[OpenGLAM] EU Copyright Consultation - act now!

Fri Jan 10 15:32:05 UTC 2014

Hi Joris and Paul,

thank you for the information. Paul, I can't wait to see the tool you
mentioned!

Best,

Sebastiaan

p.s.: I tried the copywrong site, but I am unable to download the final
file with Safari. Has anyone of you tried it?

2014/1/10 Paul Keller <pk at kl.nl>

> Dear all,
>
> first of all thanks to joris for highlighting this. Joris is right to
> point out that preparing individual answers will be quite time consuming
> but i would really encourage those of you who represent organisations (or
> who can influence those responsible in organisations) to try and provide
> proper answers from the perspective of your institutions. The simplified
> version at copywrongs.eu is really aimed at the general public and will
> not help much with expressing the concerns of the cultural heritage sector.
>
> We are currently working with lots of other groups on a similar tool
> (actually also based on the fantastic work done by the OKFN_DE folks) that
> will allow more sector specific input. this will still be aimed at people
> working in various sectors. we are also preparing a more extensive document
> that contains suggested answers specifically for cultural heritage
> institutions. we expect to have that ready by mid next week and that should
> be much more useful for preparing detailed responses from the perspective
> of the Cultural Heritage Sector. once we have that document ready i will
> share it on this list.
>
> all the best, Paul
>
>
>
> On 10 Jan 2014, at 11:46, Joris Pekel <joris.pekel at europeana.eu> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > You have probably seen already a  messages on the EU copyright
> consultation passing the OpenGLAM mailing list and Twitter account.
> > The reason for this is that it is really important to let let your
> voices be heard in Europe. The commission must know what kind of issues
> memory institutions run into because of copyright regulation. For more info
> about its importance please read Paul Keller's recent blog:
> http://pro.europeana.eu/web/guest/pro-blog/-/blogs/new-copyright-rules-for-europe-what-do-memory-institutions-want
> >
> > It is however, quite a boring and time consuming document to go through.
> That is why I am really happy that our friends from Open Knowledge
> Foundation Germany have created two ways to make it easier for you.
> >
> > You can find a simplified and filtered version on http://copywrongs.eu/.
> You select what kind of issues you came across into and add comments. This
> will take you max. 10 min.
> > If you want to take some more time and go into the full 80 question
> consultation there is http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu/. Just fill in the
> fields and they will transfer that to the official consultation document.
> >
> > Note that this consultation is not limited to memory institutions,
> anyone who deals with copyright (which is all of you) can fill in this
> document, so please make your voices be heard!
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Joris
> >
> > --
> > Joris Pekel
> > Community Coordinator Cultural Heritage
> >
> > Phone: +31 (0)6 3000 6339
> > Email: Joris.Pekel at europeana.eu
> > Skype: jpekel
> > Twitter: @jpekel
> >
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