[Advocacy Advisors] Mozilla Advocacy in Brussels

[Yana Welinder]

+1.  We've also chatted with their policy team in San Francisco a little
bit and they have interesting initiatives in the pipeline. They recently
launched an online discussion space for internet policy that you may want
to check out: https://discourse.mozilla-advocacy.org

Thanks,
Yana

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:25 AM, Stevie Benton <
stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Dimi,
>
> This is excellent news. I've done some work with Gervase in the past,
> including recently in some copyright workshops with Open Rights Group. He's
> really smart and I think he will be an excellent ally.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stevie
>
> On 21 April 2015 at 14:21, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, everybody!
>>
>> Me and Karl just had a meeting with Mozilla's Jochai (San Francisco
>> based) and Gervase (UK based and on this list). Mozilla will very quickly
>> get active in Brussels hiring a full-time representative.
>>
>> Their policy goals will be published soon and are centred around "not
>> breaking the internet" and copyright, with a focus on goals such as having
>> an "open norm" (i.e. fair use), an audiovisual citation exception and
>> fighting against linking liability.
>>
>> We're also likely to experience similar organisational challenges, as
>> they're also looking into a way to ensure a coherent message and strategy
>> and involve their volunteer community.
>>
>> I personally am excited that we'll have another advocate for free&open
>> things on the ground here.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dimi
>>
>>
>>
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