[Publicpolicy] SCHEDULING: Big Fat Brussels Meeting Episode 3

Hello everyone, The fall/winter policy agenda in Brussels has some exciting topics lined up for us. After the #saveFoP campaign, what will the Commission include in its reform proposal? Will some Member States like Belgium and Estonia get active on their own? What will happen to other copyright wi

Re: [Publicpolicy] SCHEDULING: Big Fat Brussels Meeting Episode 3

> care, people who represent a group, people who want to do leg work, people >>> who like to think strategically? People who fulfill all four criteria >>> (read: you'll have a meeting with yourself)? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Lodewijk >

[Publicpolicy] TPP and copyright

Hi all, While the TTIP (EU-US) treaty is so far steering clear of any copyright provisions, TPP (US and Pacific countries) seems to have plenty to offer on this issue, including term lengths and orphan works. I haven't had time to read into it, but there's a WaPo article that can be accessed with

Re: [Publicpolicy] SCHEDULING: Big Fat Brussels Meeting Episode 3

t; > 2015-09-08 16:53 GMT+02:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < > dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi all, >> >> There are no a-priori targeted participant, as we'd like to be open to >> everyone interested in policy work in Europe. That being said, let m

[Publicpolicy] [Save the Date] Big Fat Brussels Meeting: Episode III

Hi all, This i just to announce that the third edition of our annual European public policy meet-up will take place on 20-21 November this year in Brussels. The dates are a result of popular demand. [1] More details soon. Cheers, Dimi P.S.: Editions one and two were quite productive and enjoyab

[Publicpolicy] Wikimania 2016: Public Policy Topic

Hello everybody, Yours truly has been invited to help out as public policy liaison to the Programme Committee of Wikimania Esino Lario.[1] This means that, apart from looking for the best possible speaker to give a "digest" presentation on the topic of internet censorship, I need to figure out wh

[Publicpolicy] Big Fag Brussels Meeting - Episode 3: Schedule and Topics

Hi all, We are now ready with a (really packed) schedule: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_-_Episode_3 We'll be starting at Friday around noon, so people can travel Friday morning or Thursday evening, thus missing only one day of work. We'll be finishing not too

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report

tl;dr The European Commission is running a consultation on intermediary liability, in France and Belgium FoP is becoming a national topic and this year’s Big FAT Brussels Meeting will take place on the 20-21 November. - This and past reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_pol

[Publicpolicy] New Wikimedian working on public policy: Myriam Berard

Hello everybody, Please join me in welcoming Myriam Berard to Wikimedia. She is Wikimédia France's public policy assistant/trainee. Myriam is a talented photographer, an avid copyright activist and a master in digital rights. She will be responsible for pushing through FoP in France, so from now

Re: [Publicpolicy] Catching up

Hi Milton, Sorry about that! I was just welcoming a new member. Otherwise most communication here is on-topic and about specific policy issues. Best, Dimi 2015-10-10 8:24 GMT+02:00 Milton Solórzano : > Hello All, > > I'm having trouble understanding what's going on in these emails. They > fee

Re: [Publicpolicy] Catching up

you guys are on point about advocacy, my question was > really how do I educate myself about the policy issues at stake? > > Thanks, > -Milton > On Oct 11, 2015 9:07 AM, "Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov" < > dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Milton

Re: [Publicpolicy] Wikimania 2016 - shutdowns

Hi Deji, Thank you for the message and sorry for replying just now. Crazy period. This does seem like a very important topic. My job now is until the end of November to pick a "digest" speaker. I.e., someone who gives a broad introduction to the topic of public policy/censorship. Then a call for

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report October

tl;dr The Telecoms Single Market package is finally through. It establishes some very limited form of network neutrality and promises the end of roaming, kind of. Copyright reform will be split into two packages – an uncontroversial one in December and a more ambitious one next year. This and pas

Re: [Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report October

la > Sr. Director of Community Engagement > Wikimedia Foundation > *Working towards a world in which every single human being can freely > share in the sum of all knowledge.* > > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < > dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@

Re: [Publicpolicy] Leaked draft for the December 9 Communication of the European Commission on copyright

Hi all, I do agree with Julia here. While we should keep our eyes on the prize (digitisation, FoP) we need to start seriously looking at the liabilities. It is not very obvious that the political cabinets of the Commission regard this a realpolitik deal. A few more exceptions and return the indus

Re: [Publicpolicy] Monday morning off-topic

All right, Fun :) But rest assured, it was a dream. Dimi 2015-11-09 8:50 GMT+01:00 Marcin Cieslak : > Hi, > > I had a dream today that I read on this list > that Dimi was arranging a larger meeting with a Bulgarian > MEP Paunova on 25 January 2016. > > Was it a dream only or is there something

[Publicpolicy] Warning: Possible campaign against Wikimedia in the EU

Hello everybody, In the past weeks we have heard from more several unrelated sources (official, private sector & academia) that: *Google is funding Wikimedia *Google is actively promoting Wikipedia in search results *Therefore, Wikimedia and Wikimedia cannot be considered user-generated, crowd-fun

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report November

tl;dr The European Commission wants a fully harmonised copyright. One day. For now, they are planning two reform packages - in December and June 2016. Simultaneously there is more and more pressure on regulating a new enforcement and liability regime online. - This and past report

Re: [Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report November

e relevant event in Prague might be a good idea. Make sure they don't forget about you! For MEPs that you weren't in touch with it might be good to think about the best way to approach them. I am happy to work it out with you! > Regards, > Juandev > Czech Republic > > >

Re: [Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report November

>> Regards, >> Stephane >> >> >> >> Le 4 déc. 2015 à 01:18, Jan Lochman a écrit : >> >> One more question. Do you recommend to build good relationship with all >> MEP from our country or should we pick some specific or just those in some &

Re: [Publicpolicy] Towards a modern, more European copyright framework

Dear Michael, Yes, the actual text will be published in June or July 2016, most likely along with a "enforcement" part of the legislative package. Currently, the services have plenty of the texts drafted - sometimes in more than one version, but there seems to be no political decision about the e

[Publicpolicy] Wikimania 2016 submissions - deadline 15 January

Dear all, This is a soft reminder that the deadline for Wikimania 2016 submissions is now 15 January. https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions The so-called "digest speaker" for public policy will be Alek Tarkowski from Creative Commons, Centrum Cyfrowe & Communia. Cheers, Dimi

Re: [Publicpolicy] Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee - membership

Thanks Owen! Very insightful. Dimi 2016-01-16 15:34 GMT+01:00 Owen Blacker : > The IPBill Committee membership, as promised. > > -- Forwarded message - > From: Owen Blacker > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 at 17:23 > Subject: Draft Investigatory Powers Bill Joint Committee - membership

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - January 2016

tl;dr The Database Directive is suddenly “up for grabs”, European news media publishers split over internal differences and France might soon live to see a Freedom of Panorama exception. This and past reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor - -

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - February 2016

tl;dr Plenty of work on Freedom of Panorama in the Member States this month, which is important as shifting the negotiation preconditions for a few national governments is a very efficient way to change the dynamics in Brussels. This and past reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Mon

[Publicpolicy] Expected EU legislative proposals in 2016

Hi all, I have been trying to estimate as much as possible which reform proposals we expect from the European Commission this year and how they are relevant to us. Of course, political analysis is not the most exact of sciences, so no guarantees :) Still, here is my best guess: *Geoblocking* May

[Publicpolicy] Wikimania: 2nd round submissions open

Dear digital devotees, The Wikimania Esino Lario submissions for posters, trainings and discussions are now open: https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Deadline is 20 March. You have two weeks. Be bold! Dimi ___ Publicpolicy mailing lis

[Publicpolicy] "Best Case Scenarios for Copyright" - Freedom of Panorama

Hi gang, I need your help, but this time I come offering money :) In Communia we are putting together best case scenarios for copyright exceptions. Basically what would be the absolute best reform that could happen from a public domain perspective. We have decided to feature Freedom of Panorama

Re: [Publicpolicy] Cavada to be JURI rapporteur for portability

At least we didn't have to call him out on it: https://twitter.com/zoyashef/status/709781163951439872 Let's see who gets the InfoSoc reform. Dimi 2016-03-15 16:20 GMT+01:00 Owen Blacker : > https://twitter.com/Senficon/status/709758419465543682 > > The rapporteur for #portability >>

[Publicpolicy] #LibertéDePanorama

Hi all, Wikimédia France just launched its petition to convince the Senate to amend the current proposal and adopt a full Freedom of Panorama exception. Any help with the petition welcome: https://www.change.org/p/s%C3%A9nat-pour-une-libert%C3%A9-de-panorama-claire-et-sans-restriction In paralle

Re: [Publicpolicy] #LibertéDePanorama

lar help that would be > welcome on the petition? > > Luis > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 10:53 AM Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < > dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Wikimédia France just launched its petition to convince the

[Publicpolicy] IPRED Consultation (& movement roles)

Hi everyone, The European Commission's consultation on the enforcement of intellectual property rights is due on 15 April. [1] The main goal for us here will be to avoid increasing a platform’s responsibility to monitor and remove UCG. We are currently starting to work on our responses [2], whic

[Publicpolicy] Consultation on Freedom of Panorama and Neighbouring rights now live

Hi all, Just a quick note that "our" consultation [1] is now live. I will set up a Meta-Wiki page briefly and start working on an answering guide. What would be helpful is to contact other groups (especially photographers and architects) who would be sympathetic to our cause to participate. Dead

Re: [Publicpolicy] Consultation on Freedom of Panorama and Neighbouring rights now live

edia: https://twitter.com/DSMeu/status/712598903942733824 2016-03-23 14:02 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > > Just a quick note that "our" consultation [1] is now live. I will set up a > Meta-Wiki page briefly and s

[Publicpolicy] New FoP case from Bulgaria

Hi all, This couldn't have been a better example [1] if we had dreamt it up it ourselves. I know most people's Bulgarian on this list is limited, so I'll try to provide the moments: - An old house by fmaous Bulgarian turn-of-the-century architect Gerogi Fingov in the centre of Sofia is sl

Re: [Publicpolicy] New FoP case from Bulgaria

gt; Fingov died in 1944. So maybe I'm missing something, but what is the legal > basis for the cease and desist order? Because if it is privacy (or > something related), it may be less ideal for us? > > Best > Lodewijk > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Dimitar Parvanov D

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - March

tl;dr A new consultation focusing exclusively on Freedom of Panorama and a rebranded ancillary copyright proposal. This and past reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor - - New consultation: After a stakeholder dialogue, a consultation, a commu

Re: [Publicpolicy] Is the Swedish Twist unique?

Hi everyone, As far as Brussels in concerned this can be packaged in a way that provides extra traction to our FoP reform initiative. We now have a very concrete and recent example to answer the question "But did you ever really have any problems with that?". As far as Sweden is concerned, betwee

Re: [Publicpolicy] Is the Swedish Twist unique?

The worrying thing is that I have a very high opinion of Eleonora Rosati. She has also participated in the Legal Affairs Committee hearing with me, Marie-Anne Ferry-Fall and the Commission during our #saveFoP campaign. The boilerplate inclusion of the three-step-test could indeed be a stumbling bl

Re: [Publicpolicy] Intro, I'm the new Legal and Policy Advisor at WMDE

Couldn't be happier to have you on board! Welcome! Dimi 2016-04-07 19:42 GMT+02:00 Charles M. Roslof : > Welcome, John! > > == > Charles M. Roslof > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > cros...@wikimedia.org > (415) 839-6885 > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privilege

Re: [Publicpolicy] GDPR and Wikipedia?

Hi Raul, I'll try to provide a thorough analysis (to be honest I have only about a quarter read the final text), but generally speaking there's nothing to get really worried about. I expect we'll keep having mostly the same problems/discussions, revolving around what is public and necessary person

Re: [Publicpolicy] Feedback needed on proposed EU publishers' right & WM (for Wednesday)

Hi list, Another worry surrounding ancillary copyright issue has been voiced by Wikimedia Deutschland a few years ago [1] before Germany introduced the law. The focus was that Wikipedia articles regularly include links and parts of newspaper articles or press releases. It seems to be quite unclear

[Publicpolicy] FoP in France (albeit NC)

Hello, everybody! The Senate in Paris just agreed to pass a new exception into French copyright law. They agreed on the importance of Freedom of Panorama, but only for non-commercial purposes. The text reads "œuvres en permanence sur la voie publique réalisées par des particuliers à des fins non l

Re: [Publicpolicy] FoP in France (albeit NC)

Hi, Yes, there will be a next stage, but on the subject of FoP the National Assembly, the Senate and the government basically agree now, so I wouldn't expect too much. Maybe some words will be change during the legal scrubbing, but that's about it. In the French debate their three architects' org

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - April 2016

Tl;dr Freedom of Panorama, ancillary copyright and text & data mining seem to be firmly on the agenda. The ePrivacy Directive might be revised, covering things such as location data, spam and cookies. The Commission is also testing the waters on intermediary liability. The options being re-opening

[Publicpolicy] FoP & ancillary copyright consultation: answering guides live

Hi all, Right now at re:publica in Berlin [1] the general public answering guide for the FoP consultation is being officially launched. You can access it by typing youcan.fixcopyright.eu in you browser. Please popularise this through your networks and encourage individuals (and organisations) to s

[Publicpolicy] FSFE Summit 2016 - Call for Participation

Hi all, Not only Wikipedia is turning 15 this year. The FSFE will celebrate its decade-and-a-half long existence at its Berlin summit this September. They have very warmly invited us to participate and to submit sessions. [1] The deadline, however, is pretty soon (17 May). I myself will propose

Re: [Publicpolicy] Selfies at the Atomium soon legally

Yes, it is full FoP for architecture and sculpture. The only restriction being that images should be permanent in public places and that they need to be "in their natural environment". This exists also in Dutch law if I am not mistaken. Not sure how to interpret it exactly - I guess you must always

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - May 2016

tl;dr The European Commission presented its 3rd Digital Single Market Package. They don’t intend to change the intermediary liability regime (good) and also won’t really tear down geoblocking (bad). Meanwhile FoP is making its way through the Belgian federal law-making machinery. This and past r

Re: [Publicpolicy] FoP: where should the limit be

Hello, everybody! I personally don't see this particular wording in German law as very problematic. Sure, it would be nice to have it written otherwise, but is it a priority issue? Definitely not! If we ever got the chance it without a fight, I would simply go for changing the perspective to the

Re: [Publicpolicy] FoP: where should the limit be

> > Lodewijk > > 2016-06-01 17:04 GMT+02:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < > dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com>: > >> Hello, everybody! >> >> I personally don't see this particular wording in German law as very >> problematic. Sure, it would be ni

Re: [Publicpolicy] Berlaymont copyright?

Hello everyone, >From what I read (never had this question coming up in meeting with the Commission) they are aware of the issue and thus don't tell you that you can just take pictures of the building. What it says is that they cleared the rights for some pictures. Having in mind that this is the

[Publicpolicy] Wikimania Workshop: "School of Rocking (EU) Copyright"

Hello everybody, The programme for Wikimania Esino Lario is ready [1] and I will be giving a workshop titled School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright. [2] It will take place on Thursday, 23 June, in the collaborative space from 14:00 to 17:30. Since we'll be people with different backgrounds, levels of

Re: [Publicpolicy] FoP Consultation - answers from Wikimedia Sverige

Thank you! I believe in your specific case it was important that you participate. Did you hear of any other organisations in Sweden who might join us in participating by any chance? Dimi 2016-06-10 11:45 GMT+02:00 John Andersson : > Hi everybody, > > Yesterday I added Wikimedia Sverige's answ

[Publicpolicy] FoP in Belgium: Text adopted in committee, plenary next

Hi all, The text on Freedom of Panorama in Belgium that was adopted in committee two weeks ago is finally available online (FR & NL). [1] There were only minor, technical changes as compared to the version adopted in the first reading. Notably, "reproduction" was replaced by "reproduction or commu

Re: [Publicpolicy] Potential intervention in Canadian Equustek case

I concur with Owen. Global jurisdiction of national courts is a risky prospect. D На вторник, 14 юни 2016 г. Owen Blacker написа: > It doesn't take much to imagine what Russian or Chinese courts might like removed from Wikimedia projects. I would definitely support any intervention to oppose g

Re: [Publicpolicy] FoP in Belgium: Text adopted in committee, plenary next

r some of the buildings, might they claim that this is >> normal exploitation now? Having this clarified in parliamentary proceedings >> by the proposers, by stating clearly that charging for a photo is not >> normal exploitation, would probably resolve this, if that didn't

[Publicpolicy] Advocate-General opinion on e-lending

Hi all, Just an interesting opinion of an Advocate-General of the Court of Justice of the EU who says that public libraries should be allowed to e-lend books. [1] This is something libraries and publishers are at odd about since years. Now, an AG opinion is only a sort of advice to the judges, wh

Re: [Publicpolicy] FoP in Belgium: Text adopted in committee, plenary next

7;ll be signed by the King soon, published in the Staatsblad/Moniteur, and then 10 days later it's law! > > Regards, > Robin > > > 2016-06-14 13:38 GMT+02:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hi, group! >> >

Re: [Publicpolicy] FoP in Belgium: Text adopted in committee, plenary next

Wikipedia ;) D 2016-06-17 18:36 GMT+02:00 Owen Blacker : > Well, Belgian architecture 😉 > > Seriously, though, congratulations everyone! > > Owen > > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016, 20:28 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov, < > dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com> wrote: >

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report June

Tl;dr Brussels is effectively on pause these days due to the European Championship in France and the EU Referendum in the UK. This and the fact that Wikimedia just about to begin means that this month’s report comes a week early. Luckily, this gives us some time to take a closer look at Member Sta

[Publicpolicy] Debrief: School of Rock(ing) EU Copyrigt

Hi all, As you might have been aware, there was a School of Rock(ing) EU Copyright workshop in Esino Lario. Here's a quick brief on what was worked on. There were 13 participants and we picked

[Publicpolicy] Visiting WEASELS - Come to Brussels!

Hi all, This year we have secured enough funds to invite two volunteers to come to Brussels for a week each in order to learn about EU advocacy, meet decision-makers from their country and carry some of the know-how back to their community. More information on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik

[Publicpolicy] MozFest 2016 - Join Wikimedia's public policy lightning talks!

Salut la liste ! The MozFest [1], Mozilla's equivalent to Wikimania, will take place in London 28-30 October. We have been in touch with Mozilla's public policy team and they invited us to reach out to them and their community by looking for policy initiatives we can cooperate on. I have submitt

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report

August has started and all of Brussels is going into its annual summer slump. Only one small Directorate General is bravely working trough the heat to prepare its copyright (reform) package on 21 September. Here’s a very brief bulletin from Brussels that hopefully won’t keep you away from the sun f

[Publicpolicy] Mapping use of free licenses by press services and archives

Hi all, Me an Jan from the WMF have been talking for a while that it could be very useful to have detailed and structured information on the use of free licenses by government press services and state archives agencies. As a first step we have assembled all the national archives and all the gover

Re: [Publicpolicy] Mapping use of free licenses by press services and archives

Absolutely fair point, Lodewijk. Short answer: the idea went through a metamorphosis and was constantly pushed back in time. Anyhow, the name of the site, the image and the link are now changed: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Engage/GovernmentLicenses 2016-09-12 16:00 GMT+02:00 L.Gelau

[Publicpolicy] Fwd: [CC-be] We're looking for a new talent at Open Knowledge Belgium

FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Pieter-Jan Pauwels Date: 2016-09-28 15:00 GMT+02:00 Subject: [CC-be] We're looking for a new talent at Open Knowledge Belgium To: CC BE Dear CC-BE List, We’re looking for a new project coordinator at Open Knowledge Belgium! You can find the jo

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - September

tl;dr A copyright reform package is finally proposed. It offers just a few and very limited new exceptions. But it would establish a new, EU-wide, 20-year long right for press publishers on snippets. The proposal would also shift the intermediary liability as enshrined in the E-Commerce Directive.

[Publicpolicy] National Consultations on EU Copyright Reform

Hi all, Several EU Member States' governments are running a national consultations on the EU copyright reform proposal . We will try to participate in as many of these as possible. This is important, because the Council (where the Member

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report October

tl;dr Now that the fog surrounding the European Commission’s copyright proposal has lifted, we are beginning to build up steady pressure for significant improvements (FoP, safeguarding the PD, TDM, databases). Currently we’re focusing on consulting national governments and talking to key MEPs. T

Re: [Publicpolicy] Trump

Hi John, I have been trying to wrap my head around this as well. From a European perspective I expect the US trade policy to drastically change, so that's one thing. TTIP seems highly unlikely now. Weren't the republicans somewhat moreopen to copyright changes in general? Anyhow, I am in DC for O

Re: [Publicpolicy] Short paper about CC0 vs. CC BY

Hi John, This is so useful! Thank you! As part of the current copyright reform proposal the Commission (because of text and data mining) has also re-opened the Database Directive. We are currently looking into proposing potential quick&dirty fixes to improve the situation. Some of the arguments i

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring & Activity Report - November

tl;dr Brussels was very much preoccupied with the proposed EU copyright reform in November. The European Parliament appointed responsible committees and rapporteurs. We have a timeline that will give us time until March to propose changes. Wikimedia drafted several changes and started discussing th

[Publicpolicy] Big Fat Brussels Doodle

Hi all, The year ahead will be mighty exciting in the European Parliament, as major decisions about the European copyright framework will be made and a very recently proposed e-Privacy Regulation could change the way we use cookies and user data. To give you the chance to be part of the front-lin

Re: [Publicpolicy] Big Fat Brussels Doodle

Hi all, Just a soft poke to remind those of you who still haven't filled out the dudle. I will close it Monday morning. https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/BFBM4/ Cheers, Dimi 2017-01-17 9:19 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, >

Re: [Publicpolicy] Big Fat Brussels Doodle

Hi all, The mighty dudle has spoken <https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/BFBM4/>. This year's Big Fat Brussels Meeting will be on the 22-23 April. Please save the date. Details will follow. Best, Dimi 2017-01-26 8:39 GMT+01:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gma

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Report - January 2017

tl;dr The hot phase of the EU copyright reform is getting closer. We are currently talking to the decisive MEPs on a number of issues: text and data mining, Freedom of Panorama, safeguarding the public domain, ancillary copyright, upload filtering, linking and databases. NB: Sorry this month's re

[Publicpolicy] (no subject)

Salut la liste ! Two French researchers and coincidentally (ahem) members of Communia and Wikimédia France have published a paper on Freedom of Panorama that might be of interest to this list: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/public-artworks-and-freedom-panorama-controversy-case-wikime

[Publicpolicy] EU IPO - new study planned for 2017

Hi all, As some of you may recall, the Observatory on Intellectual Property Rights Infringements hosted by the EU Intellectual Property Office in Alicante is running a study on the "economic contribution of the public domain". They are mostly looking at the film sector are trying to see what part

[Publicpolicy] Big Fat Brussels Meeting 4 - Practical Information

Dear all, I can finally share with you some more practical information about the venue, times and facilitation of this year's Big Fat Brussels Meeting, which is to take place on the 22 and 23 of April. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_4 If you can confirm your p

[Publicpolicy] Position Paper EU Copyright Reform

Dear all, Many of you have helped translating and sending out our position paper on the EU copyright reform addressed to the Council (i.e. the national governments). [1] Thank you so, so much for that! We have gotten in touch with 16 Member States' governments in their national language and are ex

Re: [Publicpolicy] EU Digital Single Market Directive

Hi Henning, Thank you so much for attending and for posting to this list! It is highly appreciated. In the long-term it will be extremely helpful for our image to be regularly present at such events and the only way to achieve a very wide coverage is through a network of volunteers across countri

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - March

tl;dr The EU copyright reform has entered into the first decisive phase in the European Parliament. The lead committee (Legal Affairs) is collecting amendment proposals until 12 April. After that, the rapporteur and her shadows will try to make sense of all the proposals and find compromises that

[Publicpolicy] EU IPO - Ideas needed for study on public domain and open licences

Hello, everybody! Today civil society organisations had a meeting with the EU IPO's Observatory [1]. One of the main objectives of the Observatory is to produce academic studies in the field of IPR that help policy makers in Brussels make evidence based decisions. Upon joining the Observatory Wik

Re: [Publicpolicy] EU IPO - Ideas needed for study on public domain and open licences

> Jan > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:19 AM, John Hendrik Weitzmann < > john.weitzm...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > >> Suggestion: >> >> "Feasibility and Economic Implications of re-modelling the Sui-Generis >> Database Right into a Register Right&qu

Re: [Publicpolicy] WMFr activities

Hi Emeric, Thank you for the report. I think it is always good to share and inspire others with great initiatives. Having participated in the exhibition, I must say that it was both very well organised and a lot of fun! Mid-to-long term the only way to get the social and legal change we desire i

[Publicpolicy] Attempt to extend protection beyond copyright in Norway

Hi, Just wanted to share an interesting case from Norway where the Oslo Municipality is trying to protect artworks even after their copyright expires by registering them as... trademarks. http://ipkitten.blogspot.be/2017/04/can-public-domain-artwork-be-registered.html Have fun reading and enjoy

[Publicpolicy] Issue Flyers for Public Policy

Hello, team! Part of our EU policy plan for this year is to create very simple issue flyers that can help us as a group and individual volunteer underline certain aspects. After several years of structured public policy work, I am more and more convince that one of the major challenges we're faci

[Publicpolicy] Your Input for the European Policy Monitoring Report

Hello, hello! The Big Fat Brussels Meeting took place last weekend in Brussels (what a surprise!). [1] One of the requests was to include more national/local/regional information in the monthly reports. This way good campaign ideas, efficient practice and important news will be exchanged more eas

[Publicpolicy] European Policy Monitoring Report - April

tl;dr Ça y est ! The copyright amendments in the lead European Parliament committees have been proposed. From now on we are focused on building consensus and forging compromises. In the meanwhile, we answered the European Commission’s consultation on “data driven economy”, telling them that a new

[Publicpolicy] Fwd: CopyCamp 2017 open call for speakers - please distribute!

This is a great place to have copyright focused discussions and meet people from across Europe. Highly recommended. Dimi -- Forwarded message -- From: Krzysztof Siewicz Date: 2017-05-09 12:36 GMT+02:00 Subject: CopyCamp 2017 open call for speakers - please distribute! To: Hello

[Publicpolicy] Issue Flyers for Public Policy #2

Hello, team! If have a good memory (I don't) you will recall that last month I asked you to review and comment the text for two flyers on public policy topics I am preparing. The issues were Freedom of Panorama and Safeguarding the Public Domain. All the input was so great, that now I want to ask

Re: [Publicpolicy] Database Directive, again

Welcome back, Luis! :) This Directive is quite important to us, so we will give it a serious amount of attention. After a first look it seems much less biased than the "Data Driven Economy" one. We know that they are planning a legislative package on data in the Digital Single Market. Overhauling

[Publicpolicy] Your Input for the European Policy Monitoring Report

Hi all, If anyone has some local/regional/national news to share on this month's EU policy monitoring report, please let me know! Cheers, Dimi ___ Publicpolicy mailing list Publicpolicy@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/p

[Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - May

tl;dr An all important Internal Market Committee (IMCO) vote on copyright is next week. As IMCO has joint responsibility on this file, their final wording on the “upload filtering” article is crucial. {{ACTION REQUIRED}} This and past reports: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Monitor

Re: [Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - May

g > > ---- Ursprüngliche Nachricht > Von: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > Datum: 01.06.17 11:38 (GMT+01:00) > An: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia > Betreff: [Publicpolicy] EU Policy Monitoring Report - May > > tl;dr > > An all important Internal Market Comm

[Publicpolicy] Important Vote in European Parliament Committee tomorrow

Dear list, Currently the European Parliament is debating the future of EU copyright. As this blog post greatly explains, there are a few worrisome tendencies that we need to make go away before it is too late. [1] The first very important date is tomorrow. Tomorrow, the European Parliament's Inte

[Publicpolicy] EU Copyright Reform: First important vote

Hi all, Just an update on today's vote on the EU copyright reform in the Internal Market Committee (IMCO). This is one of the two lead committees on this file. It was an important vote, although the final word will be with the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI). The final result is a very much a mixed

Re: [Publicpolicy] EU Copyright Reform: First important vote

2017-06-08 11:42 GMT+02:00 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov < dimitar.parvanov.dimit...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > > Just an update on today's vote on the EU copyright reform in the Internal > Market Committee (IMCO). This is one of the two lead committees on this > file. It was an im

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