[Advocacy Advisors] EU to tackle copyright reform

[Jan Engelmann]

Hi Dimitar, thanks for your great effort!

I am pretty sure that many people on the list feel the urgency of joining
forces in order to prevent new EU-directives which aim towards new
protecting rights (like in the case of musical recordings) or hamper the
incentives for free re-usage of cultural goods (like in the case of orphan
works<http://www.wikimedia.de/images/4/43/120810_WMDE_Statement_On_Orphan_Works.pdf>).
It's necessary to professionalize the way how we address our concerns, if
we want to make a difference in Bruxelles.

> I will until January try to come up with a set of ideas/proposals/demands,
> that can hopefully be discussed in the Wikimedia movement (especially the
> European chapters)

I'll be glad to contribute. Maybe we should also think about a RL meeting
for all Wikipedians/Wikimedians who like to be part of the process.

> I believe after ACTA blew up the Commission will be much more willing to
listen and cooperate.

This optimistic stance ist also shared by EDRI <http://www.edri.org/>. On
the other hand, these folks (together with "La Quadrature Du Net") are
curently the only "progressive" voices getting heard. Therefore we should
also think about the best way to have a real impact against the armada of
professional lobbyists paid by the copyright industries.

Best, Jan


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