You must forgive me for overlooking something perhaps obvious, but I somehow missed your steps leading us from this copyright directive to nuclear winter.
Lodewijk On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 6:48 AM Spencer Graves < [email protected]> wrote: > Speaking from North America, I've been disappointed that I have NOT > seen huge banners warning the international public of the threats this > poses -- even to the future existence of civilization. I'm serious about > the latter: Both former US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Daniel > Ellsberg (of "Pentagon Papers" fame) have said that as long as large > nuclear arsenals exist, it is only a matter of time before some > misunderstanding leads to a nuclear war killing at least a third of > humanity -- primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. However, Ellsberg > further says that such an event will almost certainly lead to a nuclear > winter as a result of which 98% of the survivors will starve to death. > I've estimated over a 10% chance of such an event in the next 40 years.[1] > > > Media organizations like Wikipedia are part of the solution to this > and virtually every other substantive problem facing humanity today, in my > judgment: Progress on every substantive issue I can think of is blocked, > because every countermeasure threatens someone with substantive control > over the media. People with power are threatened by the Wikimedia project, > because it's a source of information they cannot control.[2] > > > If you see things that people outside Europe can do, please let me > know. So far, I'm primarily focused on anti-nuke work and improving the > media where I live. > > > Thanks for all your hard work in support of the Wikimedia project. > > > Spencer Graves, PhD > member of the Boards of KKFI.org, the Friends of Community Media ( > ourfcm.org) and PeaceWorksKC.org > > and > Founder > EffectiveDefense.org > 4550 Warwick Blvd 508 > Kansas City, MO 64111 > m: 408-655-4567 > > > [1] Wikiversity, "Time to extinction of civilization" ( > https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Time_to_extinction_of_civilization). > > > [2] See other articles in Wikiversity, "Category:Freedom and abundance" ( > https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:Freedom_and_abundance) > > > On 2019-02-07 07:04, Eva Lepik wrote: > > So, to be clear: are we all waiting for a Great Leader to step up, start > coordinating and handing out the orders according to his/her master plan? > Or shall WE start coordinating here and now, what shall WE do, quickly? > This is our Internet which will be ruined. > > Regards, > Eva > > > On 07.02.2019 13:52, Jan Ainali wrote: > > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing > [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
