[Foundation-l] Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain

Sue Gardner sgardner at wikimedia.org
Thu Jun 23 02:09:42 UTC 2011


On 22 June 2011 18:24, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I tend to think any time we can be seen standing next to the the
> Librarians, we come off looking good.  The most we can associate those
> two-- ALA, WMF; ALA, WMF;  The more we do that, the more outsiders
> will "get" us as a legitimate social institution, rather than see us
> as "just another website" paid for by reader donation.
>

I'm particularly pleased about that part too, Alec, for exactly the
reason you give. They're our natural allies, and having that be
publicly visible helps people understand us better :-)

Thanks,
Sue




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