[Advocacy Advisors] Draft letter to UK MEPs on copyright

Wed Apr 2 13:47:16 UTC 2014

Hello Dimi,

I am more than happy to speak about this at the meeting in Brussels and
think it would be useful! I shall prepare something.

Many thanks,

Stevie

On 2 April 2014 14:39, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Stevie,
>
> Absolutely great to hear it has already received some positive replies. I
> am getting excited. Make sure you follow up on the people who replied and
> try to build up a relationship with them.
>
> Could you perhaps  give us a short presentation about this initiative at
> the Big Fat Brussels Meeting Vol. 2<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_Policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_Vol._2>?
> I believe this is a project that can very well be upscaled and made in
> other EU countries. What a great chance to transfer know-how across the
> movement and build capacity to represent our interests.
>
> Cheers,
> Dimi
>
>
> 2014-04-02 15:19 GMT+02:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>
> 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
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>>>>> Stevie Benton
>>>>> Head of External Relations
>>>>> Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
>>>>> @StevieBenton
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>>>>> 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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>>>> @StevieBenton
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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).

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