We should ask the legal team if this makes sense.

Aubrey




On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Jayanta Nath <[email protected]> wrote:

> The Idea was great. In India all works ended (printed+authors died) after
> 60+ . So from 1923-1954 most of works are fallen  in PD, but we couldn't
> use this in US.  What you think if all Indic languages Wikisource "server"
> runs in India?
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Luiz Augusto <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> BTW it's funny that in 2007 somebody argued to create a fork saying
>> something like to "Wikimedia don't care with your issue" and this subject
>> was back to live again by just another lack of attention to non-Wikipedia
>> wikis... *sigh*
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Luiz Augusto <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>>> Copyright
>>>>>>> policy should seek to promote, and never diminish, this crucial
>>>>>>> resource.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wednesday Jan 15 - Open Access: The results of publicly funded
>>>>>>> research
>>>>>>> should be made freely available to the public online, to be fully
>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>> by anyone, anywhere, anytime.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thursday Jan 16 - You Bought it, You Own It: Copyright policy should
>>>>>>> foster the freedom to truly own your stuff: to tinker with it, repair
>>>>>>> it, reuse it, recycle it, read or watch or launch it on any device,
>>>>>>> lend
>>>>>>> it, and then give it away (or re-sell it) when you're done.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Friday Jan 17 - Fair Use Rights:
>>>>>>> For copyright to achieve its purpose of encouraging creativity and
>>>>>>> innovation, it must preserve and promote ample breathing space for
>>>>>>> unexpected and innovative uses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Saturday Jan 18 - Getting Copyright Right:
>>>>>>> A free and open Internet is essential infrastructure, fostering
>>>>>>> speech,
>>>>>>> activism, new creativity and new business models for artists,
>>>>>>> authors,
>>>>>>> musicians and other creators. It must never be sacrificed in the
>>>>>>> name of
>>>>>>> copyright enforcement.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Yana Welinder
>>>>>>> Legal Counsel
>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>> 415.839.6885 ext. 6867
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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