[Advocacy Advisors] Commissioner on copyright reform and FoP

[Stevie Benton]

OK, lovely. I will have chat with a local printer on Monday and see what we
can do. :)


On 5 July 2014 10:21, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Definitely viny :)
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> 2014-07-05 11:15 GMT+02:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>
> Hi Dimi,
>>
>> I'm sure WMUK could arrange something like this. Are you thinking of
>> having it on some kind of vinyl, or just a paper poster of some kind?
>>
>> Speak soon,
>>
>> Stevie
>>
>>
>> On 3 July 2014 12:28, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is absolutely brilliant, Stevie! Romaine's image and the text you
>>> added next to it. Plus the story we have to tell with the EP Secretariat
>>> giving us permission to use it on Wikipedia only to figure out later that
>>> they don't the rights and thus can't allow us to use an image of their own
>>> building.
>>>
>>> Could WMUK or another chapter print this image with the text on a
>>> banner? 180x76cm would be enought. We could use it at events around
>>> Brussels to raise awareness in a very powerful way. I could even imagine an
>>> info-booth inside the Parliament.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-07-03 12:56 GMT+02:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk
>>> >:
>>>
>>> This is excellent! Progress may take time, but it's beginning to feel
>>>> like we are getting somewhere.
>>>>
>>>> I touch on the FoP issue in the upcoming Wikimedia UK annual review
>>>> booklet - https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Wikimedia_AR_2014_v4.pdf
>>>> - in the section about advocacy. I use Romaine's excellent image of the
>>>> blacked out European Parliament.
>>>>
>>>> Let's keep pushing!
>>>>
>>>> Stevie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3 July 2014 11:48, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
>>>> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Neelie Kores, outgoing Commissioner for the Digital Agenda held a
>>>>> speech at a conference in Amsterdam yesterday where she spoke about the
>>>>> need of the planned copyright reform. [1] Among other things, she said:
>>>>>
>>>>> *When you can't sing happy birthday, or post a picture of the Atomium,
>>>>> how is that fair or reasonable, how is that something you can explain to
>>>>> ordinary citizens?*
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it is an outgoing Commissioner and DG CONNECT is the not the lead
>>>>> DG for copyright, but this is the first time the European Commission said
>>>>> anything about Freedom of Panorama. I know for a fact that it was the
>>>>> members of the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU and their constant talk to
>>>>> anyone about this issue how the Atomium example showed up on the radars of
>>>>> both DG CONNECT and DG MARKT. In this line of thought I just wanted to say:
>>>>> Thank you and great job, everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> Let's make sure we keep FoP on the table. We actually have the great
>>>>> examples and stories to tell.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Dimi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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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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