Hi John, is there anything in English on the reasoning and the underlying law?
We are in the middle of collecting support for liberal FoP amongst photographers unions and the like. Maybe this case can provide material to also try that in Sverige (if you haven't already)? Best John 2017-07-08 10:09 GMT+02:00 Fæ <[email protected]>: > John, > > The WMF has a large legal fund to support volunteers and projects like > Commons, which from my memory has only ever been paid out on a couple > of occasions (if anyone has a link to a list, I love to see it). At > least part of the 89,000 USD mentioned seems suitable for this > emergency funding, especially as Wikimedia Sverige cannot have been > expected to plan for these costs. > > Has WMF legal been approached to give them a chance to say yes? > > Thanks, > Fae > > On 7 July 2017 at 16:41, John Andersson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Today we received some bad news in Sweden. The Swedish Patent and Market > > Court ruled against Wikimedia Sverige in a lawsuit filed by Visual > Copyright > > Society in Sweden (BUS). The case concerns images of public art online, > more > > specifically in the case of our website Offentligkonst.se, a service > created > > by Wikimedia Sverige using images from Wikimedia Commons. > > > > > > The ruling means that Freedom of Panorama is eroded and the public space > is > > diminished. It is a detrimental loss for our projects. Next we will talk > to > > our lawyers and WMF legal team to see what our remaining legal options > are. > > Our lawyers however believe that success is not very likely if we would > > decide to move forward. > > > > > > Intensive efforts to advocate for our elected officials to change the > > outdated and problematic clauses in Swedish copyright law will be > initiated > > during the year. > > > > > > We have also started a crowdfunding campaign to cover some of the cost of > > the legal expenses and fines of about 750,000 SEK stated in the verdict > > (around 89,000 USD) and for future national and international lobbying > > efforts. Please consider making a donation at > http://wikimedia.se/en/donera, > > even if it is a symbolic sum. Simply add “BUS” in the comment, and all > the > > money will be used for these costs. > > > > > > Some useful links (in Swedish): > > > > The legal argumentation from the court: > > http://www.bildupphovsratt.se/sites/default/files/upload/ > stockholms_tr_pmt_8448-14_dom_2017-07-06.pdf > > > > Our press release: > > https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/wikimedia-sverige/ > pressreleases/domslut-krymper-det-offentliga-rummet-i-sverige-2054679 > > > > A timeline of what has happened: > > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offentligkonst.se/Stämning > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > John > > > > - - - - > > > > John Andersson > > > > Executive Director > > > > Wikimedia Sverige > > > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > Skype: johnandersson86 > -- > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > 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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