<div dir="ltr">Wow, that is really good news. It was really frustrating to have my pictures deleted from commons all the time.<div><br></div><div>Polyglot</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-06-17 5:03 GMT+02:00 Marc Gemis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc.gemis@gmail.com" target="_blank">marc.gemis@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">For those that also contribute to wikimedia</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Doorgestuurd bericht ----------<br>Van: "Romaine Wiki" <<a href="mailto:romaine.wiki@gmail.com" target="_blank">romaine.wiki@gmail.com</a>><br>Datum: 17 jun. 2016 02:44<br>Onderwerp: [Wikimedia Belgium] Freedom of Panorama approved in parliament, just a matter of time before official<br>Aan: "Wikimedia Belgium mailing list" <<a href="mailto:wikimediabe-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank">wikimediabe-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi all,<br><br></div>Great news!<br><br></div>Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament. <br>A mayority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including commercial use.<br><br></div>Soon images of artworks and modern buildings in Belgium can be restored on Commons.<br><br></div>But
first the law needs to be published in the Staatsblad, and ten days
later it will be official, but that is just a formality. (Will keep you
updated on that.)<br><br><br></div>Article in the news in Dutch:<br><a href="http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852" target="_blank">http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852</a><br><br><div><br></div><div>In
the past weeks, as well as since the campaign in Europe last year, we
from Wikimedia Belgium have worked hard on this subject and communicated
with the members of the parliament informing what this subject means
for Wikipedia.<br><br></div><div>With the founding of Wikimedia Belgium in 2014, this subject was a priority for us.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks all for the support!<br><br></div><div>Greetings from Belgium,<br></div>Romaine</div>
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