[Advocacy Advisors] UK Parliament releases report on digital democracy

[Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov]

Thanks for the news, Stevie!

That would a great step ahead. The only pitfall you must constantly keep in
mind is to avoid someone sneaking in a non-commercial restriction at some
point.

Dimi

2015-01-26 17:28 GMT+01:00 Rebecca Kahn <bekka.kahn at wikimedia.org.uk>:

> This is terrific.
> Hansards alone would be a great win, they're an essential part of the open
> record.
>
> On 26 January 2015 at 17:46, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> The UK Parliament (the institution, as opposed to the government)
>> released a report on digital democracy
>> <http://www.digitaldemocracy.parliament.uk/>. There are a couple of
>> recommendations that might have some implications for us and I think they
>> are good news.
>>
>> Firstly, they want to make all parliamentary information (including
>> broadcast footage) to be released openly by the end of 2016.
>>
>> Secondly, they want to make sure that all of Hansard
>> <http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/> (the official
>> verbatim report of the proceedings of both the House of Lords and the House
>> of Commons) freely available online in formats suitable for re-use.
>>
>> I need to do a bit of digging to check on licensing but both of these
>> things could be significant wins for us. I've put together a short blog
>> post with some opinions on what this may mean for us -
>> https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/01/report-from-the-speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/
>>
>>
>> Do let me know if you have any comments or questions.
>>
>> With regards,
>>
>> Stevie
>>
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