Hello, everybody!

I personally don't see this particular wording in German law as very
problematic. Sure, it would be nice to have it written otherwise, but is it
a priority issue? Definitely not!

If we ever got the chance it without a fight, I would simply go for
changing the perspective to the one of the building. Something like
buildings/plots/statutes that are permanently located in/at parks, streets
and squares. This way drones or pictures from aircrafts won't be
problematic.

Of course "parks, streets and squares" is not exhaustive enough, but you
get my point.

Dimi



2016-06-01 16:31 GMT+02:00 L.Gelauff <[email protected]>:

> Hi Raul,
>
> Changing the topic, as this becomes a quite specific discussion.
>
> What would be the better definition in your opinion? The burden of proof
> is always on the copyright holder, I'd think. But somehow, you need to
> define what is this 'panorama'. What you could see from a public space, is
> one definition. What is yours?
>
> Lodewijk
>
> 2016-06-01 14:20 GMT+02:00 Raul Veede <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> Has there been any discussion about possibly (re)opening the question of
>> the clause limiting FoP that demands that the pictures should be taken
>> _from_ a public place? It could be argued this creates complications for
>> businesses (as clearly demonstrated by the Hundertwasser case) and has
>> potential for unlimited amount of uncertainty (the place where the
>> photographer stood usually remains unseen on the picture itself, so the
>> legality is hard to determine afterwords, especially on the Internet, e.g.
>> on Commons). Most jurisdictions with FoP can get very well by without such
>> a clause, and it is hard to see what benefit it creates for the public, or
>> actually even for any private rightsholders.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Raul,
>> working on FoP in Estonia
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 1:57 PM, John Hendrik Weitzmann <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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)
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