-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 FreeCulture.org - Students for Free Culture wrote: > Writes Frank Tobia on our blog: > > Turning our attention now from the problems [HR 4137][1] raises for > college students at home, we see that our government is making life more > difficult for developing nations as well. There's been some talk lately > on the FC discussion list that we should broaden our focus on freedom to > include issues relevant to developing nations. This is my first attempt > to broach the issue. > > The Doha Development Round of trade negotiations originated to directly > address issues of trade impeding the world's poorest nations. These > include intellectual property issues like access to patented medicine, > as well as other issues, like agricultural subsidies. Just last week, > talks at the Doha Round collapsed, leaving me to wonder how long it will > be until the United States starts doing what's right with regard to > these critical issues. > > I rediscovered Doha by hanging around on [Wikipedia][2]: a few weeks ago > I noticed a bunch of work happening on the [Doha Round article][3]. I'm > a sucker for participatory culture after all. But check out the article. > See anything missing? I see a [dearth of images][4] that would be nice > if we rectified (the one image on there today was added just yesterday). > And look, the WTO is kind enough to make a [photo gallery][5] publicly > available. It would be so great if we could include those pictures on > Wikipedia. > > So, Free Culturites, I have a call to action: > > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask if they would be so kind as to > release some or all of their photos under a free copyright license > (something like [CC-BY][7] would be fantastic). After all, it's not like > the WTO exists to make money off of its photo gallery somehow. Myself > and a fellow editor are waiting to hear back from them, and I figure > some support couldn't hurt. > > Oh, and if you feel like it, jump in and help improve the article. Long > live participatory culture! > > [1]: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-4137 > > [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/ > > [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round > > [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doha_Development_Round > &oldid=229476744 > > [5]: > http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/meet08_photo_gallery_e.htm > > [6]: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [7]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ > > URL: > http://freeculture.org/blog/2008/08/02/freedom-fairness-and-the-doha-round/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > Well, if you're referencing the images in a news piece (like wikipedia) then it would be covered under fair use. CRK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
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