On 13 June 2012 21:27, Gnangarra <gnanga...@gmail.com> wrote: > just one point below > > On 13 June 2012 11:09, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Just a bit of an update on some of the things that Creative Commons >> Australia are up to that are related to Wikimedia... >> >> 1. >> A couple of weeks ago I believe it was Russavia who was asking about the >> Australian War Memorial (AWM) given commons was working out how to deal >> with many deletions of their content from Commons due to not being in the >> PD in the US -- due to URAA. I've had a bit of a chat and they're >> apparently having some internal meetings to re-investigate their stance on >> what they do when they own the relevant IP to content - and CC-BY is >> specifically on the table as an option. So that's great. Even so, It'll >> take a fair amount of time for any formal policy change to happen even if >> everything goes "our way". Watch this space... [these meetings are not 'in >> response to the URAA' but just conveniently timed]. >> > > I believe the decision on commons was incorrect as the URAA specifically > required that for copyright to be restored in the US that the artwork had > to be registered with in a specific period, I remember a case involving the > Bradman museum where they tried to enforce copyright on a work under URAA > and it was dismissed because they had failed to register the work during > the speficied period. I have also reviewed the dtatbase of restored work > can couldnt see any apparent Australian images, though are a significant > number of musical pieces > >> >> 2. >> I'm in late-stage talks with the National Museum of Australia (NMA) to >> donate about 50 images of objects currently on display in their collection >> - CC-BY at 100pixels (and also hopefully a TIFF quality aerial shot of the >> museum itself). This will be their first foray into Creative Commons so I'm >> quite happy. They're currently just making sure all the metadata is ready, >> the captions are checked by the curators, and approval for this gets >> checked by various managers (given it's their first time using CC). >> >> 3. >> This Friday morning CC-Australia is hosting a general intro to the >> cultural sector (and anyone else really) about Creative Commons in >> Melbourne. http://creativecommons.org.au/ccmelb2012 Myself and some >> other folk are presenting. Feel free to register and come along if you're >> interested/able (though I think anyone on these lists is already very >> familiar with how CC works :-) ) Steven Z - would you be happy my sending >> any GLAMs your way who are interested in talking to a Wikimedian locally? >> >> 4. >> After this the CC team is meeting with Museum Victoria to help them over >> the line to adopt CC for their collection database and other parts of their >> IP. This discussion is about halfway between the AWM and the NMA in terms >> of its progress. >> >> 5. >> Last night I went to a public lecture hosted at UTS (Sydney) called "New >> Models for Copyright Law Reform" and run by the University of Melbourne >> http://www.ipria.org/events/seminar/2012/CopyrightLawReform/CopyrightReform.htmlThe >> Chair of the proceedings was Jill McKeogh who is the commissioner of >> the forthcoming Australian Law Reform Commission's review of the Copyright >> Act. The presenters (Dan Hunter and Julian Thomas) spent a good proportion >> of their talks discussing how the Wikipedia Blackout against SOPA/PIPA was >> so influential and important. They also argued that the copyright lobby's >> insistence on 'commercial-incentives being the only justification for >> creators' was basically bollocks. You could practically hear the copyright >> maximalists in the room grinding their teeth (and they were all there - >> including reps. from AFACT, the various collecting societies, the Copyright >> Council...). I spoke briefly with Commissioner McKeogh afterwards and she >> said she was very interested in receiving submissions that are from >> organisations who are not the usual suspects [I'm paraphrasing, not >> quoting!]. >> So... I highly recommend that Wikimedia Australia (perhaps in >> collaboration with others) make a submission when the call is published - >> which should be soon. http://www.alrc.gov.au/inquiries/copyright(although, >> the review's ability to do anything will be limited by the scope >> the TPP and ACTA trade agreements >> http://www.zdnet.com.au/acta-tpp-limit-scope-of-copyright-review-339339620.htm- >> the author of this article was also at the seminar). Personally, I'll be >> making a short, private submission focusing specifically on getting a >> statutory provision equivalent to the bridgeman v. corel precedent included >> in the Copyright Act. >> >> 6. >> Tomorrow myself and some other CC folks are meeting with the ABC in >> Sydney to followup on the donation a few months ago of those 20 videos >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_from_the_Australian_Broadcasting_CorporationWe're >> presenting metrics on use etc. and seeing what "stage 2" might look >> like. >> >> 7. >> Finally, I was invited to speak a couple of weeks ago at the State >> Library of NSW's hosting of the State reference librarian's networking >> group meeting >> http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/networking/index.htmlThey've >> been hearing about the progress at the QLD regional Wiki training >> program that Wikimedia Australia's been running over the last few months >> and are quite interested to undertake a similar project across regional >> NSW. Which is awesome. Their Chair has written about this and I've >> forwarded it on to JohnVdB. >> >> So, sorry for the omnibus email, just though I should keep everyone in >> the loop :-) >> >> Hope everyone's well, >> -Liam >> >> wittylama.com/blog >> Peace, love & metadata >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> > > > -- > GN. > Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com > Gn. Blogg: http://gnangarra.wordpress.com >
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