Heya folks,
I just wanted to let you know that the next Wikidata office hours will
be on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Denny and I will be around on
IRC in #wikimedia-wikidata to answer any question you might have and
discuss. I assume there will be a few more questions than usual now
that we
From Rick Falkvinge, an English-language writeup of a Swedish study:
http://falkvinge.net/2012/05/21/study-despite-tougher-copyright-monopoly-laws-sharing-remains-pervasive/
http://svt.se/nyheter/fortsatt-fildelning-trots-skarpt-lag (Swedish news report)
61% of 15-25-year-olds in Sweden
2012/5/21 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com:
From Rick Falkvinge, an English-language writeup of a Swedish study:
http://falkvinge.net/2012/05/21/study-despite-tougher-copyright-monopoly-laws-sharing-remains-pervasive/
http://svt.se/nyheter/fortsatt-fildelning-trots-skarpt-lag (Swedish news
On 21 May 2012 13:09, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
From Rick Falkvinge, an English-language writeup of a Swedish study:
http://falkvinge.net/2012/05/21/study-despite-tougher-copyright-monopoly-laws-sharing-remains-pervasive/
http://svt.se/nyheter/fortsatt-fildelning-trots-skarpt-lag
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:31 AM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 May 2012 13:09, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
So, is the time ripe yet for us to start pushing for a 14-year term,
or do we wait a bit? I suggest we start contemplating it, however.
The most pirated bit of content at
FWIW, I'd like to see things being released more freely internationally,
irrespective of copyright. At present, I can either pirate the Colbert
Report, or watch it through a proxy using a US netflix account which I pay
for using a US bank account. It isn't shown anywhere in the UK.
Richard
On 21 May 2012 18:59, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think the right term here is 0 years. It is also not life
+ 70. Perhaps 7 + 7.
I suggested 14 as a likely figure because that figure is already in
common currency - as it was the term in the UK (Statute of Anne) and
in the
Thank you Siko for answering.
That's a mix of curiosity (for the benefits, pensions and so on) and
of concern (on the responsibility side of things).
Wikimedia France received several legal complaints in the past few years
and the frequency is increasing. The inventivity and the boldness of
14 years is a fine place to start. Are there any existing campaigns
pushing for it? S.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:22 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 May 2012 18:59, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think the right term here is 0 years. It is also not life
+ 70.
What I really find upsetting is that PBS produces videos that cannot
be watched out side of the states, it really upsets me.
Also in germany, it is just unbearable, these copyright trolls called
GEMA take away all the fun of youtube.
mike
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Richard Symonds
Lol, 14 years term. Good luck. That is a lost battle.
I think that the useful approach is to spread the word about free licenses,
that allow to use content NOW.
2012/5/21 Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com
14 years is a fine place to start. Are there any existing campaigns
pushing for it? S.
On 21 May 2012 20:30, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
14 years is a fine place to start. Are there any existing campaigns
pushing for it? S.
Now that I'm looking, I can't find any campaigns as such!
I thought the Pirate Parties asked for 14 years, but I'm wrong: the
Swedish party
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Richard Symonds
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
FWIW, I'd like to see things being released more freely internationally,
irrespective of copyright. At present, I can either pirate the Colbert
Report, or watch it through a proxy using a US netflix account
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:42 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
On 21 May 2012 20:30, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
14 years is a fine place to start. Are there any existing campaigns
pushing for it? S.
Now that I'm looking, I can't find any campaigns as such!
I thought
I like the cc-licenses list thread you linked, Mike; thank you. I
take it that thread didn't continue past December?
I agree generally with the points Greg London was making there:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-licenses/2011-December/006472.html
For me the central value in choosing a
* David Gerard wrote:
So, is the time ripe yet for us to start pushing for a 14-year term,
or do we wait a bit? I suggest we start contemplating it, however.
You don't say who we are, but in case some people think the Wikimedia
Foundation should position itself on copyright matters much beyond
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