Hi Szymon and John Editathons to improve articles about copyright in various languages are one way you can get involved right now. Another way to support Wikimedia efforts to promote a positive vision for copyright in Europe is to start a conversation about the issue in your chapter or to let us know how we can help you be an advocate in your community. Can your chapters help raise awareness (via social media, press contacts, etc) of the vote in early September? Can they assist with translation? Can you send a message to your chapter membership? If you have other ideas, or want to get involved in another way, please send me an email.
We’ll share updates when we have more information on next steps and events. In the meantime, you can reach out to me directly if want to get involved! Best, Jan On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 2:06 PM Szymon Grabarczuk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >
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