For reference, I believe Fae refers to the Defense of Contributors Fund: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Legal_Policies#Defense_of_Contributors
On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:09 AM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > John, > > The WMF has a large legal fund to support volunteers and projects like > Commons, which from my memory has only ever been paid out on a couple > of occasions (if anyone has a link to a list, I love to see it). At > least part of the 89,000 USD mentioned seems suitable for this > emergency funding, especially as Wikimedia Sverige cannot have been > expected to plan for these costs. > > Has WMF legal been approached to give them a chance to say yes? > > Thanks, > Fae > > On 7 July 2017 at 16:41, John Andersson <john.anders...@wikimedia.se> > wrote: > > Today we received some bad news in Sweden. The Swedish Patent and Market > > Court ruled against Wikimedia Sverige in a lawsuit filed by Visual > Copyright > > Society in Sweden (BUS). The case concerns images of public art online, > more > > specifically in the case of our website Offentligkonst.se, a service > created > > by Wikimedia Sverige using images from Wikimedia Commons. > > > > > > The ruling means that Freedom of Panorama is eroded and the public space > is > > diminished. It is a detrimental loss for our projects. Next we will talk > to > > our lawyers and WMF legal team to see what our remaining legal options > are. > > Our lawyers however believe that success is not very likely if we would > > decide to move forward. > > > > > > Intensive efforts to advocate for our elected officials to change the > > outdated and problematic clauses in Swedish copyright law will be > initiated > > during the year. > > > > > > We have also started a crowdfunding campaign to cover some of the cost of > > the legal expenses and fines of about 750,000 SEK stated in the verdict > > (around 89,000 USD) and for future national and international lobbying > > efforts. Please consider making a donation at > http://wikimedia.se/en/donera, > > even if it is a symbolic sum. Simply add “BUS” in the comment, and all > the > > money will be used for these costs. > > > > > > Some useful links (in Swedish): > > > > The legal argumentation from the court: > > http://www.bildupphovsratt.se/sites/default/files/upload/ > stockholms_tr_pmt_8448-14_dom_2017-07-06.pdf > > > > Our press release: > > https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/wikimedia-sverige/ > pressreleases/domslut-krymper-det-offentliga-rummet-i-sverige-2054679 > > > > A timeline of what has happened: > > https://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offentligkonst.se/Stämning > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > John > > > > - - - - > > > > John Andersson > > > > Executive Director > > > > Wikimedia Sverige > > > > Phone: +46(0)73-3965189 > > > > Email: john.anders...@wikimedia.se > > > > Skype: johnandersson86 > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Philippe Beaudette phili...@beaudette.me 415-716-1795 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
