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

Sun Jun 21 07:44:20 UTC 2015

Hi Tanel,

I have only contacted some staff of WMF to help with setting up the
campaign (like they helped as well in 2012 with SOPA). I think it would be
great if someone could contact WMF to get their position. Who know who to
contact for that and wants to do that?

Thanks!

Romaine

2015-06-21 9:36 GMT+02:00 Tanel Pern <tanel.pern at gmail.com>:

> 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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