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[[File: | [[File:EU_policy_group.svg|thumb|right|200px|The Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU logo]] | ||
The [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (FKAGEU)], of which Wikimedia UK is a member, has this week published a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright paper on copyright reform] across the European Union. | |||
The position paper is in response to the [http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2013/copyright-rules/docs/contributions/consultation-report_en.pdf Report on the responses to the Public Consultation on the Review of the EU Copyright Rules] and the [http://infojustice.org/archives/32882 draft white paper on a copyright policy for creativity and innovation in the European Union]. | |||
The position paper has already been shared with key members of the European Commission. The main recommendations from the paper are that: | |||
*The Commission should clarify the European copyright framework by '''harmonising legislation''' and creating a single EU Copyright Title | |||
<span class="plainlinks">[https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/10/ | *The Commission should ensure everyone has the liberty to freely use and share images taken in public spaces by introducing '''Freedom of Panorama''' universally (currently optional under Directive 2001/29/EC Article 5 Point 3.H) | ||
*The Commission should ensure that all '''works created by officials''' within the EU administration and institutions are open for use and re-use by everyone. Such works should hence not be subject to copyright protection. | |||
*The Commission should re-balance the current culturally and economically harmful mismatch between public commons and private property and close the “[http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2290181 20th century gap]” by '''shortening copyright terms''' to the minimum term possible under existing international treaties and conventions. | |||
The FKAGEU is a grouping of European Wikimedia chapters and other open knowledge organisations from throughout the EU. The work has largely been co-ordinated by Dimitar Dimitrov, the movement's Wikimedian in Brussels. | |||
This landmark paper has been signed by 33 parties from 17 European countries, of which 16 are Wikimedia chapters, thematic organisations or user groups. You can [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright see a full list of signing partners here]. | |||
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