[om-council] Fwd: Last 48 hours to make noise about Save The Link! [Fwd: Use this tool to stop the link tax]
Kate Lebedeff
kate at lebedeff.co.uk
Mon Jun 13 15:46:18 EDT 2016
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> From: Josh Tabish <josh at openmedia.ca>
> Subject: Re: Last 48 hours to make noise about Save The Link! [Fwd: Use this tool to stop the link tax]
> Date: 13June, 2016 at 19:21:40 GMT+2
> To: Save the Link <save-the-link at googlegroups.com>
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> We also posted a short blog here asking folks to use C4C's tool:
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> https://openmedia.org/en/use-tool-stop-link-tax <https://openmedia.org/en/use-tool-stop-link-tax>
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> Feel free to share on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?m2w&u=https://openmedia.org/en/use-tool-stop-link-tax> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=http://openmedia.ca/&source=tweetbutton&text=Use%20this%20tool%20to%20%23SaveTheLink%20and%20Stop%20the%20Link%20Tax+https://openmedia.org/en/use-tool-stop-link-tax>!
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> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Josh Tabish <josh at openmedia.ca <mailto:josh at openmedia.ca>> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Over the weekend we sent an email (see below) driving traffic directly to the youcan.fixcopyright.eu <http://youcan.fixcopyright.eu/> tool. It should help bump the numbers of folks who have used it and submitted their views to the Commission.
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> Please feel free to re-purpose the copy below to drive more folks to the tool in the final 48 hours before the June 15 deadline.
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> This is our last best chance to drive people to fill out the consultation and help put this stupid link tax six feet under. So get the word out!
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> In addition, I reviewed some analytics over the weekend and our petition at http://savethelink.org/eu <http://savethelink.org/eu> is at nearly 30,000 signers and has driven about 10,000 visitors to the youcan.fixcopyright tool as well. We'll be submitting our full response to the Commish on Wednesday along with updated numbers on how many action takers we have endorsing our petition and call.
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> We just sent some additional emails this morning asking more folks to sign and share on social media so keep your eyes on the #SaveTheLink hashtag and please please share the petition on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?m2w&u=http://savethelink.org/eu> and Twitter <http://bit.ly/1ZFf7My>.
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> Anything you can do to drive eyeballs and concern to https://savethelink.org/eu <https://savethelink.org/eu> will go a long way in helping raise this issue as the clock winds down.
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> EFF wrote a great blog here <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/06/reject-europes-plans-tax-links-and-platforms> and there's some coverage of the issue here <http://www.independent.ie/business/neighbouring-rights-and-wrongs-of-european-copyright-law-34792113.html>, so feel free to push them out as well!
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> Thanks,
> Josh
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> From: Josh Tabish <contact at openmedia.org <mailto:contact at openmedia.org>>
> Date: Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 10:40 AM
> Subject: Use this tool to stop the link tax
> To: josh at openmedia.ca <mailto:josh at openmedia.ca>
>
>
> The European Commission is still considering their outrageous plan to create an EU-wide link tax.1 But never fear – there’s good news!
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> Right now, the EU is asking citizens what they think of this idea through an online consultation. And our friends at Copyright for Creativity (C4C) have created a powerful tool that will help you tell decision-makers exactly why the link tax is a bad idea. <http://qb.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoucan.fixcopyright.eu%2Flimesurvey%2Findex.php%2F591338%3Flang%3Den%26newtest%3DY>
> But you have to move quickly. This consultation ends in less than a week. This means we are running out of time to prevent website owners from having to pay to use snippets of text to link to freely available content online.
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> Please, take a few minutes to respond with C4C’s easy-to-use tool <http://qb.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoucan.fixcopyright.eu%2Flimesurvey%2Findex.php%2F591338%3Flang%3Den%26newtest%3DY>, and tell key decision-makers exactly where you stand on the link tax before we run out of time.
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> The Commission has tried to dress up their plan by calling it ‘neighbouring rights’ or a ‘fairer allocation of value.’
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> But at the end of the day it amounts to nothing more than new powers for outdated publishers to clamp down on the open Web by finding new ways to punish innovation, charge for sharing, and make some of your favourite content harder to access.2
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> We’re not falling for it. Can you help put the idea of new copyright powers on links to rest by using C4C’s tool ASAP. <http://qb.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoucan.fixcopyright.eu%2Flimesurvey%2Findex.php%2F591338%3Flang%3Den%26newtest%3DY>
> We’re counting on you.
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> –Josh
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> Act now
> <http://qb.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoucan.fixcopyright.eu%2Flimesurvey%2Findex.php%2F591338%3Flang%3Den%26newtest%3DY>
> Footnotes:
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> [1] What the heck is ancillary copyright anyway and why do we call it a link tax? Source: OpenMedia <http://qb.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=5&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenmedia.org%2Fen%2Fwhat-heck-ancillary-copyright-and-why-do-we-call-it-link-tax>.
> [2] How additional rights for publishers will hurt education and access to culture. Source: Communia <http://qb.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.communia-association.org%2F2016%2F05%2F13%2Fadditional-rights-publishers-will-hurt-education-access-culture%2F>.
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