[Advocacy Advisors] Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development

[Frans Grijzenhout]

Hi all, "Access to information and development" is a hot topic at the
moment and a core subject for the new European Committee. I am in favour of
the WMF becoming a signatory to the declation. It will strenghten our
efforts in Brussels. Thanks, Frans



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2014-10-28 13:44 GMT+01:00 Michael Maggs <michael at maggs.name>:

> I entirely agree.
>
> Michael
>
> On 28 Oct 2014, at 12:26, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> I am also in favour of the WMF signing this.
>
> The fundamental copyright narratives now seem to be  right to access vs.
> authors' rights. We must of course work to move away from this (in my
> opinion false) antagonism. Funnelling some attention towards the
> relationship between access to information and development would definitely
> be a helpful step.
>
> Cheers,
> Dimi
>
>
> 2014-10-28 10:40 GMT+01:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> This is good news, I'm definitely in favour of the Wikimedia Foundation
>> becoming a signatory to the declaration.
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Stevie
>>
>> On 27 October 2014 20:08, Stephen LaPorte <slaporte at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello advocacy advisers,
>>>
>>> In August, the International Federation of Library Associations
>>> published the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development (
>>> http://www.lyondeclaration.org/). The Lyon Declaration is a statement
>>> to the member states of the UN about empowering development through access
>>> to knowledge. The declaration is particularly relevant for our work as
>>> Wikimedians because it recognizes the importance of technology in
>>> sharing knowledge.
>>>
>>> Wikimedia Italy and Wikimedia UK have already signed declaration. We
>>> would like the Wikimedia Foundation to join these and others in support
>>> of our goal to share knowledge. Please let me know if you have any thoughts
>>> about this by November 3, 2014.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stephen
>>>
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