Back in 2007 I've proposed something similar to it, but some argued agains't:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2007-April/001703.html On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Dmytro, > yes, Wikilivres is great, but is yet another website. > Wikisource communities are pretty small (compared to Wikipedia ones) and > we even have another multilingual Wikisource (oldwikisource), and again > another non-WMF multilingual one (Wikilivres) > I think it's too much :-) > we'd need to coordinate and focus our efforts. > > My idea is: if we had a *server* with Wikisource content in Canada, for > example, we could simply use the normal copyright of the country of the > user of the local Wikisource? > It's a question, I don't know the answer. > > But maybe it's worth asking the lawyers. > > Aubrey > > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Dmytro Dziuma <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Andrea, >> >> Don't we have Wikilivres for that? Ideally it would be great if it was >> operated by WMF though. >> >> Best regards, >> Dmytro Dziuma >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Andrea Zanni >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thank you Lugusto, I made mine. >>> I was wondering: would it be crazy to ask the WMF Legal team if >>> something could be done, for Wikisource, for the URAA problem? >>> >>> I mean: could it be possible to store all the Wikisource content in a >>> server outside US? Would it change anything? >>> >>> Aubrey >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:22 AM, Luiz Augusto <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I've already made my remarks on >>>> >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Wikipedia_Shows_the_Value_of_a_Vibrant_Public_Domain >>>> >>>> but your help to make this post less Wikipedia-oncentric would be >>>> welcome =) >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Yana Welinder <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:39 PM >>>> Subject: [Advocacy Advisors] Blog post about Wikipedia and the public >>>> domain >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, >>>> Corynne Mcsherry <[email protected]>, Jake Orlowitz <[email protected]>, >>>> Parker Higgins <[email protected]>, Daniel Mietchen < >>>> [email protected]>, Andrea Zanni <[email protected]>, >>>> Mitch Stoltz <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> We have prepared a guest blog post for EFF about how Wikipedia relies >>>> on the public domain: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Wikipedia_Shows_the_Value_of_a_Vibrant_Public_Domain >>>> >>>> The final post will be published on January 14 as part of a copyright >>>> activism week that EFF and other organizations are doing next week. You >>>> can find more information below about the different themes for the week. >>>> It’s a great opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the public >>>> domain, so I'd love to get your input on the draft. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Yana >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Monday Jan 13 - Transparency: >>>> Copyright policy must be set through a participatory, democratic and >>>> transparent process. It should never be decided through back room deals >>>> or secret international agreements. >>>> >>>> Tuesday Jan 14 - Building and Defending a Robust Public Domain: >>>> The public domain is our cultural commons and a public trust. 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