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

Sun Jun 21 07:36:33 UTC 2015

Re: campaign resources, are there any good sources available concerning the
position of the corporate players on FoP in Europe? Namely,

- What is the position of Facebook, Google, etc. in this matter?
- Has anyone officially contacted WMF to get their position on current
European FoP laws and the planned copyright reform?

2015-06-21 10:26 GMT+03:00 Tanel Pern <tanel.pern at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> WMEE had a crash meeting on FoP yesterday, where we put together an
> initial action plan. Some of our plans mirror what has already been
> discussed here (contact MEPs, get a press release out). Some are related to
> our ongoing FoP efforts: Current Estonian copyright law only provides for
> non-commercial FoP and we've been working on promoting less restricted
> regulations. So far, our efforts have met limited success, mainly due to
> the fact that FoP is an obscure subject even for those affected -
> architects, photographers and so on. So we've put a lot of work into
> communicating with creative industry groups. This is something we would
> advise others to do under this campaign as well: Our chances of success
> will be much better if we can show that Wikipedia is not the only one
> affected by the current situation or the Cavada proposal.
>
> Our current plans, thus, include:
>
> * Creating Meta pages and blog posts for getting the info out to our
> community
> * Publicizing a press release. We'll also try and get an opinion piece
> published in national media, but this might prove difficult due to the
> present media situation (i.e. massive noise over refugee quotas).
> * Contacting our MEPs.
> * Getting commissioner Ansip involved. This could be a huge boon, as he's
> previously spoken out in support of non-restricted FoP.
> * Involving other organizations in the process. This would inclue other
> information society and free culture stakeholders, as well as creative
> industry groups.
>
> We will, of course, also contribute all we can to the international effort.
>
> Tanel Pern, WMEE
>
> 2015-06-19 12:12 GMT+03:00 Stevie Benton <stevie.benton at wikimedia.org.uk>:
>
>> There's this on the Wikimedia UK blog -
>> https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/06/uk-at-risk-of-losing-freedom-of-panorama/
>>
>>
>> We're also working on a few other things over the coming days and will
>> share them when they are ready. We're looking to make a lot of noise over
>> this.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Stevie
>>
>> On 18 June 2015 at 20:44, L.Gelauff <lgelauff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, when there is, that could be a nice thing to link in social media.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Romaine Wiki <romaine.wiki at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not yet, but our intention is to create one and translate it in the
>>>> various European languages,
>>>>
>>>> Romaine
>>>>
>>>> 2015-06-18 20:54 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <lgelauff at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----
>>>>>> board member of Wikimedia Belgium
>>>>>> volunteer for Wikimedia Nederland
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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