Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread David Gerard
On 2 May 2013 04:06, shi zhao shiz...@gmail.com wrote: see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/ As usual, Orlowski is trolling for clicks. Here's the actual text: http://niaccurshi.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/orphan-works-enterprise-and-regulatory.html - d.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread Craig Franklin
If the Register hates it, that usually indicates to me that it is a fantastic idea. On 02/05/2013 1:07 PM, shi zhao shiz...@gmail.com wrote: see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/ The Act contains changes to UK copyright law which permit the commercial exploitation of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread Mathias Schindler
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: If the Register hates it, that usually indicates to me that it is a fantastic idea. The main issues with the EU orphan works directive is that projects like Wikipedia are not among the priviledged entities and the

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 9, Issue 17 -- 29 April 2013

2013-05-02 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
News and notes: Chapter furore over FDC knockbacks; First DC GLAM boot-camp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/News_and_notes In the media: Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-04-29/In_the_media

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread Fae
On 2 May 2013 07:54, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: ... If that's it, the law is completely useless, it just parrots general EU regulations. The big question in Europe is what qualifies as a diligent search: I don't know if as usual UK wants to decide on its own, in any case it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread geni
On 2 May 2013 07:54, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: If that's it, the law is completely useless, it just parrots general EU regulations. The big question in Europe is what qualifies as a diligent search: I don't know if as usual UK wants to decide on its own, in any case it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread geni
On 2 May 2013 04:06, shi zhao shiz...@gmail.com wrote: see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/ Dude this is Wikimedia-l. Home to rather a lot of copyright nerds. If there was actually a significant problem with the law don't you think we would have raised the issue back

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The one-employee secretariat model

2013-05-02 Thread Balázs Viczián
I've discussed this issue in my state of the movement presentation [1] summing up our experiences so far. Balazs [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_WMHU.pdf 2013.05.02. 0:36, Tomasz Ganicz polime...@gmail.com ezt írta: 2013/5/1 Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com: True.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimania-l] Selection of winning bid for Wikimania 2014: London

2013-05-02 Thread Balázs Viczián
Congrats from WMHU and thanks for the mug! :) Balázs 2013/5/2 Tonmoy Khan tonmoy...@gmail.com Congratulations to WMUK London! Wish all the success for Wikimania 2014. Cheers Tonmoy On May 2, 2013 4:07 AM, Charles Gregory wmau.li...@chuq.net wrote: Congratulations WMUK and the London

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread Tomasz Ganicz
2013/5/2 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: On 2 May 2013 04:06, shi zhao shiz...@gmail.com wrote: see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/ As usual, Orlowski is trolling for clicks. Here's the actual text:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Fae, 02/05/2013 09:20: On 2 May 2013 07:54, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: ... If that's it, the law is completely useless, it just parrots general EU regulations. The big question in Europe is what qualifies as a diligent search: I don't know if as usual UK wants to decide on its own, in any case

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread Tomasz Ganicz
2013/5/2 geni geni...@gmail.com: On 2 May 2013 04:06, shi zhao shiz...@gmail.com wrote: see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/29/err_act_landgrab/ Dude this is Wikimedia-l. Home to rather a lot of copyright nerds. If there was actually a significant problem with the law don't you think

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread David Gerard
On 2 May 2013 08:37, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 May 2013 07:54, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: If that's it, the law is completely useless, it just parrots general EU regulations. The big question in Europe is what qualifies as a diligent search: I don't know if as

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread David Gerard
On 2 May 2013 08:40, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously I've seen this topic floating around on various photography sites. Any idea who is behind the campaign and why? The same photography groups who think people shouldn't be allowed to release pictures under CC by-sa as it undermines

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread geni
On 2 May 2013 10:54, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 May 2013 08:37, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 May 2013 07:54, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: If that's it, the law is completely useless, it just parrots general EU regulations. The big question in Europe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] UK.Gov passes Instagram Act

2013-05-02 Thread David Gerard
On 2 May 2013 11:24, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: However orphan works legislation is a hack designed to allow long copyright terms to keep working without upsetting even more people. Its of no use to us. I think you're wrong there. But it's an arguable point, not one that goes either way.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Elections 2013

2013-05-02 Thread Nicole Ebber
Hey, thanks for the announcement and all the work the election committee has done so far. I have written a kind of lengthy blog post about the elections and about how and why the communities can or should get involved. It's in German, but if anyone's interested in translating it, you are more

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia engineering April 2013 report

2013-05-02 Thread Guillaume Paumier
Hi, The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in April 2013 is now available. Wiki version: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2013/April Blog version: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/02/wikimedia-engineering-april-2013-report/ We're also proposing a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Comments on compliance and the FDC Round 2 decisions

2013-05-02 Thread Josh Lim
Odd that we're making this suggestion, when in fact conditional eligibility already exists.  Wikimedia Philippines, for example, is conditionally eligible for FDC funding contingent on the completion of our deliverables (a grant report), which I believe was already delivered. Regards, Josh  

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Fundraising 2013] Wikimedia France stepping back from payment processing

2013-05-02 Thread Bishakha Datta
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Fae fae...@gmail.com wrote: I'm hoping that the WMF can set a lead by publishing a calculation of admin ratio for themselves. ;-) PS staff salaries are not all automatically 'admin', I hope we can agree that some program activities are entirely justifiably

[Wikimedia-l] Update ED Transition Team pages

2013-05-02 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
Hi Everyone, As mentioned after Sue's announcement of her intention to depart the Foundation we will try to ensure transparency in the work of the Transition Team where possible (and respect privacy where necessary). To that end I would like to draw you attention to a set of recent changes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF April 2013 Metrics and Activities Meeting: Thursday, May 2, 18:00 UTC

2013-05-02 Thread Victor Grigas
Images from the meeting available here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vgrigas#Wikimedia_Foundation_Monthly_Metrics_Meeting_April_4.2C_2013 On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Praveena Maharaj pmaha...@wikimedia.orgwrote: REMINDER: This meeting starts in 30 minutes. On Thu, Apr 25,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Accommodation best practices

2013-05-02 Thread MZMcBride
Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: Maarten Dammers, 28/04/2013 11:58: Last year after the Berlin Hackathon I sent an email to internal-l about the accommodation. The text I sent was quite sharp to get a response. A lot of people replied to the email and it contained a lot of useful opinions. The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Deploying alpha of VisualEditor to non-English Wikipedias

2013-05-02 Thread Takashi OTA
Thank you James for following up. Now Japanese version available. Sorry for it's so late -- but hopes it's better than nothing. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Try_out_the_alpha_version_of_the_VisualEditor,_now_in_15_languages/ja On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 2:23 AM, James