FYI On Friday 6 November 2015, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have a new problem to face in the coming months assuming countries > ratify the Trans Pacific Partnership > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership > > The text of the agreement has been released in the last 24 hours, early > commentary is indicating that copyright changes will occur restoring > copyright to some works that are currently PD. > http://boingboing.net/2015/11/06/how-tpp-will-clobber-canadas.html > > According reports this will affect media sourced in Canada where copyright > will be extended from 50-70 years meaning that image sin this period may > need to be deleted both on commons and on en:wp, Australian sourced images > face a similar issue as will other countries. > > Rather than a piece meal commons copyright battle, and a duplicate one on > en:wp being lead by unqualified wikilawyers resulting in project > discrepancies. I'm calling on the community to take more holistic approach > and request that the WMF ask for its legal eagles to give an edict we can > take or communities to explain what will happen in each jurisdiction as the > TPP is ratified. > > This will also give us guidance as to how Affiliates can approach and > support activities locally to ensure material that is already freely > available remains so. > > > > -- > G > ideon > > President Wikimedia Australia > WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
