Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU publishes copyright reform paper

  • October 30, 2014
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The Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU (FKAGEU), of which Wikimedia UK is a member, has this week published a paper on copyright reform across the European Union.

This is in response to the Report on the responses to the Public Consultation on the Review of the EU Copyright Rules and the 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 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 see a full list of signing partners here.

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