[Advocacy Advisors] Draft letter to UK MEPs on copyright

Wed Apr 2 13:19:49 UTC 2014

Hello everyone,

Nikolas, sorry I didn't respond to this before, I must have missed your
message. Your point is certainly valid and I'll bear it in mind for any
future activity.

On the Wikimedia UK letter to local MEPs, we've had four messages of
support so far, representing the three largest political parties here. This
is just a start and I am sure more will follow. I'll offer an update at a
later time.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 21 March 2014 18:19, Nikolas Becker <nikolas.becker at wikimedia.de> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Thanks for the initiative! A point that might be taken into account for
> future initiatives: Instead of talking just about "our" situation (we
> can't use), we imho should frame this as a general problem: "Free and
> open media can't use ..." or s.th. like that ...
>
> Cheerio
> Niko
>
> Nikolas Becker
>
> Chair of the Board/Vorsitzender
> Wikimedia Deutschland e. V.
>
> Tempelhofer Ufer 23/24
> 10963 Berlin
>
> www.wikimedia.de
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg
> unter der Nummer 23855 B.
> Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I
> Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
>
>
>
> 2014-03-21 9:12 GMT-07:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>
> Hello again,
>>
>> Thanks once more for the useful feedback. The letter has now been sent.
>> The final print version can be seen at
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Letter_to_MEPs_with_images.pdf
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Stevie
>>
>>
>> On 19 March 2014 12:56, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello again,
>>>
>>> Just to pick this up once more.
>>>
>>> Matthias, I take your point about the turnover of MEPs. But the sooner
>>> we get this out, the sooner people begin paying attention. If we wait for a
>>> perfect time - like some other groups - we will likely get lost in the
>>> noise. There's no reason we can't follow-up with newly elected MEPs in the
>>> summer. Also, I see what you mean about Big Ben potentially being
>>> misinterpreted. It's also not a great example as it would be out of
>>> copyright anyway, so am going to use a different image.
>>>
>>> Bence - that was a useful spot, thank you. The updated version has the
>>> links as footnotes.
>>>
>>> I'm going to make some changes to the letter today and I'm hoping to get
>>> the final version printed and sent by the end of the week.
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>
>>> Stevie
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14 March 2014 09:28, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you everyone for your thoughtful comments. These will be taken
>>>> into consideration for the final version of the letter which is likely to
>>>> be printed and posted today.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>>
>>>> Stevie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14 March 2014 09:11, Mathias Schindler <
>>>> mathias.schindler at wikimedia.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 2014-03-14 9:54 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov
>>>>> <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > As to Mathias' comment on the MEPs: Yes, there will be some
>>>>> considerable
>>>>> > turnover, but at the same time politicians are most likely to pay
>>>>> attention
>>>>> > to such a thing before election time. Sending it out just to the
>>>>> ones we
>>>>> > believe might get reelected would be - diplomatically speaking - bad
>>>>> > diplomacy. Can't we just resend it after the elections to just the
>>>>> newly
>>>>> > elected MEPs?
>>>>>
>>>>> There is already too much bad diplomacy out there, so thanks for Dimis
>>>>> argument. As you can see from
>>>>>
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2014_(United_Kingdom)#Current_MEPs_by_European_Political_Group
>>>>> ,
>>>>> the number of parties who did send MEPs to Brussels was considerable.
>>>>> It would be possible to send such a letter to the parties before the
>>>>> election and to the specific elected MEPs afterwards.
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Stevie Benton
>>>> Head of External Relations
>>>> Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
>>>> @StevieBenton
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. 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.*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Stevie Benton
>>> Head of External Relations
>>> Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
>>> @StevieBenton
>>>
>>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. 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.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Stevie Benton
>> Head of External Relations
>> Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
>> @StevieBenton
>>
>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>
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Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a
global Wikimedia movement. 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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