Submissions:2016/Public Policy Advocacy Across Both Coasts


 * Title: Public Policy Advocacy Across Both Coasts


 * Theme: Policy and outreach


 * Academic Peer Review option: no


 * Type of submission: Panel


 * Author: John Sadowski, Peter Meyer, Charles Roslof


 * E-mail address: jpsadowski@post.harvard.edu


 * Username: Antony-22


 * Affiliation: Wikimedia District of Columbia / Wikimedia Foundation


 * Abstract: Under construction. This will be a joint panel discussion containing members of both the Wikimedia Foundation's legal team and Wikimedia District of Columbia's Public Policy Committee.


 * We will discuss how each organization approaches public policy, and how we participate in policy conversations. We will discuss the limits on lobbying that we face as nonprofits, the meetings and discussions we have had with government officials (including congressional staff and a member of the European parliament), and the process of submitting written statements to government bodies.


 * We will recount our recent and ongoing advocacy efforts, on topics such as orphan works reform, the public domain status of California state government works, the US copyright notice-and-takedown system, and a content removal in Canada.


 * We will describe some recent court decisions as well as the US federal government efforts toward open data and open source policy, which are likely to make it easier for government staff to work cooperatively on Wikimedia software and data and for Wikimedians to make use of what the government can offer.


 * Length of presentation: 30-45 min.


 * Special schedule requests: Afternoon preferred


 * Preferred room size: 25-50


 * Will you attend WikiConference North America if your submission is not accepted?: Yes

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