In reply to Eva's question ("Do your chapters have an action plan?"). No,
at the moment WMNL does not have a plan yet. Will there be coordinated
action by Wikimedia affiliates like last year?
Sandra Rientjes
Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland
tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 (ma, di, do)
mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379 (wo, vrij)
www.wikimedia.nl
Mariaplaats 3
3511 LH Utrecht
Op wo 6 feb. 2019 om 22:56 schreef Eva Lepik <[email protected]>:
> Dear all,
>
> the conclusion to the copyright directive is approaching. The outcome
> seems to be horrible, as described for example here:
> https://twitter.com/paul_keller/status/1092912540194099200
>
> or here: https://juliareda.eu/2019/02/article-13-worse/
>
> Implementation of article 11 (link tax) and article 13 (content
> filtering) will have a severely negative impact on the digital
> environment. We don't know how much the link tax will affect the
> references in Wikipedia and Wikidata yet. As such, we cannot predict how
> much poorer the new liability regime will make our digital environment.
> The numerous outcries of digital rights organizations regarding the loss
> of freedom of speech and expression should be our concern, too.
>
> The final plenary vote will most probably take place in March or April,
> some weeks before the elections of the next European Parliament. It
> will be the last chance to stop this disaster, after that we shall be
> left with damage control. Do your chapters have an action plan?
>
> Best regards
>
> Eva Lepik
>
> Wikimedia Eesti
>
> chairperson
>
>
>
>
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