[pp.int.general] [Fwd: [G8-2007] Final Version G8 declaration]

[Findeton]

The Spanish Pirate Party is interested in signing it, but we are yet
reviewing it... I hope we finnish today, but just 4 days for this may have
not been enough for us, sorry.

On 5/17/07, Christof Leng <christof.leng at piratenpartei.de> wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> a network of groups from Germany and Switzerland have prepared a statement
> about intellectual property rights for the upcoming G8 meeting. I would be
> happy if other pirate parties from around the globe would join us as
> signatories. All the details below.
>
> cheers,
> Christof
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: [G8-2007] Final Version G8
> declaration  Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:08:33 +0200  From: Petra Buhr
> <buhr at wissensallmende.de> <buhr at wissensallmende.de>  Reply-To:
> g8-2007 at lists.wissensallmende.de  Organization: Netzwerk Freies Wissen  To:
> g8-2007 at lists.wissensallmende.de
>
> Dear friends
>
> attached you'll find the final version of the declaration concerning G8
> and IPR. Thanks to all of you who provided comments, critics and help in
> the last weeks – this was very helpful and I think we now have a much
> better declaration than we had in the beginning of this process. The
> debate on content is closed now but please, if you find any mistakes
> concerning the language used please send me a mail.
>
> Now search for first signatories has to be started – next Wednesday (May
> 23rd) the meeting of the G8 ministers on IPR is starting and so we
> should send out press-releases on Tuesday, May 22nd  to ensure that
> newspapers writing on the start of that meeting take in the declaration
> (for more information on this please see below).
>
> So time is short and I want to ask you first to SIGN ON AS FIRST
> SIGNATORY (organizations as well as private persons are invited) and
> second to SHARE THE STATEMENT with people you know, send it to relevant
> lists and ASK RELEVANT PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SIGN ON AS FIRST
> SIGNATORIES.
>
> People wishing to be first signatories can either SEND A MAIL TO ME (if
> you are representing a organization please send your logo as well as
> your web address - buhr at wissensallmende.de ) OR WRITE YOUR SIGNATORY
> DIRECT INTO THE wiki (http://declarationg8andipr.pbwiki.com/ , password:
> g82007). This list is intended to give all of us an overview on who
> already signed on and I will include signatories I receive per mail
> there as well.
>
> For having a faster flow of information I included everyone involved in
> the process till now into a mailinglist. It is not moderated so please
> feel free to post comments and ideas.
>
> SOME IDEAS AND QUESTIONS ON FURTHER PROCEDURE:
>
> ***************
> Press releases
> ***************
>
> We plan to announce this declaration on May 22nd GMT+1 with permission
> to print the statement on the 23rd.
>
> Questions:
> Should we send out joint press releases nation by nation? We will make a
> draft release over the weekend in German. If anyone is interested in
> joining us or getting our draft to use it for your own press release
> please contact me. I will send out a link to a wiki page with the draft
> on Sunday evening.
>
> Who else plans to release something at that date or possibly later?
> Please send a short note to the list. If for this an English translation
> of the German press release would be helpful than please give me a hint
> – I'll try my best.
>
> If you have personal contact to a journalist it would be very helpful if
> you could forward the release directly to him.
>
> ************
> Translations
> ************
> A German translation will be ready by Monday morning. As there are
> possibly discussions on that to be made it would be very helpful if all
> German friends wishing to be included in this discussion send me a short
> message. I than will send a link to a wiki with the text to you on
> Monday and hope that we have it ready at the evening. If there is a
> chance please take note on this in your schedule.
>
> Does anyone planning to translate to other languages?
>
> ********************************
> Official Website for signing on
> *******************************
>
> Signing on should be opened on May 23rd around noon to be ready if
> newspapers and other media are picking up this topic.
>
> We will need one place where we collect all signatories. It would be
> possible to do this on our web page (www.wissensallmende.de) if you like
> that idea. I hope to be able to ensure that we have a good tool for
> this. I will get more information on this on Friday. If you have a tool
> for collecting signatures online please say hello. Also if you are very
> familiar with typo3 – which we use on our page – our webmaster will me
> very pleased by a helping hand.
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> More detailed criticism on G8 policy to be included on websites
> ****************************************************************
>
> I think we need more detailed critics besides this statement to include
> it on the web page where later people and organizations will be able to
> sign on.
>
> We already have some more detailed critics on our chancellors plans –
> but I fear I'll not be able to write it down over the weekend – I'll try
> to write a statement on the German chancellors plans at the beginning of
> the week. If anyone would be able to translate it from German to English
> it would be very great.
>
> Also it would be great if some people could provide a written critic on
> their governments position or on politics of other G8 members as well.
> Please send a short message to this list if you already have some or if
> you'd like to write something, perhaps other people would like to join you.
>
> So - this for the moment - I'm looking forward to your replies, ideas
> and critics and hoorays.
>
> All best,
>
> Petra
>
> --
> Petra Buhr
> Koordinatorin
> Netzwerk Freies Wissen
> www.wissensallmende.de
>
> Haus der Demokratie und Menschenrechte
> Greifswalder Str. 4
> 10405 Berlin
>
> Tel: + 49 (0)30 710 93 998
> Mobil: +49 177 876 0 765
> Mail: petra.b.buhr at wissensallmende.de
>
>
> --
> "This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin' it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do."
> - Woody Guthrie (in the late 1930s on a songbook distributed to listeners who wanted the words to his recordings)
>
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