Re: [Wikimedia-l] Imminent block of access to Wikipedia in Russia

Greetings, there is a note online at the Roskomnadzor (the russian agency in question) web site referring to the block: http://rkn.gov.ru/news/rsoc/news34253.htm Mathias On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > Today, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Spher

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Paris

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Alex Cella wrote: > All the staff is safe, I'm in touch with them. > > Thnaks for asking. > Facebook has activated the "Safety Check" feature for the Paris region. People using this platform might use this feature to let their friends know they are in a safe locat

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Monument for Wikipedia in Poland

"In Poland, Monument loves Wikipedia" On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Romaine Wiki wrote: > I saw something appear in the media: > > http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_26694189/poland-honor-wikipedia-monument > > > Romaine > ___ > Wikimedia-l mai

Re: [Wikimedia-l] EU copyright rules are maladapted to the increase of cross-border cultural exchange on the web

ts way, you might want to bookmark it or put your in the "Interested attendees" part. Mathias -- Mathias SCHINDLER | Local Assistant Bundestagsbüro Julia REDA, MdEP Unter den Linden 50 | Tel. +49 30 227-74223 10117 Berlin, Deutschland | Fax +49 30 227-76561 ju

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The case for supporting open source machine translation

On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > Could open source MT be such a strategic investment? I don't know, but > I'd like to at least raise the question. I think the alternative will > be, for the foreseeable future, to accept that this piece of > technology will be proprietary, a

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

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Craig Franklin 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 set of rights that can be

[Wikimedia-l] No, it isn't. (Was: is wikipedia zero illegal because it violates net neutrality?)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Radiological images

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:06 PM, James Heilman wrote: > My concern is that if we are going to be both super cautious and assume > that X-rays are copyrightable than we will need to get permission from all > 9 potential copyright holders (ordering physician, patient, radiologist, > hospital, govern

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Radiological images

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Nathan wrote: > Maybe they don't own the images outright from a legal perspective, but > certainly ethics (and particularly medical ethics) They do not own it from a copyright perspective. I did not speak about other applicable laws protecting doctor-patient confi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] is the German/EU Policy Issues Survey a push-poll from empowerment to enabling?

James, the survey questions were developed at and after the 2013 Wikimania in Hong Kong, the survey itself was completed in October 2013. While comments to completed measures are always appreciated, I suggest to monitor this list for announcements of future events. These announcements will happen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] And you thought the Amazon "Wikipedia" books were bad

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:25 PM, David Gerard wrote: > http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/13/patented-book-writing-system-lets-one-professor-create-hundreds-of-thousands-of-amazon-books-and-counting/ > > He's patented the method, too. Hopefully he will enforce the patent. Noam Cohen wrote about hi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

He was an author (user:aaronsw) and developer, among others. On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Sorry, I don't know better - in what way was A. S. related to the > Wikimedia movement? > Kind regards > Ziko > > 2013/1/12 Andrea Zanni : >> I never met Aaron, nut this is very, v

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcement *please read*

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Steven Zhang wrote: > We all started talking about "Sue Gardner for President 2016" on IRC today. > I'd vote for her... In order to do so, there are two minor prerequisites a) We must get rid of the clause in Section 1 of Article Two of the United States Consti

[Wikimedia-l] (OT) In search of Wikimedians from Lithuania / Vilnius

are relevant to a case of litigation. Please contact me at mathias.schind...@gmail.com for more information. Happy new year to everyone, Kind regards, Mathias Schindler ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https