[Advocacy Advisors] Fwd: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a free license for public use

[Luis Villa]

Thanks, Itzik! I think it would be great if we had a page on meta to
collect/list successes like these, and share some suggestions on how they
were accomplished. I'm on vacation but if no one else has picked it up by
the time I get back I'll try to get it started.

luis


On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Itzik Edri <itzik at infra.co.il> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> About a year and half ago we shared WMIL's legal achievement. As many new
> people came and joined us, and as I figured out from the ChapConf that many
> don't know about this advocacy case, I'm sharing it again :)
>
> you can read more about that on some English press:
> * Wikimedia Blog:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/19/wikimedia-chapter-wins-victory-for-free-licenses-in-israel/
> * L.A Times:
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/02/israel-opens-national-photo-archive.html
>  * https://netzpolitik.org/2012/israelische-regierung-staatliche-werk/
>
>
> Itzik
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tomer Ashur <tomerashur at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:27 PM
> Subject: [Internal-l] Israeli Government to Release its images under a
> free license for public use
> To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed
> subscription)" <internal-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> Hi all,
> I am very proud to announce that Wikimedia Israel just won one of its main
> struggles. The Israeli government has announced[1] that all imaged in which
> the state is the copyrights holder and that were uploaded to the
> government's websites can be freely used with the following restrictions:
> 1. The image will be attributed to the state of Israel (or the relevant
> office)
> 2. The user cannot change the license (Share-alike)
> 3. No derivative work.
> 4. Each office will create a policy about commercial use (i.e., commercial
> use is allowed, unless otherwise specified).
>
> Wikimedia Israel has pushed for this change since 2010, when MK Meir
> Sheetrit proposed an amendment for the Israeli copyright act. The chapter
> pushed for the acceptance of this amendment by the Knesset (the Israeli
> parliament). During this time, we were able to make a complete shift in the
> paradigms employed by the government and government officials. From being
> strong opposers to the bill, they become adopters of the changes, thus
> making the bill itself, redundant.
>
> Now, a new struggle begins - Wikimedia Israel will work to remove the ND
> clause from the decision, and will make sure that all government offices
> publish their policy as required. Nonetheless, this is still a huge
> achievement, the government has accepted the importance of free culture in
> modern world.
>
> On a personal note, as the leader of this project, I wish to send my many
> thanks to all of those who made this miracle happen. A special thanks is
> due to the great people of the Israeli Internet society, the (just as
> great) people of Creative commons Israel, Adv. Jonathan Klinger, Mathias
> Schindler, the awsome volunteers of Wikimedia Israel and the editors of
> Hebrew Wikipedia. If there's anyone I forgot by name - my apologies, I'm
> still terribly excited of these news.
>
> If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or send me a private
> email,
> Tomer Ashur
> Chairman
> Wikimedia Israel
>
> [1] http://www.pmo.gov.il/Secretary/GovDecisions/2012/Pages/des5268.aspx
>
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