Yes, my list is probably too U.S.-centric. Would love to hear wish-list
items from other parts of the world. As far as (impact x realistic)
score, I would say getting states/countries to freely license all
government works probably has the highest score. In the U.S., we have
the federal government and 2 state governments so far doing this. I know
the Israeli chapter had some mixed success in this area, and the
governments of the Netherlands and New Zealand are starting to get into
CC-licensing. Pushing for Freedom of Panorama or better copyright terms
is probably a long-shot. Getting the Library of Congress to digitize all
of their copyright records would also be a realistic goal and have a
large impact on American media. Right now, for U.S. works, we are mostly
restricted to things published before 1923 simply because it is
extremely unpractical to research copyright records for 1923-1989. I
agree with John that it would be good to put some ideas up on meta for
brainstorming at least.
Ryan Kaldari
On 9/17/12 9:59 PM, Yann Forget wrote:
Hello,
2012/9/18 Michael Snow <wikipe...@frontier.com>:
On 9/17/2012 5:22 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
Personally, I would prefer that people pursue freedom of panorama before we
pursue "freedom of deep space objects". The later I would put pretty far
down the priority list, actually. How about the following agenda:
1. Freedom of orphaned works
2. Freedom of panorama in U.S.
3. Get Library of Congress to digitize all U.S. copyright records
4. Get U.S. to apply rule of the shorter term
5. Get U.K. to officially kill sweat of the brow
6. Repeal database rights in EU
7. Repeal Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act
8. Fix absurd copyright terms in Mexico
9. Get works by U.S. states added to public domain
10. Freedom of deep space objects
....
99. Profit
I'd probably use a different order, but that would be quibbling. I think
just the thought of prioritizing like this is a good exercise, and would
love to hear how other people stack up these priorities. It's an interesting
challenge to balance which of these ideas would have the most impact with
which are the most realistically achievable in the near future.
--Michael Snow
Yeah, great list. I would add near the top, FOP everywhere, specially in France.
And then scrapping special copyright extension (30 years in France for
"dead in combat").
Regards,
Yann
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