Good to know :-) I was mostly just wondering if the music industry initiative was making any headway, from an outside perspective. Because if they chip a bit off, they won't stop there.
On 19 December 2016 at 20:22, Charles M. Roslof <[email protected]> wrote: > Throughout 2016, the US Copyright Office has been collecting input on the > DMCA safe harbors. WMF has submitted written comments to the Copyright > Office <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/06/save-safe-harbors-open-web/ > >[1] > and participated in in-person discussions > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/16/copyright-law/>[2] on this issue. > We're currently in the process of preparing a submission as part of a > second > round of Copyright Office comments > <https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/08/2016- > 26904/section-512-study-request-for-additional-comments>, > due in February.[3] > > If you have questions about what's going on with the safe harbors or have > suggestions about what we should say in the second round of comments, I > encourage you to start a discussion on the public policy mailing list > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy>[4] or email me > directly. > > - Charles > > [1] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/06/save-safe-harbors-open-web/ > [2] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/16/copyright-law/ > [3] > https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/08/2016- > 26904/section-512-study-request-for-additional-comments > [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > > == > Charles M. Roslof > Legal Counsel > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > (415) 839-6885 > > NOTICE: This message might have confidential or legally privileged > information in it. If you have received this message by accident, please > delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the > Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical reasons I cannot give legal advice > to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff > members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see > our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>. > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Vi to <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I see, thank you for your explanation, coming from a civil law system it > > sounds pretty weird. Anyway I concur, it's pure madness and some action > > must be taken. > > > > Vito > > > > 2016-12-19 19:46 GMT+01:00 geni <[email protected]>: > > > > > On 19 December 2016 at 18:38, Vi to <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I wouldn't call DMCA safe harbor(s) "how Wikipedia is allowed to > > exist". > > > At > > > > a glance I'd say it would (at worst) impact on some (most) wikis way > to > > > > handle copyvios/the thin red line around fair-use, but most of our > > > > ecosystem shouldn't be affected. So, what am I missing? > > > > > > > > > > Without some form of safe harbor the likes of AP and getty would have > > > a fairly solid case for statutory damages for every single one of > > > their images uploaded even if we deleted them fairly quickly. We could > > > probably argue it down to $200 per image but it would still add up. > > > > > > -- > > > geni > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
