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Strategic plan notes
Future work ideas
- International day of action (suggested by Elissa from ACCAN)
- Add capacity building on activism against the well funded industry lobby groups
2010 Watch List amendments:Add questions on open access to publicly funded research, policies regarding open document formats and the availability of a broad US-style fair use exception
Change caption of "Other relevant laws" to "Other laws referenced below"Condition question about media levies on whether collective licensing appliesExplain intent of question about private enforcement of copyright lawRemove lowest-rated questions (non-commercial use, media levies, unlimited copies, caching, cover versions, professional advice, moral rights, traditional knowledge, unpublished works, communication right, copyright registration, collectives x 3, private enforcement)Amend question for jurisdictions that do not permit a work to be released to the public domainRephrase question on the distinction between personal and large scale use to indicate it refers to penalties only
Report on how IP harmonisation in Europe is far from being achieved and has created more problems for users
Guidebook on Creative Commons for NGOs
Development of Truetopia as a grassroots consensus building mechanism for NGOs
Organise a workshop for the 2009 IGF meeting
Blog for the P2P Foundation about our work
Ensure Wikipedia carries balanced coverage of A2K issues and institutions
Organise CopyNight evenings in members' areasTarget content hosts whose hosting policies exceed TRIPS requirementsNational business roundtable dialogue on the business case for the consumer interest in IPR
Write a case study on the impact of consumer-friendly copyright limitations and exceptions
Lobby governments for the release of their content and software under open licenses