Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] Freedom of panorama today approved by Belgian parliament

[Ryan Kaldari]

Congratulations! I can't wait to see next year's Wiki Loves Monuments
calendar from Belgium!

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Fantastic news!  Kudos to Dimi and everyone else who worked hard to
> promote this. :)
>
>A.
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Romaine Wiki 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Great news!
>>
>> Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament.
>> A mayority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including commercial
>> use.
>>
>> Soon images of artworks and modern buildings in Belgium can be restored
>> on Commons.
>>
>> But first the law needs to be published in the Staatsblad, and ten days
>> later it will be official, but that is just a formality. (Will keep you
>> updated on that.)
>>
>>
>> Article in the news in Dutch:
>> http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852
>>
>>
>> In the past weeks, as well as since the campaign in Europe last year, we
>> from Wikimedia Belgium have worked hard on this subject and communicated
>> with the members of the parliament informing what this subject means for
>> Wikipedia.
>>
>> With the founding of Wikimedia Belgium in 2014, this subject was a
>> priority for us.
>>
>> Thanks all for the support!
>>
>> Let's get this implemented elsewhere too!
>>
>> Greetings from Belgium,
>> Romaine
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] Freedom of panorama today approved by Belgian parliament

[Asaf Bartov]

Fantastic news!  Kudos to Dimi and everyone else who worked hard to promote
this. :)

   A.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Romaine Wiki 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Great news!
>
> Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament.
> A mayority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including commercial
> use.
>
> Soon images of artworks and modern buildings in Belgium can be restored on
> Commons.
>
> But first the law needs to be published in the Staatsblad, and ten days
> later it will be official, but that is just a formality. (Will keep you
> updated on that.)
>
>
> Article in the news in Dutch:
> http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852
>
>
> In the past weeks, as well as since the campaign in Europe last year, we
> from Wikimedia Belgium have worked hard on this subject and communicated
> with the members of the parliament informing what this subject means for
> Wikipedia.
>
> With the founding of Wikimedia Belgium in 2014, this subject was a
> priority for us.
>
> Thanks all for the support!
>
> Let's get this implemented elsewhere too!
>
> Greetings from Belgium,
> Romaine
>
>
>
> ___
> Commons-l mailing list
> common...@lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
>
>


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