English-language report: http://www.thelocal.se/20160404/wikimedia-breaks-copyright-laws-with-pics-of-public-art
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 5:33 PM, John Andersson <[email protected]> wrote: > Today we received some bad news. The Swedish Supreme Court ruled according > to the will of the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden <http://bus.se/en>, > regarding images of public art online, more specifically in the case of our > service Offentligkonst.se <http://offentligkonst.se/>, a service of ours > that is using images from Wikimedia Commons. > > > This interpretation means that Freedom of Panorama became restricted and > that the public space shrunk. It is a great loss for our projects. Next we > will talk to our lawyers and see what our remaining legal options are. > Intensive efforts to influence our elected officials to change the outdated > and problematic clauses in the law are likely to be initiated during the > year. > > We appreciate any lessons learned that exist regarding the work you guys > have done in your countries. > > Some useful links (in Swedish): > > - > > The legal argumentation from the court: > > http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Domstolar/hogstadomstolen/Avgoranden/2016/2016-04-04%20%C3%96%20849-15%20Beslut.pdf > - > > Our press release: > > http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressreleases/hoegsta-domstolen-vaeljer-att-krympa-det-offentliga-rummet-istaellet-foer-att-gaa-paa-wikimedia-sveriges-linje-1360834 > - > > A time-line of what has happened: > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offentligkonst.se/St%C3%A4mning > > > Best, > > John > > - - - - > > John Andersson > > Wikimedia Sverige > > Project Manager > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > Email: [email protected] > > Skype: johnandersson86 > > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > >
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