> From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:11:52 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Legal IRC Office Hours on Freedom of Panorama April > 19th > > TLDR: > > What: IRC chat with members of Wikimedia Foundation legal > > Topic: Freedom of panorama > > When: Tuesday, April 19 at 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time / 18:00 UTC > > Reminder: We can’t do legal advice. > > Hi all, > > We’re happy to announce the return of Legal Team IRC office hours, starting > tomorrow, April 19 at 11:00 AM PDT / 18:00 UTC! We’re planning to host > these once every 3 months or so going forward. > > IRC office hours provide an opportunity for members of the Wikimedia > communities to chat directly with members of the Wikimedia Foundation legal > team on topics of interest including public policy, legal issues facing the > Wikimedia movement, and what you can do to get involved. Please keep in > mind that under California law we can’t give out legal advice, so rather > than giving out legal advice, we will talk about the Wikimedia Foundation’s > stance on issues. > > For this format, we’ll begin at 11:00 by doing a brief introduction and > then start taking questions from everyone that’s present. We’ll aim to have > a few people on at the same time to be able to respond faster and to > discuss different aspects of the issues. > > For our first office hour, we’re planning to discuss the freedom of > panorama (FoP). With the recent decision in Sweden > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/04/strike-against-freedom-panorama/>, > holding that Wikimedia Sweden's website/database was in violation of > Swedish copyright law for making available on the internet photographs of > artwork permanently situated in public areas, FoP has become more pressing > than ever. We believe that the ability for members of the public to > photograph public monuments and landscapes is a fundamental part of free > expression. We plan to raise this issue to the European Commission this > summer, and need your help to let them know that it’s important. This first > one of a series of IRC office hours will be a great opportunity to exchange > thoughts about it. > > If you have questions that you would like to discuss during the office > hour, you can add them on Meta Wiki here > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_Team_IRC_Office_Hours>. > > -- > > Jacob Rogers > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see > our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
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