[Advocacy Advisors] Position Paper on EU Copyright Reform

[Stevie Benton]

Hello Dimi, hello everyone,

Wikimedia UK has just published a blog about this excellent news. You can
see it here -
https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/10/free-knowledge-advocacy-group-eu-publishes-copyright-reform-paper/


Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 29 October 2014 09:32, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I will start sending out the position paper shortly. [1] I will follow up
> with a blogpost (WMF blog - already in the queue). From what I've heard
> OKFN-DE and OKFN-AT might also write a note on this. If you feel like doing
> the same, please share your links!
>
> Good news is that over the weekend two Spanish organisations joined. Our
> local chapter and Access Info Now. The latter is focused on public access
> to documents and specialises in Freedom of Information Act requests in
> Europe and Spain. They see copyright being abused as just another tool to
> block access, which explains their initial interest in our paper. It also
> carries the argument of censorship to our PDGov argument. They have already
> published a post on this. [2]
>
> That brings our stats up to 33 organisations, 16 being European WMF
> affiliates.
>
> Cheers,
> Dimi
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright
> [2]
> http://www.access-info.org/index.php/en/european-union/628-reform-copyright-eu
>
>
>
> 2014-10-25 7:53 GMT+02:00 <aktron at centrum.cz>:
>
> Dimi,
>>
>>
>>
>> This is nice. Feels like I would like to write a new blog post with this
>> progress. Together with the news I got earlier.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also spoke with the Young Pirates. Well, the problem was not with my
>> speech, but they were more interested about my work with Amelia than about
>> the copyright reform. And also - there is a good chance, that I will work
>> with the Pirates again... but here in Prague.
>>
>>
>>
>> Let's see.
>>
>>
>>
>> All Best
>>
>>
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> > Od: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com>
>> > Komu: Advocacy Advisory Group for WMF LCA <
>> Advocacy_Advisors at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> > Datum: 24.10.2014 13:41
>> > Předmět: [Advocacy Advisors] Position Paper on EU Copyright Reform
>> >
>>    Hi all,
>>
>>  tl;dr
>> This is to let you know, that our "Position Paper on EU Copyright Reform"
>> [1] has now been signed by 31 organisations and will be send out next week.
>>
>>  Signatories
>> We have 31 organisations from 17 European countries that signed it
>> 15 Wikimedia chapters/thematic organisations/user groups
>> 5 Open Knowledge (Foundation) chapters/groups
>> 4 Organisations that primarily work on digital rights
>> 3 Organisations mostly dedicated to free/open knowledge and IP issues
>> 3 Organisations focused on free and open software
>> 1 Open Street Map Foundation national partner
>> Unfortunately, the Open Street Map Foundation wants to sign it (the paper
>> enjoyed vast support within their community) but for organisational reasons
>> it would take them quite a while do so and we shouldn't wait much longer to
>> send it out. Also, at least two more OKFN chapters stated their support for
>> this, but haven't answered since.
>>
>> Soft launch
>>  We plan on sending this out to people directly involved in the drafting
>> process of the copyright reform proposal and ask for face-to-face meetings.
>> Trying to get general media attention seems like a waste at this point, As
>> the reform proposal is nowhere near publication at this point. I feel it
>> wold be wasted without (political) impact.
>> Nevertheless, if you feel like sharing this, please feel more than free
>> to do so (social media, blogposts).
>> Brussels Background
>> The new European Commission has its eyes on reforming copyright. The unit
>> responsible for this was moved from the "internal market" directorate (DG
>> MARKT) to the "internet" directorate (DG Connect), sending a rather
>> positive signal. However, there is still considerable struggle within the
>> institutions which way and how far to go. This paper intends to encourage
>> the reform-willing crowd to act.
>> PDF Version
>>   I am also attaching a PDF version of the Meta page that will be used
>> in correspondence. Please let me know if you think something is not okay or
>> it can be improved until early next week.
>>
>>  Thanks a ton to everyone who helped with this (more than 30 active
>> people by my count)!
>> Cheers,
>> Dimi
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright
>>
>>
>>
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