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This page intends to give an overview of some of the information available about the lobby on European legislation and policies.
Meeting, July 2009, Brussels
[edit]- What: A dedicated meeting for chapters about EU legislation and policy lobbying
- When: mid July
- Where: Brussels, exact location will follow
- Who: Chapter representatives who are the relevant board member on this topic for chapters are interested and able to contribute
- More information: (internal) http://internal.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_lobby_meeting/Brussels_July_2009
Wikimania, August 2009, Buenos Aires
[edit]Some suggested areas by the participants (but no conclusions, only brain storm!):
- Reproductions of 2D works --> should make sure that the law/regulations are very clear that this is not a new work
- Database rights
- Software patents
- Copyright on Government works / publicly funded works
- Shorten duration of copyright
- Staten purpose for copyright and limit to that (art, sciences, creativity, innovation)
- Impact on collection societies when works are freely licensed (surtax, restrictions on their members)
- Orphan works (when the copyright owner cannot be identified)
- Raising threshold for the required added creativity to have copyright
- Panoramafreiheit
- Principle of the applying the most flexible law within the EU
- Exceptions to circumvent rules (disability-DRM, archives etc)
- Public sector information
- Commissioning studies of copyright impact
(please note that this does not include any prioritization yet)
2012 - present
[edit]See: EU policy