Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

As I undestand it, the Swedish Supreme Court determined the general principles of law involved and remitted the case back to the Patent and Market Court to resolve the specific issues between the parties. "Rogol" On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

I thought that case was lost over a year ago, in the Swedish Supreme Court: http://fortune.com/2016/04/05/wikimedia-sweden-artworks/ What happened between then and now for this to end up in the Swedish Patent and Market Court? Andreas On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Philippe Beaudette

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

For reference, I believe Fae refers to the Defense of Contributors Fund: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Legal_Policies#Defense_of_Contributors On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 1:09 AM, Fæ wrote: > John, > > The WMF has a large legal fund to support volunteers and projects like >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

John, The WMF has a large legal fund to support volunteers and projects like Commons, which from my memory has only ever been paid out on a couple of occasions (if anyone has a link to a list, I love to see it). At least part of the 89,000 USD mentioned seems suitable for this emergency funding,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia Sverige vs. the Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS)

Well bummer. I hope that you can figure out a good lobbying next step. Cheers, Alex On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 11:41 AM, John Andersson wrote: > Today we received some bad news in Sweden. The Swedish Patent and Market > Court ruled against Wikimedia Sverige in a