Hi Sandra Thanks for pointing this out! And you are right, of course. That statement is debatable.
The campaign is not ours and I don't necessarily agree with all of it. But I think your message actually proves one important point that the campaign tries to make: without harmonized copyright European citizens are uncertain about what they can or cannot use. And that's what is problematic from a perspective of free knowledge and online collaboration. That's why I shared the link to the campaign on this list. I am happy you are weighing in on this important topic. Best, Jan On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > Re. your statement: "It turns out that the original Dutch version is in > the public domain in Poland -- but not in the Netherlands" > > This may be premature. It all depends on whether you accept the claim that > Otto > Frank has copyright over Anne Frank’s diary. > As I stated on the communia-blog > <http://www.communia-association.org/2016/04/25/anne-frank-term-copyright-protection-time-move-harmonisation-unification/>: > that claim has not yet been upheld by any court and is considered invalid > by several experts on the writings of Anne Frank. > > I am not sure whether this campaign - however sympathetic its cause - > helps ensure that Anne Frank's diary remains firmly in the public domain, > as it appears to take these claims for granted, > > Also: the text of the diary has been available from this (French?) website > <http://affordance.typepad.com//mon_weblog/2016/01/anne-frank.html>since > January 1. > > > Sandra Rientjes > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland > > tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 > mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379 > > www.wikimedia.nl > > *Postadres*: > * Bezoekadres:* > Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 > 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht > > 2016-04-26 17:21 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <[email protected]>: > >> Hi Jan, >> >> yes, this topic also had a lot of attention from Wikimedia Nederland >> before (Although I believe we're not involved with this particular >> project). I cc'd Sandra and Jos who are more involved with it. >> >> Best, >> Lodewijk >> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jan Gerlach <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> Today WIPO celebrates World Intellectual Property Day >>> <http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/> and I just wanted to bring >>> to your attention a campaign by Communia, Kennisland, and Centrum Cyfrowe: >>> the three organizations have been looking into the copyright status of Anne >>> Frank's diary in Europe. It turns out that the original Dutch version is in >>> the public domain in Poland -- but not in the Netherlands. >>> >>> Find more info about the #readannediary campaign that calls for shorter, >>> harmonized copyright terms here >>> <http://www.communia-association.org/2016/04/25/anne-frank-term-copyright-protection-time-move-harmonisation-unification/> >>> . >>> >>> Best, >>> Jan >>> >>> == >>> >>> >>> Jan Gerlach >>> Public Policy Manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor >>> San Francisco, CA 94105 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Publicpolicy mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > >
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