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FIRST EVER HUNGARIAN CREATIVE COMMONS REMIX CONTEST ANNOUNCED
Mia Garlick, February 15th, 2006
Budapest, Hungary — February 15, 2006
Creative Commons Hungary, a collaboration between Center for Media Research and Education and the nonprofit organization Creative Commons, today announced, together with the band Nomada and Tilos Radio, the first Creative Commons remix competition in Hungary.
The five-member group Nomada was founded by Roma singer-guitarist Balogh Gusztáv in 2003. Nomada’s music is derived from the Hungarian Gypsy tradition in addition to drawing from other musical styles such as Spanish, Arabic and Serbian folk elements.
Nomada have released their song Aven le Roma! – Here come the Roma!, and its component elements, under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license which authorizes members of the public to remix it. To be considered as part of the content, remixes must be uploaded to this site by March 31, 2006. Six of the best remixes will be selected by panel of Hungarian and international musicians including DJ Vadim, Szakcsi Lakatos Béla, Mitsou and Dj Palotai.
Balazs Bodo of the CC Hungary project team said “Nomada has its roots in the Roma music tradition where music is ‘free’ as the common heritage of Roma people. The band has created something unique out of this, and by releasing their remix of this tradition under a CC license, they are giving it back to those to whom it belongs: a community where it is kept alive. The only difference is that we have stepped out from the analogue, manual music tradition into the realm of electronic music and digital remixes. Use it, fuse it, diffuse it!”
About The Center for Media Research and Education (MOKK)
The Center for Media Research and Education (MOKK) was founded in 2002 as a joint effort of the Department of Sociology and Communication at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the leading Hungarian telecommunication company, Hungarian Telecom, with the aim of furthering multi-disciplinary research and education in the field of new media in Hungary. MOKK is built around the conviction that it is impossible to understand the sociocultural effects of new technologies without taking into account their technical foundations and attributes—and equally, that in order to develop successful new media applications one needs to understand the sociocultural context of their use. For more information about MOKK, visit their site.
About Tilos Radio
Tilos Radio is a community, a non-profit radio station in Budapest, Hungary, that was established in 1991, to draw the public’s attention to the fact that there was at that time no legal framework for independent and community broadcasters. During the first years of its broadcasting, Tilos (which means “forbidden” in Hungarian) enjoyed wide public interest and played a key role in the liberalisation of the airwaves in Hungary, which happened in 1995. In 1995, Tilos Radio secured a frequency license and has since transitioned to become a key player in the cultural and lifestyle scene of Budapest.
The services of Tilos are mainly financed by listeners’ donations and the income from fund-raising events, and partly by support from EU programmes, international NGO’s and charity institutions. For more information about Tilos visit their site.
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation. For general information, visit their site.
Contact
Balazs Bodo (Budapest)
CC Hungary
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Christiane Asschenfeldt (Berlin)
Creative Commons International
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CREATIVE COMMONS TO PORT LICENSES TO MAINLAND CHINA
Mia Garlick, December 23rd, 2005
San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY — December 20, 2005 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon, introduces today a revamped draft version of its localized licenses in The People’s Republic of China.
Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website (http://creativecommons.org). The licenses allow authors and artists to mark their works as free to copy or transform under certain conditions—to declare “some rights reserved,” in contrast to the traditional “all rights reserved”—thereby enabling others to access a growing pool of raw materials without legal friction.
Led by Project Lead Chunyan Wang and the Law School of Renmin University of China, and helped by Professors Li Chen and Guo He, Ms. Gao Si from NCAC, and Mr.Zheng Yi and Miss Chen Jie, Creative Commons Mainland China has worked on a new version of the standardized licenses, adapted to Chinese law.
The Creative Commons Mainland China project is supported by IET Foundation, the Center for Internet Law at Peking University Law School, and China Open Resources for Education (CORE).
CC Mainland China will post their new version on the Creative Commons website for public discussion. The license draft will be discussed at a new mailing list and a new URL.
Following a fruitful discussion, CC Mainland China plans to launch a localized version of the licenses during a launch event at the Intellectual Property and Creative Commons conference taking place at Renmin University of China and Peking University in Beijing in March 2006.
Says Chunyan Wang: “I think it would be extremely important to introduce Creative Commons licenses to China. The concept and approach of Creative Commons licenses would provide a sensible middle ground for China, between western approaches of strict copyright and the traditional Chinese approach of having no intellectual property rights. Indeed, the very idea of Creative Commons is based on the traditional Chinese approach of society sharing its intellectual creativity, under a reasonable set of guidelines. Adopting the Creative Commons licensing system in China would be a significant step forward in helping China further the development of culturally diverse creative works, and improve the ability of the people of China to communicate effectively with other societies and cultures around the world.“
About Law School of Renmin University of China
Renmin University of China (RUC) is a national leading university focusing on humanities, social sciences, economics, law and management. RUC was officially established in 1950. As one of the major schools and departments, the Law School is the first higher legal education institution officially established after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Consisting of 12 Teaching and Research Sections (TRS) and 15 research centers, the Law School boasts two National Key Research Centers—Research Center of Criminal Jurisprudence and Research Center of Civil and Commercial Jurisprudence—and China Law Information Center, a National 211 Project program. With one LL.B, nine LL.M and seven LL.D programs, RUC Law School has a comprehensive legal education system.
For general information, visit the website
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit the group’s website.
Contact
Christiane Asschenfeld
Executive Director CC International
Creative Commons
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Mia Garlick
General Counsel and COO
Creative Commons
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Creative Commons anuncia el lanzamiento del Concurso de Remixes “Criminales del Copyright”
Eric Steuer, December 7th, 2005
Las composiciones ganadoras serán incluídas en un próximo documental; las 12 canciones finalistas serán incluidas en un CD que acompañará a la película.
San Francisco, CA, USA – 7 de diciembre de 2005
Creative Commons, junto a los productores cinematográficos Kembrew McLeod y Ben Franzen, anunciaron el día de hoy el lanzamiento del concurso “Criminales del Copyright” (”Copyright Criminals Remix Contest”). El concurso alienta a productores, DJs y remixers de todo el mundo a utilizar fragmentos de audio (audio snippets) del próximo documental titulado “Criminales del Copyright” (Copyright Criminals) y convertirlos en canciones originales.
Uno de los ganadores incluirá su música en la edición final de “Criminales del Copyright”. Adicionalmente la canción ganadora, acompañada de las siguientes 11 finalistas serán incluidas en un CD que incluirá la banda sonora de la película. La canción ganadora será alojada en ccMixter desde el martes 6 de diciembre hasta el 28 de febrero de 2006.
A lo largo de mas de cincuenta entrevistas con destacados músicos, artistas, estudiantes, abogados, y representantes de la industria “Criminales del Copyright” da una mirada al desarrollo de las remezclas/remixes de audio (también conocidas como “sampling”). El documental explora el complejo impacto que han tenido las normas de derechos de autor/copyright en la práctica creativa del “sampling” y estudia las diferentes opiniones de artistas y diversos especialistas acerca de los usos no autorizados de obras protegidas.
“Este concurso, así como nuestro documental, examina la importancia de ser creativo en la era digital,” sostiene
Kembrew McLeod, co-director de Criminales del Copyright. “Los artistas tradicionalmente se han prestado recíprocamente sus creaciones y se han inspirado en el mundo que los rodea. Pero, que sucede cuando las tecnologías digitales permiten la inserción de citas sumamente literales como parte de nuevas creaciones?”
Fragmentos de diálogos sostenidos con artistas como De La Soul, DJ Qbert, e integrantes de Public Enemy, así como
Matmos, Coldcut, e integrantes de Negativland – todas tomadas de entrevistas preparadas para Criminales del Copyright – se encuentran disponibles en línea en la comunidad de remixers ccMixter para ser utilizados por los concursantes como insumos en su participación en el concurso. La utilización de “audio snippets” se encuentra disponible para su libre uso gracias a las licencias Creative Commons, las mismas que facilitan la compartición y creación de obras nuevas sobre la base de obras ya existentes. El jurado del concurso se encuentra compuesto por McLeod, Franzen, y el autor y productor Jeff Chang. Las bases del concurso se encuentran disponibles en ccMixter.
Acerca del jurado
Kembrew McLeod es catedrático de la Universidad de Iowa and ganador de premios como productor independiente. McLeod ha escrito música para Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and MOJO; y cuenta con dos publicaciones, la mas
reciente “Freedom of Expression®: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity (Doubleday).”
Ben Franzen es un artista basado en Atlanta, dueño de la productora independiente Changing Images LLC, que se
especializa en video, fotografía y multimedia. Franzen edita el programa de televisión animado Squidbillies, que se
transmite como parte de la programación adulta de Cartoon Network.
Jeff Chang es el autor de “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation”, premiada en el concurso American Book. En 1993, co-fundó y actualmente maneja el sello independiente, SoleSides (hoy Quannum Projects), apoyando el lanzamiento de las carreras de DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, y Lateef the Truth Speaker. Ha participado en la producción de mas de una docena de discos.
Acerca de Creative Commons
Creative Commons es una organización sin fines de lucro que promueve la reutilización creativa de obras y creaciones intelectuales y artísticas resaltando la importancia de los autores en el proceso creativo y acercándolos a su público. Creative Commons es financiada gracias a las generosas colaboraciones del Center for the Public Domain, el John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, la Omidyar Network, y la Hewlett Foundation. Para mayor información puede visitar creativecommons.org.
Contacto
Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
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+1-415-946-3039
Kembrew McLeod
Co-director, Copyright Criminals
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+1-319-621-4620
Creative Commons Announces Copyright Criminals Remix Contest
Eric Steuer, December 6th, 2005
Winning Track to Be Featured in Film; Top 12 Tracks to Appear on CD
San Francisco, CA, USA ¬– December 6, 2005
Creative Commons, along with filmmakers Kembrew McLeod and Ben Franzen, today announced the Copyright Criminals Remix Contest. The competition encourages producers, DJs, and remixers from around the world to use audio snippets from the upcoming documentary film Copyright Criminals in new, original songs. One winner will have his/her music featured prominently in the final edit of Copyright Criminals. The winning track, along with 11 runners-up, will be included on the film’s companion CD. The contest will be hosted at ccMixter from Tuesday, December 6 through Tuesday, February 28.
Drawing from more than fifty interviews with prominent musicians, artists, scholars, lawyers, and music industry representatives, Copyright Criminals looks at the development of sound collage (also known as sampling). The film explores the complicated impact that copyright law has had on the creative practice of sampling and studies the conflicting opinions artists and others have about appropriation.
“This contest, like our documentary, examines what it means to be creative in an age of digital reproduction,” says Kembrew McLeod, co-director of Copyright Criminals. “Artists have traditionally borrowed from each other and have been directly inspired by the world around them. But what happens when digital technologies allow for very literal quotes to be inserted into new works?”
Samples of dialogue by artists like De La Soul, DJ Qbert, and members of Public Enemy, as well as Matmos, Coldcut, and members of Negativland – all taken from interviews conducted for Copyright Criminals – are available online at the popular remix community ccMixter for use as source material to be included in entrants’ songs. The audio snippets are available to the public for free through the use of Creative Commons licensing, which allows for the sharing of and building upon existing creative works. Entries will be judged by McLeod, Franzen, and author/producer Jeff Chang. Contest rules and details are available at ccMixter.
About the judges
Kembrew McLeod is a professor at the University of Iowa and an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker. McLeod has written music criticism for Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and MOJO; and has authored two books, most recently Freedom of Expression®: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity (Doubleday).
Ben Franzen is an Atlanta-based artist who owns an independent production company called Changing Images LLC, which specializes in video, photography, and multimedia. Franzen edits the animated TV program Squidbillies, which appears as part of the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim line-up.
Jeff Chang is the author of the American Book Award-winning Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. In 1993, he co-founded and ran the influential indie hip-hop label, SoleSides (now called Quannum Projects), helping launch the careers of DJ Shadow, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, and Lateef the Truth Speaker. He has helped produce over a dozen records.
About Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network, and the Hewlett Foundation. For more information, visit the group’s Web site.
Contact
Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
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Kembrew McLeod
Co-director, Copyright Criminals
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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN SCOTLAND
Mia Garlick, December 5th, 2005
Creative Commons’ innovative copyright licenses now offered in Scotland.
San Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Edinburgh, Scotland — December 2, 2005 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon today announced the launch of its licenses in Scotland.
Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website. The licenses allow authors and artists to mark their works as free to copy or transform under certain conditions—to declare “some rights reserved,” in contrast to the traditional “all rights reserved”—thereby enabling others to access a growing pool of raw materials without legal friction.
Staff at Creative Commons’ offices in San Francisco and Berlin worked with joint project leads in Scotland to adapt the standard licenses to Scottish law. The joint project leads for Creative Commons Scotland are Professor Hector MacQueen, who is Director of the Governing Board of the Arts and Humanities Research Council Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, and Jonathan Mitchell QC, who is a practicing Queens Counsel at the Scottish bar and a visiting Research Fellow at the Centre.
“With growing interest in the re-use of publicly available material, and growing concern at attempts by commercial publishers to restrict re-use, Creative Commons licensing has never been more needed than now. The creative communities in Scotland now have an opportunity to apply ready-made, plain-language licences to their work to aid its maximum distribution”, says Jonathan Mitchell.
About AHRC
The Arts and Humanities Research Council Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law was established in 2002 in the Faculty of Law of Edinburgh University with the assistance of the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Its Director—Professor Hector MacQueen—and four co-Directors—Ms Lilian Edwards, Mr. Andres Guadamuz, Professor Graeme Laurie and Dr. Charlotte Waelde—have worked together since the establishment of their earlier research centre SCRIPT in 1998. The Centre conducts research into law, technology, commerce and society in the widest possible sense; its anchor projects are ‘Privacy, Property and Personality’; ‘Intellectual Property, Cultural Heritage and the Public Domain’; and ‘E- commerce Legislation within the EU’, bringing together academics and practising lawyers. Among its many publications are a number of reports dealing with copyright management and the law.
For more information on the Creative Commons Scotland project visit this site.
For more information on the Research Centre visit the Centre’s site
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit the group’s website.
Contact
Jonathan Mitchell QC
The Murray Stable of the Faculty of Advocates
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Christiane Asschenfeldt
Executive Director iCommons, Creative Commons
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Mia Garlick
General Counsel & COO, Creative Commons
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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN SWEDEN
Mia Garlick, December 1st, 2005
Silicon Valley-based NGO introduces its innovative copyright licenses in Sweden
San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY — November 30, 2005 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon, today unveils a localized version of its innovative licensing system in Sweden.
Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website (http://creativecommons.org). The licenses allow authors and artists to mark their works as free to copy or transform under certain conditions—to declare “some rights reserved,” in contrast to the traditional “all rights reserved”—thereby enabling others to access a growing pool of raw materials with minimal legal friction.
Staff at Creative Commons’ offices in San Francisco and Berlin worked with Project Lead Mathias Klang and Karl Jonsson of the Creative Commons Sweden team to adapt the standardized licenses to Swedish law. Creative Commons Sweden is hosted and supported by the IT University of the University of Göteborg.
Today the Swedish versions of Creative Commons licenses are being launched and will be available at the group’s website.
As a first official use of the Swedish Creative Commons licenses, the Swedish band Auto-Auto will be releasing their new EP “Totem” on December 13, 2005 under a Creative Commons license. “Totem” will contain five tracks and will be available for download at the band’s site. Together with the release, the record company and Internet community Substream are making a remix-kit freely available and will be announcing a competition for the best remix of “Totem.”
About Göteborg University and IT University
IT University is a faculty within Göteborg University. It is a new addition to the centre for IT research, education and development in the west of Sweden. This venture offers excellent scope for cooperation between researchers within different areas of expertise and specializations. The programs offered are based on advanced research and are in a constant state of development.
Göteborg University offers the most comprehensive range of courses and degree programs in Sweden. Göteborg University has about 40 000 students, a staff of well over four thousand, and almost as many part-time teachers spread over approx. 70 departments.
For general information, visit the the Göteborg University website & the IT University site
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit the Creative Commons website
Contact
Christiane Asschenfeldt
Executive Director CC International, Creative Commons
Email
+49.30.280.93.909
Mia Garlick
General Counsel & COO,Creative Commons
Email
+ 1.415.946.3073
Mathias Klang
Project Lead Sweden
+46.705.432.213
Karl Jonsson
License coordinator Sweden
+46.707.454.211
CREATIVE COMMONS TO PORT LICENSES TO MALTA
Mia Garlick, December 1st, 2005
Public discussion of adaptation of Creative Commons licenses to Malta to start in November 2005
San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY — November 28, 2005 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon, announced today that Malta is the latest country to join its global licensing project.
Creative Commons copyright licenses, which are available free of charge from the group’s website, allow authors and artists to mark their works as free to copy or transform under certain conditions—to declare “some rights reserved,” in contrast to the traditional “all rights reserved”—thereby enabling others to access a growing pool of raw materials without legal friction.
In an effort spearheaded by Project Leads Daniele Cop and Brian Restall of Project in Motion (PiM) Creative Commons Malta plans to adapt the copyright licenses for use under Maltese law and to build local engagement with and use of Creative Commons-licensed content.
This November, Creative Commons Malta will post their initial drafts on the Creative Commons website for public discussion—participation in which is open to all.
About Project in Motion Ltd (PiM).
Projects in Motion Ltd (PiM) was set up to provide the leadership and expertise required to boost Malta’s participation in a range of European programmes and initiatives. It addresses the need expressed by local SMEs for more specific information and assistance in promoting international cooperation and networking, and in offering services related to ICTs, management, research, training and dissemination activities.
PiM’s network of experts covers areas like ICT, education, health, law, as well as cultural, scientific, environmental, agricultural and socio-economic disciplines. Through its association with other organizations, PiM strives to overcome the existing high fragmentation of resources. It brings together local players to create knowledge-intensive, multi-stakeholder partnerships possessing the critical mass needed to achieve excellence. PiM therefore aims to facilitate the transformation of local SMEs into learning organisations set to reap the benefits of the knowledge economy.
For general information, visit PiM’s website.
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit the Creative Commons site
Contact
Christiane Asschenfeldt
Executive Director CC International
Creative Commons
Email
Mia Garlick
General Counsel & COO
Creative Commons
Email
Google Advanced Search Enables CC-Customized Searching
Mia Garlick, November 4th, 2005
San Francisco, USA — November 4, 2005
Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides a flexible copyright licenses for authors and artists, today announced that Google now enables filtering for Creative Commons-licensed content
Following the example of Yahoo!’s CC-search that was released in March 2004 and then incorporated into Yahoo!’s Advanced Search page, Google has incorporated a new element into its Advanced Search page that allows users to filter their search by “Usage Rights.” By choosing to search for content that “allows some form of reuse” or “can be freely modified, adapted or built upon,” search results with be limited to content that is made available under a Creative Commons license.
Creative Commons CEO & Chairman, Lawrence Lessig said “Creative Commons is thrilled by Google’s decision to join Yahoo! in enabling the spread of CC-licensed content. Now two major search engines recognize Creative Commons licenses; this confirms that CC is an important part of the infrastructure of the Internet.
Creative Commons own search page now gives site visitors the ability to search using either Google or Yahoo!.
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit the Creative Commons website
Contact
Mike Linksvayer
CTO, Creative Commons
Email
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN SLOVENIA
Mia Garlick, October 28th, 2005
Silicon-Valley-based NGO reinforces its activities around the globe and introduces its innovative copyright licenses in Slovenia.
San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY, Ljubljana SLOVENIA — October 28, 2005 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon, will launch the localization of the innovative licensing system in Slovenia as part of a four day Festival of Creativity and Free Culture.
Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website. The licenses allow authors and artists to mark their works as free to copy or transform under certain conditions—to declare “some rights reserved,” in contrast to the traditional “all rights reserved”—thereby enabling others to access a growing pool of raw materials without legal friction.
Staff at Creative Commons’ offices in San Francisco and Berlin worked with Project Lead Maja Bogataj Jančič, from the Intellectual Property Institute, and Špela Kučan of Ljubljana Digital Media Lab LJUDMILA, who supervised the technical team, to adapt the standardized licenses to Slovenian law.
The licenses will be launched as part of the Festival of Creativity and Free Culture in Ljubljana, which is honored to have the support of Dr. Janez Drnovšek, the President of the Republic of Slovenia. The festival will include an international legal seminar, hosted by Open Society Institute, on October 28 during which Lawrence Lessig, Chairman & CEO of Creative Commons, will give a lecture titled “Should Copyright Include the Exclusive Right to Copy?” The lecture coincides with the promotion of the Slovenian translation of Lessig’s book “Free Culture.”
The localized version of CC licensing system will be unveiled at the CC Launch on Saturday October 29. The launch will consist of performances of world renown violinist Maja Cerar and the duet Random Logic, who will perform a piece by composer and computer musician Douglas Geers. Greers’ pieice “Obsessive Currents”, which is CC licensed, was itself inspired by the public domain works of Bach and Ysaÿe. During the launch, the CC-licensed work of other local artists will also be showcased. Project leads from other Creative Commons teams in Brazil, Italy and Croatia will attend the launch together with Chairman & CEO Lawrence Lessig.
Read more about the Festival program
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About Intellectual Property Institute
The Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) is a research, academic and training institution in the field of intellectual property law. It was founded in 2004 and is the first institution of its kind in Slovenia. The Institute conducts research, provides education and offers training opportunities in the field of intellectual property law. The primary focus of its activities is to explore the challenges that digitalization has brought to intellectual property law and are important for the progress of an information-based society. The Institute aims to work in close cooperation with Slovenian universities, research institutions, industry, art centers and civil society groups. Its objective is to create a strong network of partnership with researchers and research institutions at home and abroad. Since its recent founding, the Institute has participated in many discussions regarding various intellectual property issues, and managed to mark the landscape of the debate with its perspective.
For more information visit the IPI website or contact Maja Bogataj Jančič.
More about LJUDMILA
LJUDMILA – Ljubljana Digital Media Lab, founded by a group of new media artists and activists living and working in Ljubljana in 1994, has extensive experience connecting new media technologies and artistic projects as well as encouraging broader, savvier and more creative uses of new technologies. Initially funded by the OSI-Slovenia Internet program, Ljudmila has grown into a well-equipped digital media lab that focuses on digital production as well as education, research and development of open standards software. It also provides knowledge, equipment, Internet access, web sites, electronic publishing and other affordable networking services to non-governmental and non-profit organizations, art collectives, active individuals, and others. Ljudmila operates through Culture & Arts Centre KUD France Prešeren.
For more information visit the LJUDMILA website or contact Špela Kučan.
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit the group’s website.
Contact
Maja Bogataj Jančič
Director, Intellectual Property Institute
Email
Christiane Asschenfeldt
Executive Director iCommons, Creative Commons
Email
Mia Garlick
General Counsel, Creative Commons
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Presskit in English
Presskit in Slovenian
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES LAUNCH IN ARGENTINA
Mia Garlick, October 2nd, 2005
Silicon-Valley-based NGO reinforces its activities around the globe
San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY — October 1, 2005 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative work free to share and build upon, today unveils a localized version of its innovative licensing system in Argentina.
Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from the group’s website. The licenses allow authors and artists to mark their works as free to copy or transform under certain conditions—to declare “some rights reserved,” in contrast to the traditional “all rights reserved”—thereby enabling others to access a growing pool of raw materials without legal friction.
Staff at Creative Commons’ offices in San Francisco and Berlin worked with Project Leads Professor Ariel Vercelli and Professor Pablo Palazzi to adapt the standardized licenses to Argentinean law. The Creative Commons Argentina project team is supported by the Fundación OSDE, and the nonprofit NGO Bienes Comunes.
Today the Argentinean versions of the Creative Commons licenses will be launched in Buenos Aires, at a ceremony held at the Centro Cultural General San Martín (Sarmiento 1551, Sala D, 12:00 AM). As part of the launch event, Professor Lawrence Lessig (Chairman and CEO of Creative Commons) and Professor Ariel Vercelli, (Chairman of Bienes Comunes and Project Lead of the Creative Commons team in Argentina) will give lectures that will be webcast live.
About Fundación OSDE
Fundación OSDE is a non-profit organization in Argentina, founded in 1991 with the purpose of promoting activities in the fields of culture, education, health, economy, law and policies. Combining freedom and creativity. The mission of Fundación OSDE is based on the belief that there are ethical principles and values such as truth, freedom, integrity, solidarity, transparency, loyalty and excellence that have been and are still present in the Argentinean vision for the future.
For general information, visit the the website of Fundación OSDE.
About Bienes Comunes
Bienes Comunes is a non-profit association founded in 2005 and located in Buenos Aires. Its mission is the study, research, promotion, improvement and protection of the commons. Bienes Comunes intends to work as a hub between diverse networks (private, public and community) interested in the protection and regulation of the cultural, physical, digital and biological commons.
For general information, visit their website.
About Creative Commons
A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.
For general information, visit the Creative Commons website.
Contact
Christiane Asschenfeldt
Executive Director iCommons, Creative Commons
Email
Mia Garlick
General Counsel, Creative Commons
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Ariel Vercelli (Buenos Aires)
Project Lead, Creative Commons Argentina
President, NGO Bienes Comunes
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