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Fix copyright - Wikimedia Foundation fixcopyrightwiki https://fixcopyright.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki 1.34.0-wmf.24 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Fix copyright - Wikimedia Foundation Fix copyright - Wikimedia Foundation talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Fix copyright 0 1 1 2018-09-04T15:46:02Z Slaporte (WMF) 2 Created page with "EU Copyright" wikitext text/x-wiki EU Copyright 1n291ouy9bzzvm6wt5s8bdph7tolrso 2 1 2018-09-04T15:47:40Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Imported FAQ wikitext text/x-wiki {{:EU policy/tabs}} <div style="padding: 2em; font-size:1em; text-align:left;">Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU EU Copyright Reform 2018   [[File:EU policy group.svg|frameless|right]] ==FAQ== ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] jpltoco050bdf6tb27stu34gx7viojk 3 2 2018-09-04T15:48:22Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] t9sp7ha5nea592emofi6i3941l56pu1 4 3 2018-09-04T15:51:43Z Slaporte (WMF) 2 wikitext text/x-wiki EU Copyright Reform 2018 __NOTOC__ ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[Meta:EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] h0ap0vypkg4snl3jrwxae07ols3haba 6 4 2018-09-04T16:33:26Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Added intro wikitext text/x-wiki '''It's time to fix copyright in Europe. ''' ''Copyright law affects everything you do on the internet—from sharing news articles to uploading your vacation photos to contributing knowledge to Wikipedia.'' ''In the EU, your actions are governed by a copyright framework that urgently needs an update. Wikimedia supports forward-looking copyright rules that empower people to learn and share information with the world.'' ''On September 12, the European Parliament will vote on changes to a copyright law that will dictate how we communicate in the digital age. Almost two decades after the last copyright reform, Europe has the rare opportunity to fix copyright by adopting rules that reflect how people create and share online today, not the one-sided vision of creation currently embodied in European law. Wikimedia wants a law that safeguards the public domain and does not mandate ineffective pre-filtering of content.'' ''The decisions we take now will either foster an environment under which Wikipedia and knowledge can flourish, or diminish people’s ability to freely collaborate on the internet.'' '''''Below,''' find more information about the copyright reform and Wikimedia. Then, return after '''September 5''' to learn how you can make your voice heard on this important issue.'' __NOTOC__ ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[Meta:EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] dc1yllemof3jct533ucmkd9baasctpc 7 6 2018-09-04T16:53:52Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki '''It's time to fix copyright in Europe. ''' ''Copyright law affects everything you do on the internet—from sharing news articles to uploading your vacation photos to contributing knowledge to Wikipedia.'' ''In the EU, your actions are governed by a copyright framework that urgently needs an update. Wikimedia supports forward-looking copyright rules that empower people to learn and share information with the world.'' ''On September 12, the European Parliament will vote on changes to a copyright law that will dictate how we communicate in the digital age. Almost two decades after the last copyright reform, Europe has the rare opportunity to fix copyright by adopting rules that reflect how people create and share online today, not the one-sided vision of creation currently embodied in European law. Wikimedia wants a law that safeguards the public domain and does not mandate ineffective pre-filtering of content.'' ''The decisions we take now will either foster an environment under which Wikipedia and knowledge can flourish, or diminish people’s ability to freely collaborate on the internet.'' '''''Below,''' find more information about the copyright reform and Wikimedia. Then, return after '''September 5''' to learn how you can make your voice heard on this important issue.'' __NOTOC__ ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. Additionally, you can continue to watch this page for updates about how to contact your MEP in the upcoming week. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[Meta:EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] 1919owuzeboketwso4x8vq32z46mwpd 8 7 2018-09-05T02:16:10Z Cicalese 1 /* Positioning by Chapters and User Groups */ wikitext text/x-wiki '''It's time to fix copyright in Europe. ''' ''Copyright law affects everything you do on the internet—from sharing news articles to uploading your vacation photos to contributing knowledge to Wikipedia.'' ''In the EU, your actions are governed by a copyright framework that urgently needs an update. Wikimedia supports forward-looking copyright rules that empower people to learn and share information with the world.'' ''On September 12, the European Parliament will vote on changes to a copyright law that will dictate how we communicate in the digital age. Almost two decades after the last copyright reform, Europe has the rare opportunity to fix copyright by adopting rules that reflect how people create and share online today, not the one-sided vision of creation currently embodied in European law. Wikimedia wants a law that safeguards the public domain and does not mandate ineffective pre-filtering of content.'' ''The decisions we take now will either foster an environment under which Wikipedia and knowledge can flourish, or diminish people’s ability to freely collaborate on the internet.'' '''''Below,''' find more information about the copyright reform and Wikimedia. Then, return after '''September 5''' to learn how you can make your voice heard on this important issue.'' __NOTOC__ ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. Additionally, you can continue to watch this page for updates about how to contact your MEP in the upcoming week. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[Meta:EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] solru5h0vmvmnmr4gios6zzizv34cul 9 8 2018-09-05T14:46:47Z Cicalese 1 Cicalese moved page [[Main Page]] to [[Fix copyright]] without leaving a redirect wikitext text/x-wiki '''It's time to fix copyright in Europe. ''' ''Copyright law affects everything you do on the internet—from sharing news articles to uploading your vacation photos to contributing knowledge to Wikipedia.'' ''In the EU, your actions are governed by a copyright framework that urgently needs an update. Wikimedia supports forward-looking copyright rules that empower people to learn and share information with the world.'' ''On September 12, the European Parliament will vote on changes to a copyright law that will dictate how we communicate in the digital age. Almost two decades after the last copyright reform, Europe has the rare opportunity to fix copyright by adopting rules that reflect how people create and share online today, not the one-sided vision of creation currently embodied in European law. Wikimedia wants a law that safeguards the public domain and does not mandate ineffective pre-filtering of content.'' ''The decisions we take now will either foster an environment under which Wikipedia and knowledge can flourish, or diminish people’s ability to freely collaborate on the internet.'' '''''Below,''' find more information about the copyright reform and Wikimedia. Then, return after '''September 5''' to learn how you can make your voice heard on this important issue.'' __NOTOC__ ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. Additionally, you can continue to watch this page for updates about how to contact your MEP in the upcoming week. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[Meta:EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] solru5h0vmvmnmr4gios6zzizv34cul 11 9 2018-09-05T15:28:06Z Cicalese 1 wikitext text/x-wiki '''It's time to fix copyright in Europe. ''' ''Copyright law affects everything you do on the internet—from sharing news articles to uploading your vacation photos to contributing knowledge to Wikipedia.'' ''In the EU, your actions are governed by a copyright framework that urgently needs an update. Wikimedia supports forward-looking copyright rules that empower people to learn and share information with the world.'' ''On September 12, the European Parliament will vote on changes to a copyright law that will dictate how we communicate in the digital age. Almost two decades after the last copyright reform, Europe has the rare opportunity to fix copyright by adopting rules that reflect how people create and share online today, not the one-sided vision of creation currently embodied in European law. Wikimedia wants a law that safeguards the public domain and does not mandate ineffective pre-filtering of content.'' ''The decisions we take now will either foster an environment under which Wikipedia and knowledge can flourish, or diminish people’s ability to freely collaborate on the internet.'' '''''Below,''' find more information about the copyright reform and Wikimedia. Then, return after '''September 5''' to learn how you can make your voice heard on this important issue.'' __NOTOC__ ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. Additionally, you can continue to watch this page for updates about how to contact your MEP in the upcoming week. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[Meta:EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] {{DISPLAYTITLE:<div style="display:none;"></div>}} 1pmixapuc20ord0xntie5a0vwgvprtc 12 11 2018-09-05T15:28:32Z Cicalese 1 wikitext text/x-wiki '''It's time to fix copyright in Europe. ''' ''Copyright law affects everything you do on the internet—from sharing news articles to uploading your vacation photos to contributing knowledge to Wikipedia.'' ''In the EU, your actions are governed by a copyright framework that urgently needs an update. Wikimedia supports forward-looking copyright rules that empower people to learn and share information with the world.'' ''On September 12, the European Parliament will vote on changes to a copyright law that will dictate how we communicate in the digital age. Almost two decades after the last copyright reform, Europe has the rare opportunity to fix copyright by adopting rules that reflect how people create and share online today, not the one-sided vision of creation currently embodied in European law. Wikimedia wants a law that safeguards the public domain and does not mandate ineffective pre-filtering of content.'' ''The decisions we take now will either foster an environment under which Wikipedia and knowledge can flourish, or diminish people’s ability to freely collaborate on the internet.'' '''''Below,''' find more information about the copyright reform and Wikimedia. Then, return after '''September 5''' to learn how you can make your voice heard on this important issue.'' __NOTOC__ ===What is happening?=== Since the digital reality and a copyright legislation written with the analog world in mind aren’t always compatible, the European Commission has proposed to update and to harmonise some aspects of online access to information and knowledge in the EU. According to the legislator, the emergence of new services, possibilities to share information, and increasing use of machine learning to extract knowledge calls for a revision of the legal framework of European copyright law. We share this view. ===What is missing=== *The reform doesn’t ensure cultural heritage stays in the public domain when digitised. *It also fails to implement a minimum level of freedom of panorama across the Member States and to clarify the legal status of user-generated content. *For educational materials, instead of ensuring all educators in all settings from formal education to informal learning can access copyrighted content freely, the proposal envisions a patchwork of licenses that require considerable expertise from teachers. ===Which parts of the proposal would be harmful=== Mandatory pre-filtering by platforms that host user-generated content (see Article 13 of the proposed Directive) These measures are intended to strengthen rightsholders vis-a-vis platforms. It’s meant to help prevent infringements before they can even appear online (as opposed to the retroactive takedown we have now) and help enforce new mandatory licenses for that content. Aggregating information from news sources (see Article 11 of the proposed Directive) This is meant to give news publishers their own type of intellectual property, on top of the authors rights they acquire from their journalists, to in the end expand the publishers’ revenue by a way to charge news aggregators for using publishers’ brands and snippets. If implemented, not only would these mechanisms further fragment copyright across the EU but they would also constitute an additional barrier to access to knowledge, culture and information. ===What are the next steps?=== The proposal for the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (a.k.a. DSM Directive or colloquially “EU Copyright Directive”).as proposed by the European Commission has been discussed in parallel in the Council of the EU and in the European Parliament. The Council has decided on changes to be introduced in further negotiations, while the European Parliament will debate the amendments to the EC’s text during the Plenary Session in September or October. In July the European Parliament rejected the text proposed by its own Legal Affairs Committee and decided to hold the Plenary debate on the proposal. Members of the Parliament will be able to propose amendments to the European Commission’s version until September 5th. Then, presumably on September 12 the European Parliament will vote on those amendments. After the EP vote, the two bodies of the EU together with the European Commission will enter negotiations to agree on a joint version of the Directive that will then again have be accepted by means of a plenary vote. As voters we have considerably more power to influence the MEPs choices than in the case of the European Commission or the Council of the EU. It is in our hands to point them to those amendments that ensure access to knowledge, with an expectation that they will take our voice into account. ===Why is the proposal harmful to Free Knowledge?=== Depending on the exact wording that comes out of the notoriously intransparent Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, the new law could negatively impact Free Knowledge in several ways: #Mandatory pre-filtering (Article 13) of user uploads to platforms could lead to widespread overblocking and restricted access to knowledge on fewer platforms #...it would complicate the flow of information and thereby damage free speech and the exchange/communication around collecting, building and curating Free Knowledge in general #...it would put additional burden on all kinds of non-profit knowledge projects, including WP and the entire citizen science field #A new press-publishers right (Article 11 of the reform) would make even smallest parts of text content rights protected #...it would thus produce a myriad of grey area cases where pointing to press content might or might not require a license #...and this could hurt especially knowledge projects, as they rely on referencing being as easy and safe as possible In addition to that, the current status of the legislative proposal(s) for the new law features only minimal positive change for Free Knowledge, see below the section on positive change. ===Are Free Knowledge projects at risk? If yes, how?=== ====Regarding Article 13 (pre-filtering obligations):==== Yes. Two of the three current versions of the reform proposal (the ones of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU) contain wording that excludes “online encyclopedias” i.e. for Wikipedia from the obligations of implementing pre-filtering measures or entering into license agreements with rightsholders. However, related projects, like the multimedia archive Wikimedia Commons, that provides images to Wikipedia, are not as clearly exempted. Although non-for-profit, with such confusing wording Courts might interpret the character of Wikipedia’s sister projects as commercial in regards to pre-filtering obligations. Similar court rulings have happened already with regards to freely licensed content used by public broadcasters. There, the content was offered for non-commercial use only and the broadcaster, even though publicly funded and without any profit-making mission, was deemed to observe the rules for commercial players nonetheless. ====Regarding Article 11 (press-publishers right):==== Yes. This right is meant to give publishers the right to control the use of news snippets + brands (i.e. the news outlet’s name, such as the name of a newspaper or magazine) and to monetise it, for example against news aggregators and search engines, usually Google News and Google Search are mentioned. For this right, no “special Wikipedia exception” is proposed so far. It is triggered whenever even the tiniest part of news publisher content is shown on a website, for example a headline, name of the newspaper and/or the first words of the respective newspaper article. According to our assessment, annotated bibliographies including those in Wikipedia would trigger the new publishers right, or at least would require individual legal checks whether they do or not. Bottom Line: Supporters of Free Knowledge should make sure that those risks are removed from the proposal. ===Can there be positive change?=== Yes, here’s the hot list of what we want to make better: *Safeguarding the Public Domain: A clarification that exact copies of public domain works do not get new copyright protection. → This included in a curbed version compared to what GLAM activists and WM put forward *A Freedom of Panorama exception → Is currently not included, only a general “recommendation” in by-texts. *Education Exceptions extended to online uses → This is currently in the text, but scaled back to a bare, unambitious minimum. *A user-generated content exception → Is currently not in the text, although it would make sense in a communication environment that is increasingly driven by images rather than text. This would function similar to an “audiovisual quotation”. ===What are the Wikimedia organisations doing?=== Since the initial introduction of the European Commission’s proposal, Wikimedia has expressed [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/06/european-copyright-directive-proposal/ our desire] for the newest EU Copyright Directive to [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/25/time-is-running-out-to-defend-user-rights-online/ support access to knowledge and creation online]. We have encouraged positive amendments to the Commission document which would codify [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] for all of Europe and [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/30/time-to-protect-pd/ safeguard the public domain]. We have also expressed concern about [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/06/14/dont-force-platforms-to-replace-communities-with-algorithms/ upload filters ], which could harm free knowledge online. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees also [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090552.html released a statement] outlining their vision of a modern copyright for Europe. The Wikimedia communities have also taken action against the Legal Affairs Committee’s flawed proposal: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stra%C3%9Fenaktion_gegen_Leistungsschutzrecht organising protests], [https://www.b.dk/kronikker/afstemningen-i-morgen-kan-paavirke-alle-der-laegger-indhold-paa-nettet-det-er writing op-eds], and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_vote_in_2018 asking ] European users to contact their MEPs before the last vote. ===Should I/we take action?=== Yes. Lobbyist groups claim there would be a automated spam-campaign going on. Showing your individual support of Free Knowledge projects counters this argument. It may be a very brief mail, a call, an article or statement via social networks which helps a lot. ===What can we do?=== It is important that MEPs know that the direction of copyright in Europe is important to people like you who use the internet every day to create, interact, and share your knowledge. You can help by translating and sharing information materials in your language, sending an opinion piece to media in your country, contacting MEPs from your region with suggestions for positive amendments, or participating in events in Brussels and Strasbourg. ===How to coordinate?=== Our Brussels team, Anna and Dimi, can be reached at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be, the WMF is available at policy{{@}}wikimedia.org. Additionally, you can continue to watch this page for updates about how to contact your MEP in the upcoming week. ==Further Resources== ===Information material to localise and share=== '''We have [[Meta:EU_policy/AgitProp|issue specific leaflets]]''' on Freedom of Panorama, Safeguarding the Public Domain and Intermediary Liability that can help your campaign actions. The source files and a printing budget are available at eupolicy{{@}}wikimedia.be. ===Positioning by Chapters and User Groups=== ''NB: Most of these are written with only the European Commission proposal in mind and might not reflect the latest developments in the European Parliament.'' *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20180607_-_Communiqu%C3%A9_de_presse_Wikim%C3%A9dia_France_-_Directive_droit_d%27auteur.pdf Position by WMFR] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brief_Stellingname_voostel_Richtlijn_auteursrecht_Europees_Parlement_SW.pdf Position by WMBE] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_Copyright_Consultation_2016_Wikimedia_Polska.pdf Position by WMPL] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKAGEU_Position_Paper_on_2016_EU_Copyright_REform_Proposal.pdf Position by FKAGEU] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FKEGEU_Position_Paper_for_the_DJEI_(Ireland)_Consultation_2016.pdf Position sent to DJEI (Ireland)] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISPA_Joint_Statement_Urheberrecht_englisch.pdf Joint Statement by WMAT and other Austrian stakeholders ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMAT_-_BMJ_Anschreiben_-_EU_Urheberrechtsreform.pdf Position by WMAT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lettre_Ministre_Bettel.pdf Letter by WMLU to Minister of Culture ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stellungnahme_zum_Entwurf_eines_Gesetzes_zur_Angleichung_des_Urheberrechts_an_die_aktuellen_Erfordernisse_der_Wissensgesellschaft_(Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz_%E2%80%93_UrhWissG).pdf Position by WMDE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WCM_Position_Paper_-_Copyright_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMMT] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Suomen_lausunto_Ehdotus_Euroopan_parlamentin_ja_neuvoston_direktiiviksi_tekij%C3%A4noikeudesta_digitaalisilla_sis%C3%A4markkinoilla,_2016%25_2F0280(COD).pdf Position by WMFI ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimujeres_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by Wikimujeres ES] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMBG_EU_Copyright_Reform_National_Consultation.pdf Position by WMBG] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCY_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMCY] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMCZ_EU_Copyright_Reform_Consultation_2016.pdf Position by WMCZ ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_-_H%C3%B8ringssvar.pdf Position by WMDK ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMDK_Letter_to_the_Minister_for_Culture_(17-03-2018).pdf Letter by WMDK to Minister of Culture] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMEE_-_Vastusjustiitsministeeriumile.pdf Position by WMEE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMGRUG_Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMGR ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMLVUG_EUCopyrightReform-NationalConsultationLatvia.pdf Position by WMLV] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMNL_-_Richtlijnauteursrecht_2016.pdf Position by WMNL ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMSE_EU_copyright_reform_position_paper.pdf Position by WMSE ] *[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WMUK%27s_Position_on_EU_Copyright_Reform.pdf Position by WMUK ] *[https://wiki.wikimedia.it/wiki/Comunicati_stampa/riforma_EU_copyright Press release by WMIT] solru5h0vmvmnmr4gios6zzizv34cul 15 12 2018-09-05T19:47:40Z Cicalese 1 Replaced content with "<skin>eucopyrightcampaign</skin> {{Special:ContactYourMEP}}" wikitext text/x-wiki <skin>eucopyrightcampaign</skin> {{Special:ContactYourMEP}} 6yce0bab5sh5jdymqkqj0m7yeknq3wo 112 15 2018-09-12T12:12:16Z Cicalese 1 wikitext text/x-wiki <skin>eucopyrightcampaign</skin> s9xhqipcp6gcdjuppp9thacyeohscva Template:@ 10 2 5 2018-09-04T15:52:11Z Slaporte (WMF) 2 Created page with "[[File:At_sign.svg|{{{1|17px}}}|@|link=]]" wikitext text/x-wiki [[File:At_sign.svg|{{{1|17px}}}|@|link=]] hrn5tmgmtfo1cua6eafkgbbkarkftxh MediaWiki:Mainpage 8 3 10 2018-09-05T14:46:50Z Cicalese 1 Created page with "Fix copyright" wikitext text/x-wiki Fix copyright jmm3qsckw4sae5ewnwpmr6zufkxuior Main Page 0 6 17 2018-09-06T12:45:44Z Cicalese 1 Redirected page to [[Fix copyright]] wikitext text/x-wiki #REDIRECT [[Fix copyright]] lmdxgxo9jocjgthdzoolq9vhut37y1f MediaWiki:Eucc-tweet-at-rep-default-text/it 8 9 20 2018-09-08T14:30:41Z Cicalese 1 Created page with "E' ora di sistemare il copyright - #fixcopyright. Io sostengo un sistema di copyright europeo che rispetti il diritto di chiunque di comunicare efficacemente online e di racc..." wikitext text/x-wiki E' ora di sistemare il copyright - #fixcopyright. Io sostengo un sistema di copyright europeo che rispetti il diritto di chiunque di comunicare efficacemente online e di raccogliere, creare e condividere la conoscenza con il resto del mondo. fixcopyright.wikimedia.org qh6al92cad1t3b1bh96x4a9glu1pu83 MediaWiki:Eucc-option-freedom-of-panorama-text-v1/fr 8 11 22 2018-09-09T16:27:05Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "En outre, tous ceux qui lisent Wikipédia profiteraient grandement d'une disponibilité plus importante des photographies de bâtiments et de paysages urbains si elles peuvent..." wikitext text/x-wiki En outre, tous ceux qui lisent Wikipédia profiteraient grandement d'une disponibilité plus importante des photographies de bâtiments et de paysages urbains si elles peuvent être librement partagées en ligne. La législation européenne sur le droit d'auteur doit prévoir une exception pour les photographies d'architecture et d'œuvres sculptées qui se trouvent dans l'espace public. ouxrpicm3gabderhr8oil0dgd8slgzj 43 22 2018-09-10T02:26:32Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 wikitext text/x-wiki En outre, tous ceux qui lisent Wikipédia profiteraient grandement d'une disponibilité plus importante des photographies de bâtiments et de paysages urbains si elles peuvent être librement partagées en ligne. La législation européenne sur le droit d'auteur doit prévoir une exception pour les photographies d'architecture et d'œuvres sculptées qui se trouvent dans l'espace public. S’il vous plaît, votez pour la proposition de modification 243! e101nd2etf6hapergn9lnm05jkqjxwi MediaWiki:Eucc-option-freedom-of-panorama-text-v1/de 8 13 24 2018-09-09T16:28:30Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Jeder, der Wikipedia liest, würde auch von einer breiteren Verfügbarkeit von Fotos von Gebäuden und Stadtlandschaften profitieren, die online frei zugänglich sind. Das eur..." wikitext text/x-wiki Jeder, der Wikipedia liest, würde auch von einer breiteren Verfügbarkeit von Fotos von Gebäuden und Stadtlandschaften profitieren, die online frei zugänglich sind. Das europäische Urheberrecht muss eine Ausnahme für Fotografien von Architektur und Skulpturen im öffentlichen Raum vorsehen. j029j32fnneyeqq3qkozp3m15y6g7jm 72 24 2018-09-10T02:51:00Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 wikitext text/x-wiki Jeder, der Wikipedia liest, würde auch von einer breiteren Verfügbarkeit von Fotos von Gebäuden und Stadtlandschaften profitieren, die online frei zugänglich sind. Das europäische Urheberrecht muss eine Ausnahme für Fotografien von Architektur und Skulpturen im öffentlichen Raum vorsehen. Bitte stimmen Sie für den Abänderungsantrag 243. 3vsb9pff0pnmffwxe968fnm0dqypgz5 MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-text-v1/fr 8 26 39 2018-09-10T02:18:29Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "L'UE doit protéger le domaine public et veiller à ce que tous les Européens puissent en profiter, en ligne et dans le monde réel. Wikipédia utilise beaucoup d'œuvres qui..." wikitext text/x-wiki L'UE doit protéger le domaine public et veiller à ce que tous les Européens puissent en profiter, en ligne et dans le monde réel. Wikipédia utilise beaucoup d'œuvres qui sont dans le domaine public, comme les peintures impressionnistes ou les premières cartes du monde, pour illustrer les articles. S’il vous plaît, votez pour la proposition de modification 190! 674dlhxo2emo66x632hjgtoca7vxfrs MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-text-v2/fr 8 27 40 2018-09-10T02:21:31Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Le Parlement européen doit veiller à ce que tout le monde puisse profiter des œuvres du domaine public en ligne, comme c'est le cas hors ligne. Les œuvres du domaine publi..." wikitext text/x-wiki Le Parlement européen doit veiller à ce que tout le monde puisse profiter des œuvres du domaine public en ligne, comme c'est le cas hors ligne. Les œuvres du domaine public enrichissent le corpus cognitif et culturel du monde, et rendent les projets pédagogiques comme Wikipédia d'autant plus utiles. S’il vous plaît, dites “ oui “ à la proposition de modification 190. 8vo6cu8ux7bovhi4p5jla3eha5dqs24 MediaWiki:Eucc-email-part-two/es 8 28 41 2018-09-10T02:23:08Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Created page with "Por último, le insto a que considere estas mejoras a los derechos de autor sin imponer restricciones adicionales. No debería haber obligaciones de prefiltrado para los prove..." wikitext text/x-wiki Por último, le insto a que considere estas mejoras a los derechos de autor sin imponer restricciones adicionales. No debería haber obligaciones de prefiltrado para los proveedores de plataformas, ya que fundamentalmente convertirán Internet en un medio en el que la gente solo puede comunicarse después de recibir el permiso de una empresa. Esto dañará la cultura de compartir que es necesaria para que Wikipedia crezca y prospere. Por lo tanto, le pido que apoye las enmiendas 125, 92-105, 231-239 y 249-252. nph071v4jxd21a8lu9en0pxqiwt6cft MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-text-v3/fr 8 29 42 2018-09-10T02:23:46Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Le bon sens voudrait que l'on applique une exception au domaine public. Cela réduirait l'incertitude autour de la numérisation, notamment pour ce qui concerne les copies vir..." wikitext text/x-wiki Le bon sens voudrait que l'on applique une exception au domaine public. Cela réduirait l'incertitude autour de la numérisation, notamment pour ce qui concerne les copies virtuelles d'œuvres qui sont dans le domaine public, et permettrait à tous ceux qui vivent sur notre continent et dans le monde de prendre part à la richesse de l'histoire culturelle européenne. Les articles Wikipédia sur l'art, l'histoire et même la cartographie sont illustrés à l'aide d'images du domaine public qui permettent aux utilisateurs non seulement de lire sur ces sujets, mais aussi de les voir. S’il vous plaît, votez pour la proposition de modification 190! 36unex6kt5yharpneaddnyyb9iowx2n MediaWiki:Eucc-option-freedom-of-panorama-text-v3/fr 8 30 44 2018-09-10T02:27:50Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "S’il vous plaît, dites “ oui “ à la proposition de modification 243! Les citoyens des États membres et ceux qui s'y rendent sont libres de profiter de joyaux artistiq..." wikitext text/x-wiki S’il vous plaît, dites “ oui “ à la proposition de modification 243! Les citoyens des États membres et ceux qui s'y rendent sont libres de profiter de joyaux artistiques et architecturaux qui se trouvent dans l'espace public, mais dans plusieurs pays, cette liberté n'inclut pas celle de partager des photographies de ces œuvres en ligne. Une loi sur le droit d'auteur qui accepte l'activité quotidienne consistant à partager des photographies d'espaces publics en ligne aidera à aligner les règlements européens sur la façon dont les gens utilisent internet aujourd'hui. tiunp3prkbtcwvx6ruufywcwwodqpey MediaWiki:Eucc-option-freedom-of-panorama-text-v2/fr 8 31 45 2018-09-10T02:28:32Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "L'UE doit également veiller à ce que tout le monde, quel que soit le lieu de résidence, puisse partager en ligne des photographies d'œuvres artistiques et de bâtiments pu..." wikitext text/x-wiki L'UE doit également veiller à ce que tout le monde, quel que soit le lieu de résidence, puisse partager en ligne des photographies d'œuvres artistiques et de bâtiments publics. Une limitation de la liberté de panorama n'aura pour effet que de compromettre les projets comme Wikipédia qui contiennent de nombreux articles pédagogiques sur l'architecture et les œuvres artistiques publiques. Pour ces raisons je vous demande de supporter la proposition de modification 243. 54u9u8j6bojfmblvfo87r9mzrsp8emp MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-text-v1/es 8 32 46 2018-09-10T02:32:56Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Created page with "La UE debe proteger el dominio público y garantizar que todos los europeos puedan disfrutar de él, tanto en línea como en el mundo real. Wikipedia utiliza muchas obras que..." wikitext text/x-wiki La UE debe proteger el dominio público y garantizar que todos los europeos puedan disfrutar de él, tanto en línea como en el mundo real. Wikipedia utiliza muchas obras que son de dominio público, como las pinturas impresionistas o los primeros mapas del mundo, para ilustrar artículos. Por favor, proteja el dominio público votando a favor de la enmienda 190. lb2b9hrkfdub4jnnts76h45o2teyfye MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-ucg-text-v1/fr 8 35 50 2018-09-10T02:35:40Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Notre législation doit également être en phase avec la réalité et veiller à ce que la façon dont nous communiquons en ligne, en partageant des vidéos, en créant des m..." wikitext text/x-wiki Notre législation doit également être en phase avec la réalité et veiller à ce que la façon dont nous communiquons en ligne, en partageant des vidéos, en créant des mèmes et en publiant des liens vers des articles d'actualités, ne soit pas mise hors la loi ou excessivement limitée. S’il vous plaît, supportez les propositions de modification AM 244, AM 210, et AM 189. oorsainncmzfcsds2kno8ol4kx93iyj MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-ucg-text-v2/fr 8 37 52 2018-09-10T02:36:04Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "En outre, les citoyens européens partagent et créent presque chaque jour du contenu généré par les utilisateurs, et notre nouvelle législation sur le droit d'auteur doit..." wikitext text/x-wiki En outre, les citoyens européens partagent et créent presque chaque jour du contenu généré par les utilisateurs, et notre nouvelle législation sur le droit d'auteur doit tenir compte de cette réalité. Tout le monde doit être libre de partager des vidéos, de créer des mèmes et de publier des liens vers des articles sans restrictions excessives. Cette réalité est formulé dans les propositions AM 244, AM 210, et AM 189. 886kzmk5ygjoavdjr74njm8rtzztlvn MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-ucg-text-v3/fr 8 39 54 2018-09-10T02:36:32Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Je vous prie de voter pour les propositions AM 244, AM 210, et AM 189. La législation européenne sur le droit d'auteur doit tenir compte de la façon dont les gens communiqu..." wikitext text/x-wiki Je vous prie de voter pour les propositions AM 244, AM 210, et AM 189. La législation européenne sur le droit d'auteur doit tenir compte de la façon dont les gens communiquent en ligne aujourd'hui et créer des exceptions pour le contenu généré par les utilisateurs comme les mèmes, les vidéos et les liens vers les articles. li2a964ujbdy4kvgikb99ykhgrq5pep MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-text-and-data-mining-text-v1/fr 8 40 55 2018-09-10T02:39:51Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Des exceptions étendues pour la fouille de texte et de données permettront à quiconque est équipé d'un ordinateur d'obtenir de nouvelles informations à partir de donnée..." wikitext text/x-wiki Des exceptions étendues pour la fouille de texte et de données permettront à quiconque est équipé d'un ordinateur d'obtenir de nouvelles informations à partir de données auxquelles ils ont légalement accès, afin que tout le monde puisse contribuer à l'avancement de la science et de la recherche. S’il vous plaît, votez pour les propositions de modification 240-242. pjjrudccq1hlrl2kg748pjsuwc7ydvb MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-text-and-data-mining-text-v2/fr 8 42 57 2018-09-10T02:40:23Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Je vous demande de soutenir les propositions de modification 240-242 parce que la fouille de texte et de données ne doit pas être limitée à certaines institutions ou à ce..." wikitext text/x-wiki Je vous demande de soutenir les propositions de modification 240-242 parce que la fouille de texte et de données ne doit pas être limitée à certaines institutions ou à certaines fins. N'importe qui doit être en mesure d'utiliser les données auxquelles il a légalement accès pour obtenir de nouvelles informations sur le monde qui nous entoure. 1t0pvs4q64i60sbxc3eo7xxar1bptfo MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-text-and-data-mining-text-v3/fr 8 44 59 2018-09-10T02:40:48Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "L'UE raterait l'occasion de permettre à ses citoyens de participer à la science et à la recherche si elle limite l'exploration de texte et de données à certaines institut..." wikitext text/x-wiki L'UE raterait l'occasion de permettre à ses citoyens de participer à la science et à la recherche si elle limite l'exploration de texte et de données à certaines institutions et à certaines fins. Tout le monde devrait pouvoir mener des recherches et contribuer par leurs informations au savoir dans son ensemble. Pour cette raison je vous prie de supporter les propositions 240-242. 9qja3cnhuup0tl41q196l9c0b6y7zbb MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-ucg-text-v3/es 8 45 60 2018-09-10T02:40:57Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Created page with "Le pido que vote a favor de las enmiendas 244, 210 y 189. La legislación de la UE en materia de derechos de autor debería reflejar la forma en que las personas se comunican..." wikitext text/x-wiki Le pido que vote a favor de las enmiendas 244, 210 y 189. La legislación de la UE en materia de derechos de autor debería reflejar la forma en que las personas se comunican hoy en día en línea y crear excepciones a los contenidos generados por los usuarios, como memes, vídeos y enlaces a artículos de noticias. 9t563zlbkkd8pcwvsiq6seg92bgu9c2 MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-text-and-data-mining-text-v1/es 8 47 62 2018-09-10T02:42:56Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Created page with "Las amplias excepciones para la explotación de textos y datos permitirán que todo el que tenga un ordenador obtenga nuevos conocimientos a partir de los datos a los que tien..." wikitext text/x-wiki Las amplias excepciones para la explotación de textos y datos permitirán que todo el que tenga un ordenador obtenga nuevos conocimientos a partir de los datos a los que tienen acceso legal, de modo que todos puedan contribuir al avance de la ciencia y la investigación. Por favor, vote a favor de las enmiendas 240-242 0t6pifmtax2e5l75ds7qo1dcc55m2j8 63 62 2018-09-10T02:43:17Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki También le pido que emita un voto a favor de las enmiendas 240-242, porque las amplias excepciones para la explotación de textos y datos permitirán que todo el que tenga un ordenador obtenga nuevos conocimientos a partir de los datos a los que tienen acceso legal, de modo que todos puedan contribuir al avance de la ciencia y la investigación. Por favor, vote a favor de las enmiendas 240-242 8z7bowdni58fuwdv36ksgw2t3iiar3h 64 63 2018-09-10T02:43:44Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Undo revision 63 by [[Special:Contributions/Adavenport (WMF)|Adavenport (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Adavenport (WMF)|talk]]) wikitext text/x-wiki Las amplias excepciones para la explotación de textos y datos permitirán que todo el que tenga un ordenador obtenga nuevos conocimientos a partir de los datos a los que tienen acceso legal, de modo que todos puedan contribuir al avance de la ciencia y la investigación. Por favor, vote a favor de las enmiendas 240-242 0t6pifmtax2e5l75ds7qo1dcc55m2j8 MediaWiki:Eucc-call-script-text/fr 8 50 67 2018-09-10T02:44:43Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "# Présentez-vous et dites où vous vivez # Parlez de la façon dont vous utilisez internet au quotidien. Par exemple, vous pouvez dire que vous partagez des photos de vos vac..." wikitext text/x-wiki # Présentez-vous et dites où vous vivez # Parlez de la façon dont vous utilisez internet au quotidien. Par exemple, vous pouvez dire que vous partagez des photos de vos vacances, que vous écrivez un blog, que vous partagez des mèmes ou des articles, ou que vous recherchez des informations sur Wikipédia ou que vous y faites des contributions. # Dites-lui que vous appelez pour parler de la Directive européenne sur le droit d'auteur # Quelques éléments que vous pouvez mentionnez (choisissez 1 ou 2 des éléments qui vous tiennent le plus à cœur) : #* Vous vous opposez à tout type de pré-filtrage de contenu. Cela signifie que vous ne souhaitez pas que votre contenu soit scanné par un algorithme avant d'être publié. Votre député devrait soutenir les propositions de modification: 125, 92-105, 231-239 et 249-252. #* Vous soutenez le domaine public et souhaitez voir davantage d'œuvres du domaine public disponibles en ligne. Votre député devrait soutenir la proposition de modification 190. #* Vous souhaitez la liberté de panorama pour que tout le monde puisse partager des photographies de sculptures et d'œuvres architecturales publiques sans restrictions. Votre député devrait soutenir la proposition de modification 243. #* Vous souhaitez que la loi tienne compte de la façon dont vous partagez du contenu en ligne, notamment des vidéos, des mèmes ou des articles en incluant une exception pour le contenu généré par l'utilisateur. Alors demandez à votre député de soutenir les propositions de modification 244, 210, and 189! #* Vous souhaitez que tout le monde puisse être en mesure de participer à la science et à la recherche grâce à l'exploration de texte et de données. Demandez à votre député de voter pour les propositions 240-242. # Remerciez-le/la. ix32z9u4e7q2s6c8hd4cbczmpk7fum1 MediaWiki:Eucc-call-script-text/es 8 51 68 2018-09-10T02:46:33Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 Created page with "# Preséntate y di dónde vives # Habla sobre cómo usas Internet todos los días. Por ejemplo, puede que subas fotos de tus vacaciones, escribas un blog, compartas notas o ar..." wikitext text/x-wiki # Preséntate y di dónde vives # Habla sobre cómo usas Internet todos los días. Por ejemplo, puede que subas fotos de tus vacaciones, escribas un blog, compartas notas o artículos de noticias, o busques información o contribuyas a Wikipedia. # Diles que estás llamando para hablar de la Directiva de Derechos de Autor de la UE # Algunas cosas que puedes mencionar (elige 1 o 2 de las opciones que más te apasionen): #* Te opones a cualquier tipo de prefiltrado de contenido. Esto significa que no quieres que tu contenido sea analizado por un algoritmo antes de ser publicado. Tu representante debería de apoyar las siguientes enmiendas: 125, 92-105, 231-239, y 249-252. #* Apoyas el dominio público y quieres ver más obras de dominio público disponibles en línea. Pide a tu representante que vote por la enmienda 190. #* Quieres libertad de panorama para que todos puedan compartir fotografías de esculturas y arquitectura públicas sin restricciones. Por favor, pide a tu representante que vote a favor de la enmienda 243. #* Quieres que la ley coincida con la forma en que compartes cosas en línea, lo que incluye vídeos, memes y artículos de noticias, mediante la inclusión de una excepción de contenido generado por el usuario. Por lo tanto, pídele a tu representante que vote favorablemente a las enmiendas 244, 210 y 189. #* Quieres que todo el mundo pueda participar en la ciencia y la investigación a través de la explotación de textos y datos. Por favor, pide a tu representante que vote a favor de las enmiendas 240-242. # Dales las gracias. a84aq0pi9om5feib8ngt104rp4swjeg MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-text-v1/de 8 52 69 2018-09-10T02:47:04Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Die EU muss die Öffentlichkeit schützen und sicherstellen, dass alle Europäer sie genießen können, online und in der realen Welt. Wikipedia verwendet viele öffentlich zu..." wikitext text/x-wiki Die EU muss die Öffentlichkeit schützen und sicherstellen, dass alle Europäer sie genießen können, online und in der realen Welt. Wikipedia verwendet viele öffentlich zugängliche Werke wie impressionistische Gemälde oder frühe Weltkarten, um Artikel zu illustrieren. Bitte schützen Sie die Gemeinfreiheit, indem Sie für den Abänderungsantrag 190 stimmen. 1xoy6slzvm4tiivqsl356baeysayc02 MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-text-v2/de 8 53 70 2018-09-10T02:48:09Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Ich bitte Sie, für Abänderungsantrag 190 zu stimmen. Das Europäische Parlament muss dafür sorgen, dass jedermann die Möglichkeit hat, öffentliche Werke online zu genieß..." wikitext text/x-wiki Ich bitte Sie, für Abänderungsantrag 190 zu stimmen. Das Europäische Parlament muss dafür sorgen, dass jedermann die Möglichkeit hat, öffentliche Werke online zu genießen, so wie er es persönlich tun kann. Öffentlich zugängliche Werke bereichern den Wissens- und Kulturspeicher der Welt und machen Bildungsprojekte wie Wikipedia letztlich noch nützlicher. sr20aazplvkxi1l9u0rmc658jg72veo MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-text-v3/de 8 54 71 2018-09-10T02:48:36Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Eine gemeinwohlorientierte Ausnahme für virtuelle Kopien öffentlich zugänglicher Werke in der EU wird die Unsicherheit über die Digitalisierung verringern und den Menschen..." wikitext text/x-wiki Eine gemeinwohlorientierte Ausnahme für virtuelle Kopien öffentlich zugänglicher Werke in der EU wird die Unsicherheit über die Digitalisierung verringern und den Menschen auf dem ganzen Kontinent und in der Welt die Teilnahme an der reichen europäischen Kulturgeschichte ermöglichen. Wikipedia-Artikel über Kunst, Geschichte und sogar Kartographie sind mit öffentlich zugänglichen Bildern illustriert, die es den Nutzern ermöglichen, nicht nur über diese Themen zu lesen, sondern sie auch zu sehen. Sie können die Gemeinfreiheit schützen, indem Sie für Abänderungsantrag 190 stimmen! o8u6us3pv9fc7yjna9ztpyulx1qr5fp MediaWiki:Eucc-option-freedom-of-panorama-text-v2/de 8 55 73 2018-09-10T02:54:57Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Die EU sollte auch sicherstellen, dass jeder, egal wo er lebt, Fotos von öffentlichen Kunstwerken und Gebäuden online austauschen kann. Die Einschränkung der Panoramafreihe..." wikitext text/x-wiki Die EU sollte auch sicherstellen, dass jeder, egal wo er lebt, Fotos von öffentlichen Kunstwerken und Gebäuden online austauschen kann. Die Einschränkung der Panoramafreiheit wird Projekten wie Wikipedia, die eine Reihe von pädagogischen Artikeln über Architektur und öffentliche Kunstwerke haben, nur schaden. Deshalb bitte ich Sie, für den Abänderungsantrag 243 zu stimmen! eowwukjvnmc4heuavulrx83v6mqcuvr MediaWiki:Eucc-option-freedom-of-panorama-text-v3/de 8 56 74 2018-09-10T02:55:24Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Bitte unterstützen sie den Abänderungsantrag 243. Bürger und Besucher der Mitgliedsstaaten können Europas bedeutende öffentliche Kunstwerke und schöne Architektur genie..." wikitext text/x-wiki Bitte unterstützen sie den Abänderungsantrag 243. Bürger und Besucher der Mitgliedsstaaten können Europas bedeutende öffentliche Kunstwerke und schöne Architektur genießen, aber in vielen Ländern beinhaltet diese Freiheit nicht die Freiheit, Bilder dieser Sehenswürdigkeiten online zu zeigen. Ein Urheberrechtsgesetz, das die alltägliche Tätigkeit des gemeinsamen Teilens von Fotos öffentlicher Räume im Internet unterstützt, wird dazu beitragen, die EU-Vorschriften mit der heutigen Nutzung des Internets in Einklang zu bringen. hxail72nfy92hz8dlto6i6u3gu3lz6a MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-ucg-text-v1/de 8 57 75 2018-09-10T02:56:15Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Unser Gesetz sollte auch mit der Realität Schritt halten und sicherstellen, dass die Art und Weise, wie wir online kommunizieren - durch das Teilen von Videos, das Erstellen..." wikitext text/x-wiki Unser Gesetz sollte auch mit der Realität Schritt halten und sicherstellen, dass die Art und Weise, wie wir online kommunizieren - durch das Teilen von Videos, das Erstellen von Memes und das Verlinken von Nachrichtenartikeln - nicht verboten oder übermäßig eingeschränkt ist. Bitte stimmen Sie für die Abänderungsanträge 244, 210 und 189. bpoqwmikxi47j0pz23v4k34po79h8sh MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-ucg-text-v2/de 8 58 76 2018-09-10T02:57:20Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Zusätzlich teilen und erstellen EU-Bürger fast täglich nutzergenerierte Inhalte, und unser neues Urheberrechtsgesetz sollte dies widerspiegeln. Jeder sollte die Freiheit ha..." wikitext text/x-wiki Zusätzlich teilen und erstellen EU-Bürger fast täglich nutzergenerierte Inhalte, und unser neues Urheberrechtsgesetz sollte dies widerspiegeln. Jeder sollte die Freiheit haben, Videos zu teilen, Memes zu erstellen und Links zu Nachrichtenartikeln ohne unangemessene Einschränkungen zu erstellen. Die Abänderungsanträge 244, 210 und 189 widerspiegeln diese neue Wirklichkeit. Bitten stimmen Sie für diese. 6o11r02enkbs2hha4w55nyzgbgvjmsm MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-ucg-text-v3/de 8 59 77 2018-09-10T02:57:42Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Ich bitte Sie, für die Abänderungsanträge 244, 210 und 189 zu stimmen. Das EU-Urheberrecht sollte die Art und Weise widerspiegeln, wie Menschen heute online kommunizieren,..." wikitext text/x-wiki Ich bitte Sie, für die Abänderungsanträge 244, 210 und 189 zu stimmen. Das EU-Urheberrecht sollte die Art und Weise widerspiegeln, wie Menschen heute online kommunizieren, und Ausnahmen von nutzergenerierten Inhalten wie Memes, Videos und Links zu Nachrichtenartikeln schaffen. hcgikvrlit1otr183dqx9flduh9s2m0 MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-text-and-data-mining-text-v1/de 8 60 78 2018-09-10T02:58:20Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Breite Ausnahmen für Text- und Data-Mining werden es jedem PC-Benutzer ermöglichen, neue Erkenntnisse aus Daten zu gewinnen, auf die er rechtmäßig Zugriff hat, so dass jed..." wikitext text/x-wiki Breite Ausnahmen für Text- und Data-Mining werden es jedem PC-Benutzer ermöglichen, neue Erkenntnisse aus Daten zu gewinnen, auf die er rechtmäßig Zugriff hat, so dass jeder zum Fortschritt von Wissenschaft und Forschung beitragen kann. Bitte stimmen Sie für die Abänderungsanträge 240-242! 7znshnro3z8kpviejualqrwo9y038bw MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-text-and-data-mining-text-v2/de 8 61 79 2018-09-10T02:58:51Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Ich bitte Sie, ebenfalls für die Abänderungsanträge 240-242 zu stimmen, denn Text- und Data-Mining sollten nicht auf bestimmte Institutionen oder für bestimmte Zwecke besc..." wikitext text/x-wiki Ich bitte Sie, ebenfalls für die Abänderungsanträge 240-242 zu stimmen, denn Text- und Data-Mining sollten nicht auf bestimmte Institutionen oder für bestimmte Zwecke beschränkt sein. Jeder sollte in der Lage sein, die Daten, auf die er rechtmäßig Zugriff hat, zu nutzen, um neue Erkenntnisse über die Welt um uns herum zu gewinnen. ep47il181ke4ft7c0z8njs6nfjsmimq MediaWiki:Eucc-option-exception-for-text-and-data-mining-text-v3/de 8 62 80 2018-09-10T03:00:50Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Die EU wird eine Gelegenheit verpassen, ihre Bürger zur Teilnahme an Wissenschaft und Forschung zu befähigen, wenn sie Text und Data-Mining nur auf bestimmte Institutionen u..." wikitext text/x-wiki Die EU wird eine Gelegenheit verpassen, ihre Bürger zur Teilnahme an Wissenschaft und Forschung zu befähigen, wenn sie Text und Data-Mining nur auf bestimmte Institutionen und für bestimmte Zwecke beschränkt. Jeder sollte die Fähigkeit haben, Forschung zu betreiben und seine Erkenntnisse in Gesamtheit des Wissens einzubringen. Deshalb bitte ich Sie, die Abänderungsanträge 240-242 zu unterstützen. 0fvw76xdok4lci619kpshvjxuifkzl4 MediaWiki:Eucc-email-part-two/de 8 63 81 2018-09-10T03:08:03Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Schließlich bitte ich Sie, diese Verbesserungen des Urheberrechts unbedingt ohne zusätzliche Einschränkungen in Betracht zu ziehen. Es darf für Plattformen keine Pflichten..." wikitext text/x-wiki Schließlich bitte ich Sie, diese Verbesserungen des Urheberrechts unbedingt ohne zusätzliche Einschränkungen in Betracht zu ziehen. Es darf für Plattformen keine Pflichten zur Vorfilterung geben, denn diese würden das Internet zu einem Medium machen, in dem nur mit Zustimmung eines Unternehmens kommuniziert werden kann. Dies wird der Kultur des Teilens schaden, die notwendig ist, damit Wikipedia wachsen und gedeihen kann. Deshalb bitte ich Sie, für die Abänderungsanträge 125, 92-105, 231-239 und 249-252 zu stimmen. pai95y15u0u89hvcwql8s5q585k8qtn MediaWiki:Eucc-call-script-text/de 8 64 82 2018-09-10T03:10:08Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "# Stellen Sie sich vor und sagen Sie, wo Sie wohnen # Sprechen Sie darüber, wie Sie das Internet täglich nutzen. Beispielsweise können Sie Urlaubsfotos hochladen, einen Blo..." wikitext text/x-wiki # Stellen Sie sich vor und sagen Sie, wo Sie wohnen # Sprechen Sie darüber, wie Sie das Internet täglich nutzen. Beispielsweise können Sie Urlaubsfotos hochladen, einen Blog schreiben, Memes oder Nachrichtenartikel veröffentlichen oder nach Informationen über Wikipedia suchen oder zu Wikipedia beitragen. # Sagen Sie ihnen, dass Sie anrufsen, um über die EU-Urheberrechtsrichtlinie zu sprechen. # Ein paar Dinge, die Sie erwähnen können (zögern Sie nicht, 1-2 Dinge auszuwählen, über die Sie am meisten leidenschaftlich sind): #* Sie sind gegen jede Art der Vorfilterung von Inhalten. Das bedeutet, dass Sie Ihre Inhalte nicht von einem Algorithmus scannen lassen wollen, bevor sie veröffentlicht werden. Ihre Abgeordneten sollten für die folgenden Abänderungsanträge stimmen: 125, 92-105, 231-239, und 249-252. #* Sie unterstützen das Gemeingut und möchten mehr öffentlich zugängliche Werke online sehen. Bitte Sie ihre Abgeordneten, für den Abänderungsantrag 190 zu stimmen. #* Sie wollen Panoramafreiheit, damit jeder Fotos von öffentlichen Skulpturen und Architekturen ohne Einschränkungen mit anderen teilen kann. Bitten Sie ihre Abgeordneten, für den Abänderungsantrag 243 zu stimmen. #* Sie möchten, dass das Gesetz mit der Art und Weise übereinstimmt, wie Sie Dinge online teilen, einschließlich Videos, Memes und Nachrichtenartikel, indem Sie eine Ausnahme für benutzergenerierte Inhalte einfügen. Bitten Sie ihre Abgeordneten, für die folgenden Abänderungsanträge zu stimmen: 244, 210, und 189. #* Sie möchten, dass jeder durch Text- und Data-Mining an Wissenschaft und Forschung teilnehmen kann. Bitten Sie ihre Abgeordneten, für die folgenden Abänderungsanträge zu stimmen: 240-242. # Bedanken Sie sich bei ihnen 8yxirivfjffbh56kbs8a3y8o055szn8 MediaWiki:Eucc-mail-dialog-top-label/es 8 69 91 2018-09-10T21:42:56Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Tu correo electrónico está listo para mandar Si encuentras un problema cuando haces click en "Mandar un correo electrónico", usa el "Copiar el texto" para copiar el cuerp..." wikitext text/x-wiki Tu correo electrónico está listo para mandar Si encuentras un problema cuando haces click en "Mandar un correo electrónico", usa el "Copiar el texto" para copiar el cuerpo del mensaje, pégalo en tu aplicación de correo electrónico, y envía el mensaje a: e11dtzq6eqcxjcu2dc919n70n6arjq8 94 91 2018-09-10T21:43:41Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 wikitext text/x-wiki Tu correo electrónico está listo para mandar. Si encuentras un problema cuando haces click en "Mandar un correo electrónico", usa el "Copiar el texto" para copiar el cuerpo del mensaje, pégalo en tu aplicación de correo electrónico, y envía el mensaje a: hzbfrqhl9x6sqd82t0y7qgh48jfyc8p MediaWiki:Eucc-mail-dialog-top-label/pt 8 70 95 2018-09-10T22:01:18Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "O seu correio eletrónico está pronto para enviar. Se encontrar algum problema ao pressionar "Enviar correio eletrónico", use "Copiar texto" para copiar o corpo da mensagem..." wikitext text/x-wiki O seu correio eletrónico está pronto para enviar. Se encontrar algum problema ao pressionar "Enviar correio eletrónico", use "Copiar texto" para copiar o corpo da mensagem, cole-o na aplicação que usa para enviar correio eletrónico, e envie para: 5am0ia2pe4uqxqbq7su7us850td1btm MediaWiki:Eucc-mail-dialog-top-label/hu 8 72 98 2018-09-10T22:58:41Z Cicalese 1 Created page with "Az e-mail küldésre kész. Ha problémába ütközöl, amikor az „E-mail küldése” gombra kattintasz, használd a „Szöveg másolása” gombot az e-mail szövegének..." wikitext text/x-wiki Az e-mail küldésre kész. Ha problémába ütközöl, amikor az „E-mail küldése” gombra kattintasz, használd a „Szöveg másolása” gombot az e-mail szövegének kimásolására, illeszd be az e-mail alkalmazásodba, és küldd el erre a címre: kymvst3ivs23aqgeguhruyirme9bck3 MediaWiki:Eucc-option-protect-public-domain-label/hu 8 78 104 2018-09-11T12:10:06Z Cicalese 1 Created page with "A közkincs védelme" wikitext text/x-wiki A közkincs védelme sg37puz4rxlck2a2ngnedj66991w1yf MediaWiki:Eucc-email-greeting/hu 8 80 106 2018-09-11T12:19:14Z Cicalese 1 Created page with "Tisztelt $1," wikitext text/x-wiki Tisztelt $1, 4fashzfr84lpifn9ilaygc3u8opjdkh MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/de 8 81 107 2018-09-11T14:01:44Z Seddon (WMF) 6 minor corrections wikitext text/x-wiki Das Urheberrecht betrifft alles, was Sie im Internet tun - vom Teilen von Nachrichtenartikeln über das Hochladen Ihrer Urlaubsfotos bis hin zum Einbringen von Wissen in Wikipedia. In der EU unterliegt Ihr Handeln einem Urheberrechtsrahmen, der dringend einer Aktualisierung bedarf. Wikimedia unterstützt zukunftsweisende Urheberrechtsregeln, die es Menschen ermöglichen, zu lernen und Informationen mit der Welt zu teilen. Am 12. September wird das Europäische Parlament über Änderungen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes abstimmen, die unsere Kommunikation im digitalen Zeitalter bestimmen. Fast zwei Jahrzehnte nach der letzten Urheberrechtsreform hat Europa die seltene Gelegenheit, das Urheberrecht zu korrigieren, indem es Regeln verabschiedet, welche die Art und Weise widerspiegeln, wie Menschen heute online Inhalte schaffen und teilen, und nicht nur die einseitige Vision der Schöpfung, die derzeit im europäischen Recht verankert ist. Wikimedia will ein Gesetz, das die Öffentlichkeit schützt und keine unwirksame Vorfilterung von Inhalten vorschreibt. Die Entscheidungen, die jetzt getroffen werden, werden entweder ein Umfeld fördern, in dem Wikipedia und Wissen gedeihen können, oder die Fähigkeit der Menschen zur freien Zusammenarbeit im Internet einschränken. Die europäischen Gesetzgeber haben die Bedeutung dieses Augenblicks erkannt, aber sie müssen jetzt von Ihnen hören, um die richtige Wahl zu treffen! i47ofn6r3xg1kf94ccyfzunol58wybv 117 107 2018-09-13T02:04:23Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 192 117 2019-03-19T18:32:38Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 242 192 2019-03-20T00:33:49Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! 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} #call-to-action-section > span > a { background-color: white !important; } 4xq52esz2xmd1y1rudgbs04w32kgm2l 273 272 2019-03-20T13:19:23Z Cicalese 1 css text/css /* CSS placed here will be applied to all skins */ #form-content, #buttons { display:none; } k5f1ejcu8h84v65gvee6qlwv361l6yt MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text 8 87 114 2018-09-13T01:55:49Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 replaced call to action with statement assessing the result of the vot wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 165 114 2019-03-13T22:35:47Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 updated text: March 13 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation cannot support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([[see our blog post for full details|https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/]]). Article 11 would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia. Article 13 creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright. This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13!� If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. g7p7busd8rszgc6omjwur4fuyae4n5p 166 165 2019-03-13T22:36:27Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation cannot support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). Article 11 would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia. Article 13 creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright. This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13!� If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 0h8mskgh68wqeqov42ntm6qz8lgopuy 167 166 2019-03-13T22:38:05Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). Article 11 would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia. Article 13 creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright. This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 5y69tuwpgz8mttx6ignshsnym2otqyb 168 167 2019-03-13T22:39:33Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). * '''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia. * '''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright. This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 3jnarhduwglknrmseftwhbs4rtfmmqw 169 168 2019-03-13T22:40:11Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). '''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia. '''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright. This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 2km3p63ryn6lcqrp8mjl9ddt2behpn2 170 169 2019-03-13T22:42:27Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). :'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia. :'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright. This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 726r3maelfefjg7gdp87v6l63e7gm6x 171 170 2019-03-13T22:46:27Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : '''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia. : '''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright. This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 7lh8za2x5ewa46p5erunskmgyjluhgx 172 171 2019-03-13T22:49:27Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big><big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big></big> : <big><big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big></big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 4p2tqh56nsr1o8b5ddf8io2lkny2xqj 173 172 2019-03-13T22:49:52Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 7jybhsfreaoair62ttm0jj1hrz0whvz 174 173 2019-03-13T22:50:04Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. egxwo5y2x3cn6qiibums8rs26v5cijo 175 174 2019-03-13T22:50:13Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki In late March, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 7jybhsfreaoair62ttm0jj1hrz0whvz 181 175 2019-03-14T23:17:30Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 182 181 2019-03-14T23:50:27Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! 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If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 230 183 2019-03-20T00:19:00Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> '''This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13!''' 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If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> '''This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13!''' If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. ok65aqzzo7sgz49oea17j0dcl7a06h1 232 231 2019-03-20T00:20:39Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. '''If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13!''' If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 5rn4qp9j6ss3v77hizwvzp31rn6fu74 233 232 2019-03-20T00:30:00Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html 8 88 115 2018-09-13T01:58:57Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 changed title of the statement wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 176 115 2019-03-13T22:54:37Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. pz6dl91nq2p1gy8sjmini5afuc8twpk 177 176 2019-03-13T22:55:32Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. l2tw4wuln9d3r090a58ktd6yq082j2v 178 177 2019-03-13T22:56:23Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. rt9fueea2a7c2sgun3oegqawqgxi9ko 179 178 2019-03-13T22:57:33Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. fdyxruea6872uqiabpk67k003r92iv8 180 179 2019-03-13T22:58:08Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/de 8 89 116 2018-09-13T02:04:00Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 215 116 2019-03-19T18:53:54Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/fr 8 90 118 2018-09-13T02:04:42Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 191 118 2019-03-19T18:32:18Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! 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If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! 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Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 205 130 2019-03-19T18:37:22Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 255 205 2019-03-20T00:39:37Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/it 8 103 131 2018-09-13T02:13:00Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 196 131 2019-03-19T18:34:26Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 246 196 2019-03-20T00:35:29Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/nl 8 104 132 2018-09-13T02:13:13Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 188 132 2019-03-19T18:31:05Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 238 188 2019-03-20T00:32:16Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/pt 8 105 133 2018-09-13T02:13:26Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 201 133 2019-03-19T18:36:11Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 251 201 2019-03-20T00:37:48Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/sv 8 106 134 2018-09-13T02:14:16Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 206 134 2019-03-19T18:37:38Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 256 206 2019-03-20T00:39:53Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/el 8 107 135 2018-09-13T02:14:36Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 193 135 2019-03-19T18:32:56Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 243 193 2019-03-20T00:34:14Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/et 8 108 136 2018-09-13T02:15:15Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 189 136 2019-03-19T18:31:45Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 239 189 2019-03-20T00:32:40Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/bg 8 109 137 2018-09-13T02:15:31Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 184 137 2019-03-19T18:29:07Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 page update wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 234 184 2019-03-20T00:30:55Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/pl 8 110 138 2018-09-13T02:15:58Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 200 138 2019-03-19T18:35:26Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 250 200 2019-03-20T00:37:22Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/hu 8 111 139 2018-09-13T02:16:09Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 194 139 2019-03-19T18:33:20Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 244 194 2019-03-20T00:34:39Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/lv 8 112 140 2018-09-13T02:16:20Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 197 140 2019-03-19T18:34:40Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 247 197 2019-03-20T00:35:56Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/lt 8 113 141 2018-09-13T02:16:38Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 198 141 2019-03-19T18:34:54Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 248 198 2019-03-20T00:36:48Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/ro 8 114 142 2018-09-13T02:17:00Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 202 142 2019-03-19T18:36:25Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 252 202 2019-03-20T00:38:15Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/sl 8 115 143 2018-09-13T02:17:14Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 204 143 2019-03-19T18:37:08Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 254 204 2019-03-20T00:39:08Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/sk 8 116 144 2018-09-13T02:17:24Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 203 144 2019-03-19T18:36:46Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 253 203 2019-03-20T00:38:45Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/mt 8 117 145 2018-09-13T02:17:36Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 199 145 2019-03-19T18:35:08Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 249 199 2019-03-20T00:37:05Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/fi 8 118 146 2018-09-13T02:17:51Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 190 146 2019-03-19T18:32:02Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 240 190 2019-03-20T00:33:12Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/ga 8 119 147 2018-09-13T02:18:23Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 195 147 2019-03-19T18:34:10Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 245 195 2019-03-20T00:35:05Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/da 8 120 148 2018-09-13T02:18:44Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 187 148 2019-03-19T18:30:51Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 237 187 2019-03-20T00:31:51Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/cz 8 121 149 2018-09-13T02:19:15Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/lt 8 122 150 2018-09-13T02:21:20Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 221 150 2019-03-19T18:55:32Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/lv 8 123 151 2018-09-13T02:21:31Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 220 151 2019-03-19T18:55:19Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/mt 8 124 152 2018-09-13T02:21:41Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 222 152 2019-03-19T18:56:45Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/da 8 125 153 2018-09-13T02:21:50Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 210 153 2019-03-19T18:52:43Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/bg 8 126 154 2018-09-13T02:22:04Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 207 154 2019-03-19T18:50:23Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/cs 8 127 155 2018-09-13T02:23:06Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 186 155 2019-03-19T18:30:28Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 236 186 2019-03-20T00:31:27Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. icspxu87of9dhyt46k4mn1riack2v7m MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/ga 8 128 156 2018-09-13T02:23:26Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 218 156 2019-03-19T18:54:41Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-heading-html/hr 8 129 157 2018-09-13T02:24:00Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "Thank you for your support." wikitext text/x-wiki Thank you for your support. ppsdk9oom4ddb2b3io5jr5xrp4npgz6 208 157 2019-03-19T18:50:46Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki Time is running out for Europe to fix copyright. e8vh69dpvbw1kjcl790mlw8sztnkjia MediaWiki:Euccs-call-to-action-text/hr 8 130 158 2018-09-13T02:25:54Z Jgerlach (WMF) 4 Created page with "On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] tha..." wikitext text/x-wiki On September 12, the European Parliament voted to [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+TA+P8-TA-2018-0337+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN adopt new rules] that entrench outdated copyright policies and impose [https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/your-internet-is-under-threat-heres-why-you-should-care-about-european-copyright-reform-7eb6ff4cf321 even greater barriers to access to knowledge online]. Despite an outpouring of support from European citizens, including the Wikimedia community of volunteers, Parliament voted for amendments that would require pre-filtering of uploads to most internet platforms. Although the approved text included a carve-out for online encyclopedias like Wikipedia, Wikipedia doesn’t exist in a vacuum and pre-filtering will harm the internet ecosystem that Wikipedia thrives in. Parliament also failed to include broad exceptions or limitations to copyright such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama freedom of panorama] or a user-generated content exception. Though an exception for text and data mining and a public domain safeguard were included in the text, these do not go far enough to fully empower European citizens to meaningfully participate in knowledge online. We are disappointed by this outcome and the missed opportunity to modernize copyright for the digital age. Wikimedia remains firmly committed and will continue to advocate for an open, balanced vision for copyright which enables everyone to learn and create online. Thank you to everyone who emailed, called, or tweeted their MEPs. Your voice was an important part of spreading awareness about how the Wikimedia Community, and European citizens in general, envision a digital future for Europe. If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. 24vw3nceb4flgh069d9y14a7mclqk3m 185 158 2019-03-19T18:30:11Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 page update wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! If you would like more information on Wikimedia’s public policy efforts in general, please visit our [https://policy.wikimedia.org/ policy portal] or follow us [https://twitter.com/wikimediapolicy @wikimediapolicy]. d5nlfjr6p5h8d6tuv1tltlsutwlvzo4 235 185 2019-03-20T00:31:08Z Adavenport (WMF) 3 wikitext text/x-wiki On March 26, the EU Parliament will vote to approve or reject the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. Despite some very real efforts to make this Copyright Directive work, the Wikimedia Foundation '''''cannot''''' support the Directive as is. Although there are important wins for the open community in the current text , the inclusion of Articles 11 and 13 will harm the way people find and share information online ([https://wikimediafoundation.org/tag/eu-copyright/ see our blog post for full details]). : <big>'''Article 11''' would allow news publishers to sell licenses for even the smallest snippets taken from online news sites. If no license fee is paid, the snippets would need to be removed from the search results and news aggregation lists. By imposing these burdens on websites that collect, organize, and make sense of the news, Article 11 will make it even harder to sort through the noise to find high-quality news sources for projects like Wikipedia.</big> : <big>'''Article 13''' creates new liability for websites that host user-generated content, if they are unable to ensure that infringing works are not re-uploaded to their sites. This would mean that all uploads to platforms would have to be scanned and treated as presumptively suspicious. Although non-commercial encyclopedias like Wikipedia are exempted, the greater internet ecosystem our communities rely upon will suffer if platforms are forced to privately enforce copyright.</big> This is the last chance for Europeans who care about access to knowledge and the sharing of diverse information on the internet to make their voice heard. If you are a European citizen, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/full-list/all please contact] the representatives in the European Parliament from your country and tell them that you cannot support a copyright reform that contains Articles 11 and 13! 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