John, in my opinion (the board of Wikimedia Polska is of the same mind) what European affiliates could do, what's most constructive and wiki-way, is to organize edit-a-thons with focus on articles about copyright. Ideally, in cooperation with copyright collectives. This is difficult for many reasons, but might bridge a huge gap.
On Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 14:50 john cummings, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this, > what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help? > > Best > > John > > On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 at 01:09, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week >> of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in >> their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense >> period leading up to the next Strasbourg session. >> >> /Jan Ainali >> Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 01:01 Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Jan, >>> Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited >>> that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in >>> addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good >>> stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around >>> preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting >>> freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like >>> the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in >>> that direction! >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 3:40 PM Jan Gerlach <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our >>>> European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed >>>> copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression, >>>> collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected >>>> by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft >>>> text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be >>>> voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's >>>> rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a >>>> balanced copyright law for Europe are not over. >>>> >>>> Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European >>>> Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary >>>> vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for >>>> certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will >>>> be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the >>>> Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting >>>> our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to >>>> use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy. >>>> >>>> I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts >>>> as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime, >>>> please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is >>>> anything we can help you with. >>>> >>>> We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps! >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Jan >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/05/european-parliament-votes-against-copyright-proposal/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Publicpolicy mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Publicpolicy mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >
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