I believe a coordinated effort could have good effects. The proposal as it is right now (there will be trilogues next week that may change it) is so bad that it might be possible to sway some MEP votes to completely block the directive.
Best regards, Jan Ainali Den tors 7 feb. 2019 kl 12:14 skrev Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < [email protected]>: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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