Hi Jan, You want to be friends with everyone so as to make your issues appear as no-brainers that everyone agrees on. If it is politically shaded, then it becomes a trading chip.
Regards, Stephane > Le 4 déc. 2015 à 01:18, Jan Lochman <[email protected]> a écrit : > > One more question. Do you recommend to build good relationship with all MEP > from our country or should we pick some specific or just those in some EU > parliment fractions? > > > Regards, > Jan > > Wikimedia Česká republika > > 2015-12-02 12:36 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > Hi Jan, > > Don't worry about asking questions. That's what we are here for. > > 2015-12-02 0:41 GMT+01:00 Jan Lochman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > Hi, > > thank you for the report. I have two questions and I am sorry for my > ignorance. > > 1) those two packages regarding Copyright harmonisation have what status? Are > they legislatory proposals? What will happened with them, when the Commission > will release them? > > Yes, they will most likely be proposals to reform the current Copyright in > the Information Society Directive from 2001 that contains a list of > limitations and exceptions EU Member states must or can have. > Once published by the Commission the dossier will be handed over to the > European Parliament, where it will be given to the Legal Affairs Committee. > Expecting the rapporteurs to be mostly the ones from the "Reda Report" > although no decision has been made so far. > The dossier will also enter \ the Council, which can also propose amendments > and has to accept the final version. I am expecting the "competitiveness > configuration > <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/configurations/compet/>" or the > "single market configuration > <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/topics/single-market/>" to deal with > copyright, although at this point I cannot be sure. > > > 2) Can we help to our Brussel's collegues by crowdlobbing to our national MEP > presented in European Parliment? If so, we can potentionaly spread this > practice to other countries. > > Yes, although at this stage it might be wiser to wait for the actual dossier > before starting to ask for precise things. The MEPs already go to know us > around Freedom of Panorama and know that this is a priority for us. I would > suggest to invest in relationship building. WMCZ inviting Pavel Svoboda to > its annual conference and WMNL doing the same with Marietje Schaake are good > examples of how its done professionally. Good job. If you have had any > contacts with other MEPs a "season's greetings" message or an invitation to > some relevant event in Prague might be a good idea. Make sure they don't > forget about you! > > For MEPs that you weren't in touch with it might be good to think about the > best way to approach them. I am happy to work it out with you! > > > Regards, > Juandev > Czech Republic > > > > Thanks for everything! > Dimi > > > Wikimedia Česká republika > > 2015-12-01 17:18 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > tl;dr > The European Commission wants a fully harmonised copyright. One day. For now, > they are planning two reform packages - in December and June 2016. > Simultaneously there is more and more pressure on regulating a new > enforcement and liability regime online. > > ----------------- > This and past reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor> > ----------------- > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor>----------------- > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor>----------------- > Copyright Reform Leak: The European Commission “leaked” a draft Communication > [1] that will announce two copyright reform packages. It makes us expect > three things: > ----------------- > 1) Small reform package in December: Before year’s end we’ll hear an > announcement that the Marrakech Treaty [2] should be transposed as a > compulsory & harmonised copyright exception for people with print > disabilities. We’re expecting the pomme de discorde to be a “commercial > availability” restriction proposed by publishers. This would mean that in > order to use a work under this new exception one would first have to prove > that the work is not available. > ----------------- > 2) June 2016 a larger reform will be proposed. The Commission still doesn’t > know what will be in it (we’re hearing that the political cabinets have not > reached an agreement yet, while the services are ready with draft texts). > Apparently six issues have survived so far: “out-of-commerce”, “remote > consultation”, “preservation”, “teaching illustrations”, “panorama” and “text > and data mining”. The question is what the corresponding exceptions and > limitation might look like. There are two ways it can go - fully harmonised > exceptions or minimum standards. In the first case, having a restrictive > exception (e.g. for non-commercial uses only) would be the main risk. In the > second case, an unambitious minimum might mean little change in reality. > ----------------- > 3) Enforcement: Little surprisingly when dealing with copyright reform, calls > for stricter and stronger online enforcement of IP rights is never far off. > Multiple independent sources within the Commission have confirmed that they > plan to propose an enforcement reform along with the copyright reform > package. Again, there are two possibilities at hand: the e-Commerce Directive > [3] and IPRED [4]. The e-Commerce Directive currently grants ISPs “liability > breaks” that allow them to safely handle large amounts of traffic and content > without taking up huge legal risks. IPRED deals with enforcing IP rights. If > a overly strict liability for ISPs and online platforms is introduced, this > might pose serious problems for anyone hosting and harbouring large amounts > of user-generated content. Our analysis is that an IPRED reform as well as > notice & action prodecures [5][6] are likely. Chances are that the e-Commerce > Directive will remain as is. > ----------------- > ----------------- > Satellite and Cable Directive: In an interesting last-minute manoeuvre the > Commission is now openly hinting (through a leak and a now closed > consultation [7]) at the possibility make force regulate cross-border access > to content that if the industry doesn’t manage. They are looking into doing > so by extending the SatCab Directive [8] to the online environment. It came > into force in 1995 and made it legally possible for a TV channel to broadcast > its signal across the Union without having to clear the rights for each > country, as long as it does not actively market its product to other national > markets. Applying the same principle to the internet might be legally > challenging, but it is a powerful threat to collecting societies and > rightsholders who fight hard to keep the territoriality of copyright. > Further reading: > http://ipkitten.blogspot.be/2015/08/does-eu-want-to-get-rid-of-geoblocking.html > > <http://ipkitten.blogspot.be/2015/08/does-eu-want-to-get-rid-of-geoblocking.html> > ----------------- > ----------------- > Platforms Liability Debate: As there is an open attempt to make online > platforms more liable [9][10][11] for content they host and publish and there > is an ongoing consultation on platforms [12][13], the debate is picking up > pace in Brussels. There was a discussion in the Internal Market and Consumer > Protection Committee of the EP (IMCO) on the 16th. Vicky Ford (ECR) and Kaja > Kallas (ALDE) read statements that more or less agreed on the importance of > platforms and the need to make sure they can continue to function while also > pointing to the e-Commerce Directive. It being the legislation that grants > “safe harbour” status to ISPs, this is the line most online platforms are > happy to hear. Gerard de Graaf, Director of the Digital Economy Unit in DG > Connect reaffirmed that the Commission is trying to come up with a single > definition for digital platforms while admitting that they are struggling to > square the circle between common traits and differences. He emphasised that > they are analysing the current role of platforms focusing on issues like hate > speech, application of copyright rules and notice and action procedures. A > representative of the German Permanent Representation to the EU stated that > his government feels close to the principles of the e-Commerce Directive. > ----------------- > ----------------- > Paris Attacks, Privacy & Data Protection: There have been both European > Parliament debates [14] and a Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting [15] > on the question how to proceed after the latest terrorist attacks in France. > Strong calls to rapidly conclude the General Data Protection Directive [16] > before the end of the year, to approve the also stalled Passenger Name Record > rules [17] and to exchange more security-related information between Member > States were made. On the other hand, warning were shared that enough > information is being gathered already and that the question is more of acting > upon it rather than throwing more hay to the haystack. The debate is > gravitating around privacy vs. more data collectionand is likely to go on for > a while. > ----------------- > ----------------- > Big Fat Brussels Meeting - Episode 3: The third annual EU Policy working > group meeting took place in November. Two outputs are that the (lack of) > interoperability (of systems and file formats) was identified as a barrier to > access to knowledge and that safeguarding the public domain by not allowing > new copyright on faithful digitisations is both a priority and seems > politically feasible. > ----------------- > ----------------- > Quick messages: > ----------------- > Empowering Women Online: The European Parliament Committee on Women’s Rights > and Gender Equality (FEMM) has requested an in-depth analysis on > opportunities, risks and challenges for women online, which now has been > released. [19] It lists and briefly describes the existing international and > EU-level initiatives in this area. > ----------------- > EPP Group on Copyright: The European Parliament’s largest group has released > their position on copyright reform. [20] Their baseline is that no reform is > needed and licenses can solve everything. That same month the second largest > group S&D admitted that they were split on the subject (as stated by their > MEPs during an EP event [21]). > ----------------- > OER and Copyright Reform for Education: Communia and Polish MEP Michal Boni > hosted a parliamentary breakfast on OER and copyright exceptions trying to > weave the “user rights” angle into the debate. [21] > ----------------- > ----------------- > [1]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6d07lh0nNGNaXFzUFBPaE0tY0E/view > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6d07lh0nNGNaXFzUFBPaE0tY0E/view> > [2]http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/ > <http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/marrakesh/> > [3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Commerce_Directive > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Commerce_Directive> > [4]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_Directive > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_Directive> > [5]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notice_and_take_down > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notice_and_take_down> > [6][Old text] > http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php/ipred/723-e-commerce-directive-eu-commission-gives-notice-of-action > > <http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php/ipred/723-e-commerce-directive-eu-commission-gives-notice-of-action> > [7]https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/consultation-review-eu-satellite-and-cable-directive > > <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/news/consultation-review-eu-satellite-and-cable-directive> > [8]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_and_Cable_Directive > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_and_Cable_Directive> > [9]http://www.euractiv.com/sections/digital/meps-want-make-internet-companies-liable-radical-content-online-319843 > > <http://www.euractiv.com/sections/digital/meps-want-make-internet-companies-liable-radical-content-online-319843> > [10]http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-considers-major-investigation-into-role-of-internet-platforms-1428074325 > > <http://www.wsj.com/articles/eu-considers-major-investigation-into-role-of-internet-platforms-1428074325> > [11]http://www.project-disco.org/competition/070915-the-digital-single-market-and-a-duty-of-care-preserving-the-transatlantic-legal-framework-for-a-thriving-internet/#.Vl2x6np2Pl8 > > <http://www.project-disco.org/competition/070915-the-digital-single-market-and-a-duty-of-care-preserving-the-transatlantic-legal-framework-for-a-thriving-internet/#.Vl2x6np2Pl8> > [12]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Platforms_Consultation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Platforms_Consultation> > [13]http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/10/04/digital-single-market-eu-wide-consultation-on-online-platforms-has-launched/id=62172/ > > <http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/10/04/digital-single-market-eu-wide-consultation-on-online-platforms-has-launched/id=62172/> > [14]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/plenary/video?date=25-11-2015 > <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/plenary/video?date=25-11-2015> > [15]http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/jha/2015/11/20/ > <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/jha/2015/11/20/> > [16]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation> > [17]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FTEXT%2BIM-PRESS%2B20150714IPR81601%2B0%2BDOC%2BXML%2BV0%2F%2FEN&language=EN > > <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FTEXT%2BIM-PRESS%2B20150714IPR81601%2B0%2BDOC%2BXML%2BV0%2F%2FEN&language=EN> > [18]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_-_Episode_3/minutes > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_-_Episode_3/minutes> > [19]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/536473/IPOL_IDA%282015%29536473_EN.pdf > > <http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/536473/IPOL_IDA%282015%29536473_EN.pdf> > [20]http://www.eppgroup.eu/system/files_force/publications/2015/11/EPPPPC.pdf > <http://www.eppgroup.eu/system/files_force/publications/2015/11/EPPPPC.pdf> > [21]http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/events/sd-conference-digital-data-eu-happily-ever-after-or-content-unavailable > > 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