[Advocacy Advisors] Commissioner on copyright reform and FoP

Sat Jul 5 10:57:20 UTC 2014

Enjoy! Free days are important to keep up the motivation. Especially the
day after the world cup final :D

2014-07-05 11:28 GMT+02:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:

> Actually, will be Tuesday. I am allowing myself a rare day off on Monday!
>
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> 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 :)
>>>
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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
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> Stevie Benton
> Head of External Relations
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> @StevieBenton
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