Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: Aloha from Hawaii! I'm at an Internet cafe so must be brief. I too would like to see us 'weigh in' on the matter of the copyright review and as some of you may recall I made a submission to the initial round myself (specifically relating to faithful reproductions of 2D PD artworks). I would be very happy to see WMAu to send in a 'we support what the ADA said' submission. Tell me if I can help in this matter because Trish is based at the National Library and I see her almost daily. A WMAU response endorsing the ADA submissions would be good. We should start a draft in someone's userspace and take it from there. http://digital.org.au/submissions Also relevant is the IP chapter of TPP which was leaked yesterday by Wikileaks https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/tpp-leak-confirms-worst-us-negotiators-still-trying-trade-away-internet-freedoms https://newmatilda.com/2013/11/14/tpp-serious-threat-australian-sovereignty The raw text is here: http://wikileaks.org/tpp/ Many online commentators are equating it with SOPA, etc., as it contains many of the same provisions. -- John ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
[Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 The Australian Digital Alliance is pushing for a fair use amendment to the Copyright Act. Is there anything WMAu and its supporters can do to get on board with it? kindest regards Andrew ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press
Producing a position paper that the ADA can use would be one of the most significant things the chapter ever did. Assistance from other Wikimedians might be forthcoming if messages are posted (by the committee) on mailing lists asking for advice after a draft is written. Some of Australia's copyright restrictions are ridiculous and unsustainable. Please think of what the strategy would be. At a guess, analysing any ADA proposal, setting out how draconian some aspects of Australian copyright law are compared with those in the US (e.g. no fair use), and organising WMAU members to lobby on social media etc. Tony On 12/11/2013, at 7:28 PM, Andrew Owens wrote: http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 The Australian Digital Alliance is pushing for a fair use amendment to the Copyright Act. Is there anything WMAu and its supporters can do to get on board with it? kindest regards Andrew ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l ___ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press
Aloha from Hawaii!
I'm at an Internet cafe so must be brief.
I too would like to see us 'weigh in' on the matter of the copyright review
and as some of you may recall I made a submission to the initial
round myself (specifically relating to faithful reproductions of 2D PD
artworks).
I would be very happy to see WMAu to send in a 'we support what the ADA
said' submission.
Tell me if I can help in this matter because Trish is based at the National
Library and I see her almost daily.
-Liam
On Tuesday, 12 November 2013, Kimberlee Weatherall wrote:
Hi guys,
Great! No doubt you’re in touch with Trish at the ADA, but I’ve forwarded
this on to her as well for coordination purposes.
Kim
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Producing a position paper that the ADA can use would be one of the most
significant things the chapter ever did. Assistance from other Wikimedians
might be forthcoming if messages are posted (by the committee) on mailing
lists asking for advice after a draft is written.
Some of Australia's copyright restrictions are ridiculous and
unsustainable.
Please think of what the strategy would be. At a guess, analysing any ADA
proposal, setting out how draconian some aspects of Australian copyright
law are compared with those in the US (e.g. no fair use), and organising
WMAU members to lobby on social media etc.
Tony
On 12/11/2013, at 7:28 PM, Andrew Owens wrote:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774
The Australian Digital Alliance is pushing for a fair use amendment to
the Copyright Act. Is there anything WMAu and its supporters can do to
get on board with it?
kindest regards
Andrew
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