will also go up on Wikipedia shortly. Please note that Wikimedia South Africa will be offering scholarships to attend Wikimania for South African Wikipedia editors (also open to other Wikimedia project and free knowledge contributors). Banners requesting scholarship applications will go up on Wikipedia shortly. In the mean time you can contact Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com> if you have any questions about that. Regards, Douglas. -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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Fwd: [Affiliates] Recognizing the one-year anniversary of the Wikipedia block in Turkey
by Douglas Scott 03 May '18

03 May '18

FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gregory Varnum <gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org> Date: 2 May 2018 at 18:26 Subject: [Affiliates] Recognizing the one-year anniversary of the Wikipedia block in Turkey To: Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion list < affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello, Today the Wikimedia Foundation, in cooperation with a number of volunteers who attended the Wikimedia Conference, have posted on Twitter and Facebook a video message speaking to the one-year anniversary of the block of Wikipedia in Turkey. The video re-enforces our message that this block is a lost opportunity both for the people of Turkey and the rest of the world. Any assistance that you all can offer in terms of helping circulate the video amongst your networks would be greatly appreciated! Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhrsnqvmhxg Tweet: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/991663606856077312 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/videos/vb. 33138223345/10156176050713346/ Blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/05/02/we-miss-turkey/ We have also made the video available on Wikimedia Commons if you would like to help us with translating: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/File:A_year_without_Turkey.webm This is a part of our ongoing efforts around the block in Turkey, and done with input from members of the local community in Turkey. We GREATLY appreciate the help of everyone involved in the development and all of you who are sharing these messages. If you have any questions, please let us know. -greg -- Gregory Varnum Communications Strategist Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/> gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org Pronouns: He/His/Him _______________________________________________ Affiliates mailing list Affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/affiliates -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727

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