[P2P-F] Fwd: [Commoning] Open Letter to President Rousseff Now Online - Undersign and Spread the link

Sat Feb 19 11:51:52 CET 2011

Thanks for helping to spread this!! and please do sign if you can,

Michel

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Silke Helfrich <Silke.Helfrich at gmx.de>
Date: 2011/2/18
Subject: [Commoning] Open Letter to President Rousseff Now Online -
Undersign and Spread the link
To: Silke Helfrich <Silke.Helfrich at gmx.de>
Cc: A2K <A2K at lists.essential.org>, Commoning <
commoning at lists.wissensallmende.de>, Gemeingueter <
Gemeingueter at lists.wissensallmende.de>

Online Petition for Signature
http://www.petitiononline.com/CSGFeb11/petition.html

Dear all,

The international open letter to President Dilma Rousseff initially signed
by international organizations, academics and activists in support of the
work of the Brazilian society and government for the cultural commons is now
online.
Please support this initiative with your signature!
The open letter was highly welcomed at the World Social Forum in Dakar by
Brazilian Organizations who know that international pressure can make a big
difference.

The International Open Letter follows an Open Letter by the Brazilian
civil society in December expressing concern that Rousseff’s appointment
of Ana de Hollanda as new Minister of Culture might lead to a reversal
of the progressive policies of under the Ministers Gilberto Gil and Juca
Ferreira.

The letter points out a range of achievements by the previous Ministry
of Culture (MinC), including the support for free software, the
Development Agenda at WIPO, an open inclusive dialogue in society about
culture policies, the adoption of free licenses and the copyright bill.
For some background on the issues see here.

The letter, an initiative of Commons Strategies Group with the help of
some friends, was presented to a considerable number of international
media and communication networks at the World Social Forum and will be
released to international media by Monday, February 21.

The more people join us before the international media release, the
better!

Many thanks in advance for your support

Silke Helfrich
Commons Strategies Group

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