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− | * 1. What copyright public policy advocacy reforms have you pursued, and what are the motives for pursuing those changes in your community? |
+ | * 1. What copyright public policy advocacy reforms have you pursued, and what are the motives for pursuing those changes in your community? |
+ | : Public statements and official comments regarding orphan works |
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+ | : Input to California state regarding copyright? |
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+ | : We signed on to a petition to support copyright exceptions to allow GLAMs to make backups [[Internal:Public Policy/Allowing digital backups by GLAMs]] (June 2020) |
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+ | : Public domain day -- new works from 1923 are freed from copyright. Details: [1], [2], [3]. We co-organized a forum at American University's law school with AU's PIJIP program to discuss copyright changes expanding the public domain and new works becoming copyright-free as of January 1. (Jan 2019) |
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+ | : PBM took CopyrightX, perhaps in 2018 or 2019 |
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+ | : Presentation at Wikimania (Oct 8 2016)? |
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+ | : Presentation at San Diego WCNA |
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+ | : May 5, 2018: Wikimedia DC statement supporting Senate action to restore Net Neutrality |
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+ | : March 2014, visited Congress? |
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+ | : The chapter held events at Cato Institute, the Sunlight Foundation and American University's Washington College of Law |
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+ | : How should copyright rules be changed to allow more use of orphan works? Our published answer (May 2014) |
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* 2. What advocacy tactics did and did not work? What blockers did you face? What would you do differently? |
* 2. What advocacy tactics did and did not work? What blockers did you face? What would you do differently? |
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* 3. What would have helped you - what support would you have wanted from WMF, and what support would you have wanted from other Affiliates? |
* 3. What would have helped you - what support would you have wanted from WMF, and what support would you have wanted from other Affiliates? |
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* 4. How, if at all, did you collaborate with other organizations to help advocate for copyright reform in your community? |
* 4. How, if at all, did you collaborate with other organizations to help advocate for copyright reform in your community? |
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* 5. What challenges, if any, do you face when building partnerships with other organizations interested in advancing copyright reforms? |
* 5. What challenges, if any, do you face when building partnerships with other organizations interested in advancing copyright reforms? |
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+ | : Mainly time and expertise. We expect to naturally align most of the time library advocates, Internet Archive, EFF, Open Data advocates, Open Government advocates, etc. |
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* 6. Can you share links, documentation, or other materials that you produced as part of your advocacy efforts that might be relevant to us? |
* 6. Can you share links, documentation, or other materials that you produced as part of your advocacy efforts that might be relevant to us? |
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+ | : Yes, above and below |
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* 7. Is there anything else you would like to share with us about copyright advocacy? |
* 7. Is there anything else you would like to share with us about copyright advocacy? |
Revision as of 13:41, 12 April 2023
- 1. What copyright public policy advocacy reforms have you pursued, and what are the motives for pursuing those changes in your community?
- Public statements and official comments regarding orphan works
- Input to California state regarding copyright?
- We signed on to a petition to support copyright exceptions to allow GLAMs to make backups Internal:Public Policy/Allowing digital backups by GLAMs (June 2020)
- Public domain day -- new works from 1923 are freed from copyright. Details: [1], [2], [3]. We co-organized a forum at American University's law school with AU's PIJIP program to discuss copyright changes expanding the public domain and new works becoming copyright-free as of January 1. (Jan 2019)
- PBM took CopyrightX, perhaps in 2018 or 2019
- Presentation at Wikimania (Oct 8 2016)?
- Presentation at San Diego WCNA
- May 5, 2018: Wikimedia DC statement supporting Senate action to restore Net Neutrality
- March 2014, visited Congress?
- The chapter held events at Cato Institute, the Sunlight Foundation and American University's Washington College of Law
- How should copyright rules be changed to allow more use of orphan works? Our published answer (May 2014)
- 2. What advocacy tactics did and did not work? What blockers did you face? What would you do differently?
- 3. What would have helped you - what support would you have wanted from WMF, and what support would you have wanted from other Affiliates?
- 4. How, if at all, did you collaborate with other organizations to help advocate for copyright reform in your community?
- 5. What challenges, if any, do you face when building partnerships with other organizations interested in advancing copyright reforms?
- Mainly time and expertise. We expect to naturally align most of the time library advocates, Internet Archive, EFF, Open Data advocates, Open Government advocates, etc.
- 6. Can you share links, documentation, or other materials that you produced as part of your advocacy efforts that might be relevant to us?
- Yes, above and below
- 7. Is there anything else you would like to share with us about copyright advocacy?