[Advocacy Advisors] Commissioner on copyright reform and FoP

Sat Jul 5 09:28:21 UTC 2014

Actually, will be Tuesday. I am allowing myself a rare day off on Monday!

On 5 July 2014 10:28, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> 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 :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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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).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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