[Foundation-l] WMF/EFF and Copyright extension

[geni]

On 19/02/2008, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> Resolution...
>
>  Whereas: The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to promote freely
>  accessible and openly licensed materials and allow their reuse in any way
>  the public sees fit, the proposal to extent the terms of copyright within
>  the European Union for performers are a grave concern.
>
>  A primary goal of the Foundation is to see material such as audio recordings
>  which have fallen into the public domain used to complement the associated
>  Wikipedia articles in addition to other use on related projects. To that
>  end, the Foundation opposes any extension of copyright terms for any group.
>
>  The board of the Wikimedia Foundation has therefore passed this resolution
>  in opposition to the proposals tabled by commissioner McCreevy and would
>  call for a cessation of all moves to make copyright more restrictive.
>
>  ----
>
>  How's that look?
>
>
>
>  Brian McNeil
>
>

Whereas: The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to promote freely
accessible and openly licensed materials and allow their reuse in any way
the public sees fit, the proposal to extent the terms of copyright within
the European Union for performers are a grave concern.

A primary goal of the Foundation is to see material such as audio
recordings which have fallen into the public domain used to enrich
associated Wikipedia articles in addition to other use and on related
projects. To that end, the Foundation opposes any extension of
copyright terms that could compromise these goals.

The board of the Wikimedia Foundation has therefore passed this resolution
in opposition to the proposals tabled by commissioner McCreevy and would
call for a cessation of all moves to make copyright more restrictive.


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geni