Re: [Wikimedia-l] what made me happy this week

[James Salsman]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone else remember the controversy from 2010?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/aug/11/newport-state-of-mind-youtube

I was happy that YouTube put the video back as a protected derivative work,
but posting it to this list apparently made them take it down again. I
would normally not be made happy by that, but in this instance it makes me
happy because it's a perfect opening to ask Google to petition the
Copyright Royalty Board to adjust the compulsory royalties so that
distribution to artists falls i. The same incidence as it did in the 1970s,
prior to the advent of mass consumer copying, when artists, authors, and
performers earned about three times the median of what they do today, and
the top publishing conglomerates earned proportionally less.

If this something the Foundation can support?

On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 2:36 AM quiddity  wrote:

> My mistake, there is a one line reference to Wikipedia in the lyrics.
> (The time_continue parameter didn't work on my first play through, but
> I checked again to be sure and then I heard the reference.) Sorry for
> the mistake. My other points stand. 
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 6:29 PM, quiddity  wrote:
> > James, that video does Not seem to have any connection to the
> > Wikimedia movement. (I checked the credits, but didn't watch the whole
> > song).
> > Please don't distract the hundreds of subscribers here with irrelevant
> content.
> > Bare links without any explanation are also an anti-pattern to avoid.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 6:13 PM, James Salsman 
> wrote:
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=150=Eijc2tGe-zM
> >>
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[Wikimedia-l] Call for Wikimania '18 Program Committee Members

[Ellie Young]

Dear all,

We are looking for members of the 2018 Wikimania program committee.

The committee will help put together the program and schedule for

Wikimania 2018, to be held on July 18-22  in Cape Town,  South Africa.

https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania

Committee member responsibilities include helping promote the call for

presentations,  recruiting speakers, and reviewing program

submissions. Review dates this year will be in the March-April timeframe
​.​

​P
rogram committee members
​will need to c
ommit to having availability

for reviewing submissions and weekly meetings during this time.

Themes of the conference include the advancement of Free Knowledge,

the role of academic and cultural institutions within the movement, privacy

and rights, and the role of technology to further those objectives.
Wikimania 2018
​ ​
will specifically focus on the gaps - gender, cultural, demographic and
knowledge -
​ ​
and strategies for reducing them.


If you are a Wikimedian interested in building a great Wikimania
​ based around the above the​me
, you
​ ​
are welcome to apply! We are especially looking for committee members
​ ​
with experience with (one or more of) sister projects, non-English
​ ​
speaking communities, technical projects, or GLAM and education
​ ​
projects.

​ ​

Please let us know if you are interested by contacting

wikimania-program@lists. wikimedia.org with your name, interest, and

availability. We will be forming the committee quickly.

Thank you,

Liam Wyatt, Emna Mizouni, and Felix Nartey

Program Committee Co-Chairs, Wikimania ‘18

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