Estonia now has a banner campaign live (not a full blackout). Regards Seddon
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 9:34 PM Jan Gerlach <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone > > We've published a blog post today to explain how communities decide > whether or not (and how) to take action around policy proposals such as the > new EU copyright directive: > https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/03/20/four-wikipedias-to-black-out-over-eu-copyright-directive/ > In the post, we also explain the Wikimedia Foundation's role and how we > support community decisions. > > Cheers, > Jan > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 2:23 PM Jan Weisensee <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Joseph, all, >> >> Thank you for this update and all the work of communities going into >> this. A blackout or banner in France would be particularly impactful. >> >> All the best, >> Jan >> >> Am 20. März 2019 22:02:31 MEZ schrieb Joseph Seddon < >> [email protected]>: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> As you’ve likely heard, four language Wikipedias will black out >>> tomorrow, March 21, in opposition to the current version of the EU >>> Copyright Directive. [1] The Czech, Danish, German and Slovak Wikipedias >>> will display a non-dismissible blackout overlay and block access to content >>> for 24 hours. These communities will be utilizing similar texts and designs >>> for their blackouts. [2][3][4][5] >>> >>> In addition to these communities, there are others discussing the >>> possibility of a banner and/or a blackout. Discussions and voting appear to >>> be actively occurring on Estonian, French and Italian Wikipedias whilst >>> other community conversations have either stalled or gone quiet. >>> >>> The final vote on the Directive is expected to take place on Tuesday, >>> March 26. This means that communities looking to make an impact on the >>> outcome of the vote will need to make decisions surrounding community >>> actions, by the latest, the evening of Sunday March 24. >>> >>> There is a good deal of coordination and technical work that goes into >>> these initiatives. In order for us to best support communities in the >>> implementation of their decision, we want to encourage interested >>> communities to come to a decision, whether for or against, and reach out to >>> us as soon as possible. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Seddon >>> >>> [1] >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/03/20/four-wikipedias-to-black-out-over-eu-copyright-directive/ >>> >>> [2] Czech/Danish blackout: >>> https://cs.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NASA&banner=EU_Blackout_2019&uselang=cs&force=1 >>> >>> [3] Czech banner: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trademark/Request_a_license_form/zh&banner=EU2019_banner_large&uselang=en&force=1 >>> >>> [4] German blackout: >>> https://de.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NASA&banner=EU_Blackout_2019_de&uselang=de&force=1 >>> [5] Slovak blackout: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fundraising_2011/Jimmy_Letter_002/en-gb&banner=EU_Copyright_SK_Parliament&uselang=en&force=1 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising), Wikimedia Foundation*
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