Dear list members, time is running up for this campaign, please participate and spread the message!
Best Michael > In the context of our https://savecodeshare.eu/ campaign we just > published this call to action: > > We would be happy if you spread this message to your networks: https: > //fsfe.org/news/2018/news-20180905-02.de.html > > Free Software is at risk! On the 12th of September the EU is getting > ready to vote on a "Copyright Reform" package, which undermines the > foundations upon which Free Software is built. The proposed Article > 13 of the EU Copyright Directive targets every online service that > allows its users to upload and share content with each other, > including code hosting platforms. > > Let's call upon European policy makers to delete the threat posed > against Free Software in the Copyright Directive. > > The widespread reuse of Free Software is a foundation of the > Internet, as code can be used, studied, shared and improved by each > user. It would be wrong to take this freedom for granted. Since most > of the internet medium is compiled and reused as Free Software, the > ruling would dismantle the media ecosystem. > > We are getting ready for the EU's vote on a "Copyright Reform" > package, in order to remove a section of its terms and conditions > that looks to hamper Free Software development and code-sharing. > Every Internet user, who shares information, media, and code with the > public, has been targeted in the proposed directive. The idea in > Article 13 is that Free Software is a cause for copyright violations > and that, therefore, upload-filters should be created by internet > platforms. > > There are even a variety of types of governmental organisations, > facilitated and powered by Free Software. In fact, on just one of the > major code hosting platforms, over 128 government organisations from > over 17 European governments have, in total, licensed 4594 instances > of Free Software on code-hosting platforms, at the time of writing. > [1] They are, as follows: Open Government initiatives, Cutural > heritage directories, Ecology research departments and agencies, > Digitalisation projects, Emergency Services, Information Systems, > Election Services, Transport networks, Education institutions, Energy > services, Mapping and Geographical research institutes, Statistical > bureaus, Business departments, Law courts, Security groups, and > Departments of Finance. > > So, for those inside the EU, now's the time to do your bit and to > communicate with an MEP, who represents your country, in order to > notify your support for Free Software in the face of Article 13 in > the Copyright Directive. > > Do that at http://saveyourinternet.eu, where there are tips on who > and how to address and send your message. When you're ready, you can > even use a tool [2], created by EDRi and Open Media, to directly call > and e-mail your MEP. > > Let's call upon European policy makers to delete the threat posed > against Free and Open Source Software in the Copyright Directive. > > Best regards, > Alex > > > [1] https://government.github.com/community/ > [2] https://www.liberties.eu/en/news/copyright-campaign-call-your-mep > /14733
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