*Hello everyone,This week, we re-published a blog post[1] in English that
is a translation/adaptation of a post on the WMDE blog[2] on the technical
pitfalls of automatic content filtering. As we have mentioned before[3], a
regulatory mandate like Article 13 of the proposed EU Copyright Directive
which would require similar filters to be applied to nearly all content
uploaded online would only exacerbate the types of problems that our guest
author experienced here.We would also like to take this opportunity to
update you on our efforts to promote a positive vision of copyright law in
Europe in the weeks leading up to the EU Parliament’s September 12 vote on
amendments to the Copyright Directive. We have been working closely with
community leaders from across Europe to learn what materials the
communities need from us and how we can unify our message across Europe.As
a result of these discussions, we have decided to focus many of our efforts
on building a landing page about EU Copyright reform. This landing page
will allow visitors to look up and contact their MEP via email, phone, or
tweet with a pre-populated script. It will also serve as a central
repository for information about the Wikimedia movement’s perspective on EU
Copyright. This landing page is where all of our future blog posts on this
topic, social media campaigns, and ideally the chapter activities should
send traffic. We will send you an update as soon as that page goes live
with the URL.Other materials we are working on include: a statement from
the Wikimedia Foundation on a positive vision for copyright; a series of
flyers which can be printed and shared in-person or online by the community
when you talk to others about EU Copyright; and some social media
suggestions if you can help us raise awareness ahead of the vote.We look
forward to sharing an update about further ways to get involved in our
policy activities soon! Meanwhile, if you have any questions please direct
them at policy(a)wikimedia.org <policy(a)wikimedia.org> or directly at
jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org <jgerlach(a)wikimedia.org> and
adavenport(a)wikimedia.org <adavenport(a)wikimedia.org>.Best,Allison
DavenportTechnology Law and Policy Fellow, Wikimedia
Foundation[1]https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/08/27/can-beethoven-send-…
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/08/27/can-beethoven-send-takedown-requests-a-first-hand-account-of-one-german-professors-experience-with-overly-broad-upload-filters/>
[2]
https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/08/06/von-einem-der-auszog-das-fuerchten-zu-…
<https://blog.wikimedia.de/2018/08/06/von-einem-der-auszog-das-fuerchten-zu-lernen/>
[3]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-commu…
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/>
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