[Advocacy Advisors] Invitation: Freedom of Panorama Expert Seminar, Brussels, 27 May

[Stevie Benton]

Well done for getting this arranged Dimi, I am willing to bet it was a lot
of work! I am sure it will be a great success. Do let me know if you think
I can be of help remotely.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 7 May 2015 at 18:25, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am happy to be able to finally invite you to a Freedom of Panorama
> Experted Seminar hosted by us and the Legal Affairs Committee chair Pavel
> Svoboda.
>
> The event will take place in the European Parliament on 27 May between
> 9-11. The goal is to have a rather academic analysis of the current
> situation, although a certain amount of politics is inevitable two weeks
> before a vote in committee that will include our point.
>
> For us it is important to make sure that this topic is less controversial.
> Having it hosted by the largest and most "copyright-reform-reluctant" group
> is in itself a success. We need to be prepared with data showing that
> opposition to FoP is based on very shaky and speculative presumptions. The
> counter-voice in the panel will be the president of the French visual arts
> collecting society, who will of course try to argue that "licensing is the
> solution and we don't need to change the law". I've asked WMFR to send a
> representative, as they have met with this collecting society to negotiate
> and I am afraid their panel speaker could misrepresent the talks.
>
> Event poster here:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FoP_Event_Poster.pdf
>
> If you'd like to attend, please ping me briefly, as you probably require
> registration to enter the buildling.
>
> Cheers,
> Dimi
>
>
>
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