Hi John, I have been trying to wrap my head around this as well. From a European perspective I expect the US trade policy to drastically change, so that's one thing. TTIP seems highly unlikely now.
Weren't the republicans somewhat moreopen to copyright changes in general? Anyhow, I am in DC for OpenCon and would be greet to perhaps meet-up and discuss. John & Julia from WMDE are also in town and I know other Wikimedians will also be coming. Cheers, Dimi 2016-11-10 0:19 GMT+01:00 John Sadowski <[email protected]>: > Hi all, > > I'd like to start a discussion—what implications does Trump's election > combined with Republican dominance in Congress have for the movement's > public policy efforts? > > It would seem that, at the very least, net neutrality, intermediary > safe-harbor, and perhaps the 2018 copyright expiration are at risk. I > figure a proactive approach would be best—we should move fast to reach out > to Congresspeople to make the effects of such legislation known to them > before it gets introduced. > > At Wikimedia DC we've visited Congressional staff in the past, and we > could certainly do it again. What else can we do? What current WMF policy > activities or connections can we extend? What are EFF and the policy arms > of Google, Facebook, etc. thinking about right now? > > Thanks. > John > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > >
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