[Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press

2013-11-12 Thread Andrew Owens
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 The Australian Digital Alliance is pushing for a fair use amendment to the Copyright Act. Is there anything WMAu and its supporters can do to get on board with it? kindest regards Andr

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press

2013-11-12 Thread Steve Zhang
I think we should get behind this, definitely. not too sure what we can do but we should do whatever we can. On 12/11/2013 7:28 PM, "Andrew Owens" wrote: > > http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-creating-memes-is-illegal-in-australia/story-fnjwmwrh-1226758121774 > > The Australian Digita

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press

2013-11-12 Thread Tony Souter
Producing a position paper that the ADA can use would be one of the most significant things the chapter ever did. Assistance from other Wikimedians might be forthcoming if messages are posted (by the committee) on mailing lists asking for advice after a draft is written. Some of Australia's cop

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press

2013-11-12 Thread Kimberlee Weatherall
544 From: wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediaau-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Tony Souter Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2013 10:14 PM To: Wikimedia Australia Chapter Subject: Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press Producing a position paper that

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press

2013-11-12 Thread Liam Wyatt
boun...@lists.wikimedia.org');>] *On Behalf Of *Tony Souter > *Sent:* Tuesday, 12 November 2013 10:14 PM > *To:* Wikimedia Australia Chapter > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press > > > > Producing a position paper that the ADA can use would be

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Interesting story in today's press

2013-11-14 Thread John Vandenberg
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Liam Wyatt wrote: > Aloha from Hawaii! > > I'm at an Internet cafe so must be brief. > I too would like to see us 'weigh in' on the matter of the copyright review > and as some of you may recall I made a submission to the initial round > myself (specifically relati