Hi Henning, Thank you so much for attending and for posting to this list! It is highly appreciated.
In the long-term it will be extremely helpful for our image to be regularly present at such events and the only way to achieve a very wide coverage is through a network of volunteers across countries and continents. Cheers, Dimi 2017-03-27 20:54 GMT+02:00 Henning Schlottmann <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I attended a Munich conference on platforms and intermediaries in > copyright law last week on Thursday and Friday <http://www.platforms.jura. > uni-muenchen.de/index.html>, slides and other material will be published > at <http://www.zr11.jura.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/index.html> The > conference was organized by the Munich University in close connection with > the Munich IP law center, the MPI and some GRUR people. Attendands came > from many European member states, the US and Japan. Both the Commission and > some national Governments for the Council were present. > > The (in)official purpose of the conference was to get academics and > practitioners from many fields together in preparation of the upcoming EU > directive on the Digital Single Market. We talked about Art. 11 and 13. > > If you are concerned about Art 11, the neighboring right for publishers, > you all can sleep softer, Art. 11 is dead. Not a single person out of > almost 200 attending the conference defended it in a straw poll, besides of > course the representative of the commission and the NL ministery (on behalf > of the council). > > Art. 13 is the big elephant. I talked to a representative of the > Commission and a high level lawyer with the NL ministry of security and > justice (which has the lead on the subject matter for the council). Both > assured me that they are aware of Wikipedia and want to keep us completely > out of this regulation. They confirmed my concern that the draft wording of > Art 13 is ambiguous and might cover Wikipedia as it is. So the movement > needs to check in with all contacts and bring this matter to their > attention until this is resolved! I presented both of them with the small > Wikipedia pin. > > And if someone from Germany or on the Union level has any contact to GRUR, > it would be useful to brush that up, as they will be heavily involved in > the further process. There will be a GRUR conference on the Digital Single > Market directive in Brussels on June 12. I believe WikiMedia should be > present with someone who can be convincing at a law conference. Show > yourselves and make everyone aware that Art. 13 is of concern to us and the > wording needs to be changed, and soon. > > BTW: Everyone was really happy about seeing me, they appreciate Wikipedia > to attend such events. That we become visible and participate in > discussions on ongoing issues. Please keep that in mind for further events. > And bring pins. Everyone loves them. > > Henning Schlottmann, Munich > ([[User:H-stt]], admin on deWP and Commons) > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >
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