News and Research articles on Freedom of panorama

Volume 6, Issue 1

Public artworks and the freedom of panorama controversy: a case of Wikimedia influence

Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Pierre-Carl Langlais, Université Paris Sorbonne
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Feb 2017 DOI: 10.14763/2017.1.447

Artworks in the public space are not in the public domain: an apparent lightweight topic is polarising European copyright lobbyists.

KEYWORDS: Public domain, Public art, Freedom of panorama, Public space, Text-mining, Copyright law, Lobbying
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Wikimedia and the (political) meaning of free knowledge

Nikolas Becker, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)

PUBLISHED ON: 2 Apr 2013

In Europe, education and free knowledge are subject to political restrictions that can only be effectively changed on the EU level. Wikimedia, the not-for-profit organisation behind the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, believes this. The organisation could therefore soon open an office in Brussels to participate in the future debates about a European knowledge society. Nikolas Becker is a member of the board of Wikimedia Germany. Using three concise examples, he explains why and where he sees need for action.