Thanks for sharing this, Chuck! Great to see this underway. Luis
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016, 2:08 PM Charles M. Roslof <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi policy folks, > > ----- > > tl;dr: Please check out and participate in the new copyright strategy on > Meta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy>, and attend the > accompanying IRC office hour > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours> > on September 15. > > ----- > > As you may have already seen on other mailing lists or through messages > on-wiki, we on the WMF legal team have been putting together a new strategy > for identifying, prioritizing, and addressing copyright issues that affect > Wikimedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy>. The goal > of the strategy is to improve how Wikimedia does its copyright-related work > by providing a centralized place for everyone—staff and non-staff alike—to > organize and collaborate on that work. There’s more information on Meta: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy > > The strategy is designed to work with all sorts of issues, including > things like MediaWiki feature design, Creative Commons license compliance > and project copyright policies. I’m hoping the copyright strategy pages > will also become a place to track and discuss copyright-related public > policy opportunities and developments. If a copyright lawsuit is filed, > copyright legislation is proposed, or an opportunity arises to share > Wikimedia’s perspective on copyright with policymakers, it can be added to > the strategy’s list of issues > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_strategy/Issues>. We can then > all talk about it and propose responses or activism. > > The goal of the strategy is not to replace this mailing list, the public > policy portal <http://policy.wikimedia.org>, or anywhere else where > policy discussions are already thriving, but to supplement existing forums. > By documenting discussions and keeping them active on-wiki, we can help > make sure we don’t lose track of anything. > > If you have questions about all of this, I encourage you to leave a > comment on the copyright strategy talk page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Copyright_strategy>. The legal team > will also be holding an office hour on IRC > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours>to > discuss the strategy on September 15 at 14:00 UTC. > > I hope you’ll participate! > > Best, > > Charles M. Roslof > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > (415) 839-6885 > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see > our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >
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