[Advocacy Advisors] Fwd: European chapters: urgent action needed

[L.Gelauff]

Hi,

is there a page aimed for an external audience which explains in a few
lines of text what is the problem, and why we care?

Lodewijk

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.wiki at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The message below I sent to the Wikimedia chapters.
>
> As WMF considered SOPA as a big issue for Wikipedia/Wikimedia, this can
> have a huge impact on Wikipedia, Commons and other wikis and I think it
> would be good if WMF can take a stand in this matter and would help the
> European chapters with this issue.
>
> Certainly some help with the *E-mail / Tweet your Member of the European
> Parliament* (like with SOPA) would help!
>
> Greetings,
> Romaine
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> This concerns all the chapters in the European Union and chapters in other
> European countries as well (copying is possible).
>
> *Subject*
> Copyrights reform in Europe going in the wrong direction, damaging
> Wikipedia.
>
> *What is going on?*
> In the European Parliament currently a proposal (amendment) is submitted
> that will restrict Freedom of Panorama in Europe.
> This means: you are no longer allowed to upload images from modern
> buildings and works of public art on Commons and not allowed to use those
> images on Wikipedia.
>
> Also if Freedom of Panorama is only allowed for Non Commercial purposes
> only, this is a problem for Wikipedia!
>
> *Some details*?
> It concerns the amendment AM421 proposed by Cavada and passed in the JURI
> committee.
>
> *When is the voting about the amendment?*
> Thursday 9th July
>
> But we have one chance only!
>
>
> *What can we do about this?*
>
>    - Forward this e-mail to anyone who should know about this.
>    - Talk to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in your
>    country. Especially the members of the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups. ->
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament,_2014%E2%80%9319
>    - Communicate this issue to the members of your association, to your
>    Wikipedia communities, and to the readers of Wikipedia. The public needs to
>    know!
>    - Translate: There will come a page on Meta about this, which needs
>    translation. This page with info will contain basic information and can be
>    linked to. This page can be copied to the local Wikipedias. This was done
>    as well for the SOPA situation in 2012 which also attacked Wikipedia,
>    example: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA
>    - Publicise a press release about this, write about it on your
>    website/blog, talk to the media how this can damage Wikipedia, etc.
>    - Use social media: Twitter, Facebook, and so on...
>    - Twitter about it and retweet them. Suggestions:
>       https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_BE/status/611000943908384768 -
>       https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_BE/status/610984311853064193 -
>       https://twitter.com/dimi_z/status/610792189631811584
>       - Twitter also directly to the Members of the European Parliament
>       directly and ask them if they want to turn Wikipedia into black.
>
>
> Also we should think about a CentralNotice / Sitenotice to inform our
> readers.
>
>
> *Where is the coordination?*
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_Panorama_2015
> To have an overview it would be handy if you sign up for your country/area.
>
> Collect here also your actions like press releases, tweets, Facebook
> posts, etc. Those can be useful to read and to see where some action is
> missing or needed.
>
>
> *You need more information?*
> Read the upcoming Signpost article:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-06-17/Three_weeks_to_save_freedom_of_panorama_in_Europe
>
>
> *Also*
> The Dutch chapter (WMNL) has formed a project group (including me) who is
> working hard on getting more attention for this subject. Both towards MEPs,
> the local community and towards the readers of Wikipedia. A campaign is
> coming up today or in the following days.
>
> In Brussels Dimitar and Karl are monitoring the situation in the European
> Parliament. Thanks to them this issue comes to our attention.
>
> Does your MEP like to meet someone in Brussels? Dimitar and Karl are in
> Brussels and I can come there as well.
>
>
> *Other suggestions?*
> Let us know!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Romaine
>
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