Ian, Could you share links to the tweets? I will most definitely retweet.
-- Kind Regards, Schalk Neethling Founder ~ Front-End Engineer ~ Designer Mechanical Ink On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 11:34 AM Ian Gilfillan <wikimedi...@greenman.co.za> wrote: > Thanks Douglas, I've added to Facebook and Twitter. It would help if > others share and retweet on those channels as well. > > On 16/05/2018 22:53, Douglas Scott wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I am writing to ask you to consider coming in person to a crucial meeting > > of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee *Friday 18 May, 9am*, National > > Parliament, Cape Town. > > > > *To attend* the committee meeting, arrive by *08:30 this Friday*. Consult > > the schedule for Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, Report back > by > > the subcommittee on the Copyright Amendment Bill. > > > > This is the last scheduled meeting of the Committee on the Copyright > > Amendment Act. Scheduled for discussion is consideration of the creators > > rights issues in the Act, specifically rights to > > > > - Parody and satire > > - Incidental use of background content > > - Use works in public places (Freedom of Panorama) > > - Digital archiving > > - Create educational works > > - Research, including through data mining, indexing and search > > - Remix, transform and re-interpret > > - Create accessible copies for people with disabilities > > - Fair dealing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing> and > fair use > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use> > > > > I will also be attending to ensure that Freedom of Panorama > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Panorama_ZA> has made it > > in. As you know this is a very important issue to the South African > > editing community. > > > > Fair Use is also an important issue and at Wikimedia ZA's last AGM we > voted > > to support efforts to get the *fair dealing *clause amended to be > replaced > > with a *fair use* clause so that editors are at less risk when editing > > Wikipedia. The basic difference between fair use and fair dealing is > that > > fair use basically says you can use X so long as it does *not violate* a > > few conditions. Whilst fair dealing says you can use X so long as it > > *satisfies > > or adheres to* one or more of a list of conditions. Fair use is therefor > > easier for the public to understand and people to adhere to as it is more > > flexible whilst still protecting the rights of copyright holders. > > > > There are concerns that the bill in its current form encourages both data > > hugging, private censorship, and exploitative behaviour by large rights > > holding monopolies and duopolies that is against the public interest. > > > > Related to this: A coalition of South African digital creators and > > entrepreneurs -- called Re-Create -- will be attending the meeting and is > > inviting support for their declaration of principles for creator’s > rights: > > > > You can learn more about Re-Create by reading their statement here: > > http://tiny.cc/bt8gty > > > > Please forward this on to anyone you feel might be interested in this. > > > > Regards, > > > > Douglas > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > WikimediaZA@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to > wikimediaza-unsubscr...@lists.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list WikimediaZA@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to wikimediaza-unsubscr...@lists.wikimedia.org
