[Publicpolicy] Update on EU copyright reform

[Jan Gerlach]

Hello everyone,

As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.

Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European Parliament
by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary vote. Because
of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for certain which
amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will be important
for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the Wikimedia
Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting our vision
of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to use should
they choose to engage in any further advocacy.

I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts as
well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.

We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!


Best,
Jan


[1]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/05/european-parliament-votes-against-copyright-proposal/

[Ryan Kaldari]

Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited
that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in
addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good
stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European Parliament
by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary vote. Because
of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for certain which
amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will be important
for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the Wikimedia
Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting our vision
of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to use should
they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts as
well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
[1]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/05/european-parliament-votes-against-copyright-proposal/
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[Jan Ainali]

Hi,

Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week of
August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in their
home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense period
leading up to the next Strasbourg session.

/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited
that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in
addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good
stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European Parliament
by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary vote. Because
of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for certain which
amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will be important
for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the Wikimedia
Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting our vision
of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to use should
they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts
as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
[1]
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[john cummings]

I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?

Best

John

Post by Jan Ainali
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week of
August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in their
home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense period
leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited
that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in
addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good
stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts
as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
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[Paulo Santos Perneta]

Hello,

I've just received a message in the Iberocoop ML about a WMF action plan
for this phase of the copyright reform, which is said to be starting
tomorrow. Do you have more information about this?

All the best,

Paulo

Post by john cummings
I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
Best
John

Post by Jan Ainali
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in
their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited
that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in
addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good
stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts
as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
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[Jan Gerlach]

Hi Paulo

Thanks for the timely question! We’re getting closer to the vote, which is
scheduled for September 12. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can
submit amendments to the European Commission’s original proposal for the
copyright directive until September 5. This means that we will only know
what’s actually on the table on that day.

We are currently preparing information materials about the copyright reform
that the community can use to talk to the media in their country, MEPs, or
anyone else interested in the topic. We’re hoping to be able to build a
landing page where we can send everyone who wants to learn more about why
we care and how they can support our vision of a modern copyright. We’re
working on a pretty tight timeline here, because many things remain unknown
until after the European Parliament is back in session.

We’ll send out an update about next steps once more information is
available. In the meantime, you can reach out to me directly if you want to
get involved!

Best,
Jan



On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:39 AM Paulo Santos Perneta <

Post by Paulo Santos Perneta
Hello,
I've just received a message in the Iberocoop ML about a WMF action plan
for this phase of the copyright reform, which is said to be starting
tomorrow. Do you have more information about this?
All the best,
Paulo

Post by john cummings
I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
Best
John

Post by Jan Ainali
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in
their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm
excited that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope
that in addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more
good stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy
efforts as well as news about any other important developments. In the
meantime, please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if
there is anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
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[James Heald]

The crucial thing at this stage, for the parliament-centred work, is to
try to find amendment texts that can get the widest support, from the
widest range of MEPs across the widest range of groups across the
parliament; and to try to get other amendments taken *off* the table, so
that the MEPs behind them back the cross-party amendments, to give them
the best momentum.

The team need to think what the best basis text for those amendments
should be -- should they be based on the texts that got through the
internal market committee, that Catherine Stihler (PSE, Scotland) might
be a powerful advocate for?

Or should they be based on the final evolved versions of amendments that
had the most support and most nearly made it in JURI?

Even though the EP is in recess, now is the time to be doing those
negotiations, and trying to sound out MEPs to build a cross-party
platform that can get the most support.

The *fewer* choices of front-running amendments there are in September,
and the more sensible they appear, the more chance we have to get them
in, instead of the text that came out of JURI.

Post by Jan Gerlach
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can
submit amendments to the European Commission’s original proposal for the
copyright directive until September 5.

This is true.

Post by Jan Gerlach
This means that we will only know what’s actually on the table on that day.

This is true in absolute, but it is our job (or specifically, the job of
the Parliament team & our allies in the different parties) to know as
much as possible about what is on the table before September 5th, and to
do our best to try to shape it into as successful and consistent a set
of proposals as we can.


One specific thing I would like to put up for consideration would be an
amendment that: if publication of a work is permitted by virtue of one
or more of the copyright exceptions, then the making available of the
work shall also be permitted.

This should sort a little local difficulty in Sweden that Wikimedia ran
into recently. It is also, I would submit, a sound principle in keeping
copyright law consistent and coherent, and preventing it becoming even
more complicated than it needs to be. It is not helpful, nor good for
the comprehension of copyright law, for distinctions to be made between
different modes of publication.

Such an amendment could perhaps be introduced and presented as a
response to M. Cavada's amendment, now part of the JURI amendments, that
sought to limit re-use and re-publication of material covered by exceptions.

It would be useful if we could get the above counter-text (or
alternatively, rider) through, I think.


All best,

James.

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hi Paulo
Thanks for the timely question! We’re getting closer to the vote, which is
scheduled for September 12. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) can
submit amendments to the European Commission’s original proposal for the
copyright directive until September 5. This means that we will only know
what’s actually on the table on that day.
We are currently preparing information materials about the copyright reform
that the community can use to talk to the media in their country, MEPs, or
anyone else interested in the topic. We’re hoping to be able to build a
landing page where we can send everyone who wants to learn more about why
we care and how they can support our vision of a modern copyright. We’re
working on a pretty tight timeline here, because many things remain unknown
until after the European Parliament is back in session.
We’ll send out an update about next steps once more information is
available. In the meantime, you can reach out to me directly if you want to
get involved!
Best,
Jan
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:39 AM Paulo Santos Perneta <

Post by Paulo Santos Perneta
Hello,
I've just received a message in the Iberocoop ML about a WMF action plan
for this phase of the copyright reform, which is said to be starting
tomorrow. Do you have more information about this?
All the best,
Paulo

Post by john cummings
I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
Best
John

Post by Jan Ainali
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in
their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm
excited that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope
that in addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more
good stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy
efforts as well as news about any other important developments. In the
meantime, please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if
there is anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
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[Szymon Grabarczuk]

John, in my opinion (the board of Wikimedia Polska is of the same mind)
what European affiliates could do, what's most constructive and wiki-way,
is to organize edit-a-thons with focus on articles about copyright.
Ideally, in cooperation with copyright collectives. This is difficult for
many reasons, but might bridge a huge gap.

Post by john cummings
I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
Best
John

Post by Jan Ainali
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in
their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited
that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in
addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good
stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts
as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
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[Spencer Graves]

Post by Szymon Grabarczuk
John, in my opinion (the board of Wikimedia Polska is of the same mind)
what European affiliates could do, what's most constructive and wiki-way,
is to organize edit-a-thons with focus on articles about copyright.

      That's great.  How can we find such "copyright collectives"?


      Spencer Graves

Post by Szymon Grabarczuk
Ideally, in cooperation with copyright collectives. This is difficult for
many reasons, but might bridge a huge gap.

Post by john cummings
I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
Best
John

Post by Jan Ainali
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in
their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited
that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in
addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good
stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts
as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
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[Szymon Grabarczuk]

Hi Spencer,

you can find them here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_copyright_collection_societies

Additionally, departments/ministries responsible for copyright affairs
publish national official lists of copyright collectives.

There are also copyright agencies, which are administrative bodies. Basic
info on these is on Wikipedia :)

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018, 00:16 Spencer Graves, <

Post by Szymon Grabarczuk
John, in my opinion (the board of Wikimedia Polska is of the same mind)
what European affiliates could do, what's most constructive and wiki-way,
is to organize edit-a-thons with focus on articles about copyright.
That's great. How can we find such "copyright collectives"?
Spencer Graves
Ideally, in cooperation with copyright collectives. This is difficult for
many reasons, but might bridge a huge gap.
I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
Best
John
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in
their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm excited
that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope that in
addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more good
stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy efforts
as well as news about any other important developments. In the meantime,
please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if there is
anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
[1]https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/05/european-parliament-votes-against-copyright-proposal/
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[Jan Gerlach]

Hi Szymon and John

Editathons to improve articles about copyright in various languages are one
way you can get involved right now. Another way to support Wikimedia
efforts to promote a positive vision for copyright in Europe is to start a
conversation about the issue in your chapter or to let us know how we can
help you be an advocate in your community. Can your chapters help raise
awareness (via social media, press contacts, etc) of the vote in early
September? Can they assist with translation? Can you send a message to your
chapter membership? If you have other ideas, or want to get involved in
another way, please send me an email.

We’ll share updates when we have more information on next steps and events.
In the meantime, you can reach out to me directly if want to get involved!

Best,
Jan

Post by Szymon Grabarczuk
John, in my opinion (the board of Wikimedia Polska is of the same mind)
what European affiliates could do, what's most constructive and wiki-way,
is to organize edit-a-thons with focus on articles about copyright.
Ideally, in cooperation with copyright collectives. This is difficult for
many reasons, but might bridge a huge gap.

Post by john cummings
I'm very glad such capable and knowledgable people are working on this,
what can chapters and individual Wikimedians do to help?
Best
John

Post by Jan Ainali
Hi,
Just so you know, most offices in the Parliament are out until the week
of August 20, and even that is a "green" week (meaning most MEP's are in
their home country). This means that it will be a very short and intense
period leading up to the next Strasbourg session.
/Jan Ainali
Accredited Parliamentary Assistant to Max Andersson, Greens/EFA

Post by Ryan Kaldari
Hey Jan,
Thanks for your (and many other people's) hard work on this! I'm
excited that we get another chance to try and improve the directive. I hope
that in addition to keeping the bad parts out, we are pushing to get more
good stuff in (i.e. the Article 5 stuff). Like fixing the wording around
preventing sweat-of-the-brow copyrights, and maybe, just maybe, getting
freedom of panorama included. I know it's all a long shot, but I feel like
the tables have turned a bit in our favor. I hope the momentum stays in
that direction!

Post by Jan Gerlach
Hello everyone,
As many of you know, the Wikimedia Foundation, along with many of our
European communities, took action[1] in June and July opposing a flawed
copyright proposal which would have threatened freedom of expression,
collaboration, and access to knowledge online. This proposal was rejected
by the European Parliament on July 5, which means that an earlier draft
text of the EU Copyright Directive is open once again for amendments, to be
voted on in a plenary session on September 12. The EU Parliament's
rejection of the JURI version is a great step, but our efforts to achieve a
balanced copyright law for Europe are not over.
Amendments will have to be proposed by Members of the European
Parliament by September 5, just one week before the September 12 plenary
vote. Because of this quick turnaround, it will be difficult to know for
certain which amendments will be tabled. Over the upcoming weeks, it will
be important for Wikimedia to promote a modern copyright framework and the
Wikimedia Foundation will be preparing for different scenarios, promoting
our vision of an open internet, and creating materials for the community to
use should they choose to engage in any further advocacy.
I will be sending updates regularly to you all about our policy
efforts as well as news about any other important developments. In the
meantime, please get in touch with me if you want to get involved or if
there is anything we can help you with.
We look forward to updating you soon on our next steps!
Best,
Jan
[1]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/05/european-parliament-votes-against-copyright-proposal/
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