Hi all, @Jens: Thx for the warm welcome. The settling in is not quite done yet. I'm still watching/learning and trying to tend to urgent things on the way. The justice ministry is high on the meeting agenda, a direct contact to the head of their copyright unit exists. Their ideas and initiatives around exceptions & limitations definitely touch on Wikiprojects. Any concrete suggestions welcome. Main items on this year's WMDE work plan regarding lawmaking are public works, freedom of panorama, database directive and ancillary publichers right, the three last of which happen mainly on the EU level as yet.
Best John 2016-06-01 8:01 GMT+02:00 Mathias Schindler <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Jens Best <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I heard that the German ministry of justice is reevaluating the > > "Schrankenregeln" (kind of the German version of fair use) as one aspect > of > > this year's copyright laws reevaluation. Wouldn't that be a possible > focus > > which relates to the volunteer work of the Wikiprojects? > > a more precise translation of Schrankenregeln is "limitations and > exceptions" in copyright. EU member states can implement exceptions > listed in the InfoSoc Directive, they are not allowed to implement > exceptions not listed there. The current German government has > announced to adjust certain exceptions dealing with education. Other > than that, the introduction of a fair use clause in German copyright > would require some legislation on the EU level* > > Mathias > > > * (Martin Senftleben is slightly more optimistic here > http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1959554) > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > -- Referent für Politik und Recht Legal and Policy Advisor Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207.
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