Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

As I undestand it, the Swedish Supreme Court determined the general principles of law involved and remitted the case back to the Patent and Market Court to resolve the specific issues between the parties. "Rogol" On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

I thought that case was lost over a year ago, in the Swedish Supreme Court: http://fortune.com/2016/04/05/wikimedia-sweden-artworks/ What happened between then and now for this to end up in the Swedish Patent and Market Court? Andreas On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Philippe Beaudette

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Hindi Wikimedians User Group

On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:05:02 -0400 Kirill Lokshin wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized > the Hindi Wikimedians User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group > aims to advance the work of the Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of the Hindi Wikimedians User Group

On Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:05:02 -0400 Kirill Lokshin wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm very happy to announce that the Affiliations Committee has recognized > the Hindi Wikimedians User Group [1] as a Wikimedia User Group. The group > aims to advance the work of the Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

For reference, I believe Fae refers to the Defense of Contributors Fund: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Legal_Policies#Defense_of_Contributors On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:09 AM, Fæ wrote: > John, > > The WMF has a large legal fund to support volunteers and projects like >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

John, The WMF has a large legal fund to support volunteers and projects like Commons, which from my memory has only ever been paid out on a couple of occasions (if anyone has a link to a list, I love to see it). At least part of the 89,000 USD mentioned seems suitable for this emergency funding,