[Foundation-l] European Commission Green Paper - Copyright in the Knowledge Economy

[geni]

2008/11/15 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com>:
> Hoi,
> When the EU develops a law that deals with copyright and licensing, it will
> implicitly include "Free" licenses.

EU backed laws have tended towards incidental hostility to free licenses.

>It is exactly for this reason that
> communities like ours who have at least an idea of what we consider to be
> the right way forward are asked to step on the plate. When we, as a
> community, do not engage in this request for comments, it is our own damn
> fault when the result is not to our liking.
>
> This green paper PROVES that they are actively involved in this area.
> Thanks,
>      GerardM

Nope the paper was written with youtube in mind not freely licensed media.

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geni