Hi Richard and all,
I checked into the liability and benefits questions with our HR department
and WMF's Chief of Finance and Administration, and here is some more info
from them:
Individuals who have been awarded Fellowships from the Wikimedia Foundation
are covered by the insurance of the Wikime
(Appologies for cross posting)
>From 29 June until 1 July 2012 the Wikipedia Academy (#wpac2012) [1]
will take place in Berlin, under the theme “Research and Free
Knowledge”. For the first time, Wikimedia Deutschland organises this
conference in cooperation with Freie Universität Berlin [2] and th
2012/5/21 David Gerard :
> On 21 May 2012 20:59, Samuel Klein wrote:
>
>> We need a shorter term *for free licenses*.
>> Right now those licenses piggyback on an unreasonably long-term notion
>> of "exclusive authorial control of reuse".
>> People who support free knowledge and free licenses shoul
On 23 May 2012 08:46, David Gerard wrote:
> That's why a term that doesn't blatantly take the piss might have a
> chance, yes. 14 years may be all they end up getting.
Why? Thats not going to help people who want to see game of thrones
without an HBO subscription or want to see avengers without p
On 23 May 2012 08:21, David Gerard wrote:
> That is, of course, not the case: the US raises the term then works
> very hard to get its copyright laws "harmonised" internationally. So
> that is actually the reason.
Most of the world was on life+50 or greater before the latest round of
US copyright
On 23 May 2012 08:33, George Herbert wrote:
> The whole idea of copyright - as the US started seeing it, in our
> constitution and thence onwards, is properly rewarding creative people
> for their efforts.
Well, actually it was for the benefit of printers. As is reflected in
copyright today, wh
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:33 AM, George Herbert wrote:
>
>
> Nobody's made a big public case for any shorter term.
>
> That's a mistake. The whole CC and free content movement needs to
> step up. We need Cory and other luminaries advocating for a sane
> term, and 14 is a good round number that wo
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> Maximising artistic production is a terrible goal for policy.
Why?
The whole idea of copyright - as the US started seeing it, in our
constitution and thence onwards, is properly rewarding creative people
for their efforts. Free content
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:21 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 23 May 2012 08:16, geni wrote:
> > On 23 May 2012 01:37, John Vandenberg wrote:
>
> >> People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence.
> >> Most people dont care about copyright. Most people do have kids and
> >> do kn
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:21 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> On 23 May 2012 08:16, geni wrote:
> > On 23 May 2012 01:37, John Vandenberg wrote:
>
> >> People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence.
> >> Most people dont care about copyright. Most people do have kids and
> >> do kn
On 23 May 2012 08:16, geni wrote:
> On 23 May 2012 01:37, John Vandenberg wrote:
>> People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence.
>> Most people dont care about copyright. Most people do have kids and
>> do know who Mickey Mouse is. Tar Mickey Mouse with the actions of his
On 23 May 2012 01:37, John Vandenberg wrote:
> People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence.
> Most people dont care about copyright. Most people do have kids and
> do know who Mickey Mouse is. Tar Mickey Mouse with the actions of his
> protectors and the world will listen.
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