What positions should WM adopt (Mandate Q2)

Esther in our Dec 7 call talked about fleshing out her wiki-lawyering and exemption doctrine proposal, and connecting Wikimedia internal policy and external regulations (e.g., across Europe, where every country has its own copyright laws... that for example, could be an advocacy position... more universal/integrated copyright law).

Markgibsonsf19:31, 7 December 2009

A specific proposal from Esther re: copyright, creating a European chapter?

Markgibsonsf19:35, 7 December 2009

Asparuh re: censorship. We are 100% against censorship *of content*. We are against the *censorship of access* but there are considerable local and cultural differences of interpretation here that we should be very sensitive to before forcing Western values on the rest of the world.

Asparuh re: net neutrality: we are against private sector or government interference with an open internet. Good to take a very strong stand here.

Markgibsonsf19:44, 7 December 2009

Asparuh rasied a new topic about which Wikimedia might take an advocacy position: which is universal translation and integration of effort across culture/languages. (A digital divide issue.)

Markgibsonsf19:52, 7 December 2009