[cc-community] PRESS RELEASE: CCi and Wikimedia Germany in closer collaboration, shared office space

Michelle Thorne michelle at creativecommons.org
Tue Dec 9 11:43:04 EST 2008


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Creative Commons International and Wikimedia Germany in closer
collaboration, shared office space
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Berlin, Germany — December 9, 2008

Building on existing collaborations with local Wikimedia projects, Creative
Commons International (CCi) will be moving its current office in
Berlin-Mitte to Berlin-Schöneberg to share workspace with Wikimedia Germany.
The move reflects the organizations' growing efforts and long-standing
mutual support.

Wikimedia Germany, the first independent national Wikimedia chapter, is
known the world over for its high quality articles and exemplary member
participation, leading the first international Wikimedia conference
"Wikimania" in 2005 in Frankfurt am Main and establishing Wikipedia
Academies in 2006.

"The free culture and free content communities in Germany are incredibly
strong, and this collaboration will help build bridges across projects,
people, and resources. It is my hope that these ties will extend to
community members worldwide." CCi Director Dr. Catharina Maracke remarks.

CCi works closely with other local Wikimedia chapters, including Wikimedia
Serbia, one of the institutional hosts of the CC Serbia project, and
Wikimedia Indonesia, which will shortly begin porting the CC licenses to
Indonesian law. Nordic CC and Wikimedia communities are also strengthening
ties, as demonstrated by the recent "free society" conference FSCONS,
organized by CC Sweden, Wikimedia Sweden, and the Free Software Foundation
Europe.

Beginning December 10, 2008, the CCi office will be based in Eisenacher
Straße 2, 10777 Berlin, Germany.


About Wikimedia Germany

The organization Wikimedia Germany (Wikimedia Deutschland – Gesellschaft zur
Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.) was founded in June 2004 by active
contributors to the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Its mission is to foster
Free Knowledge through information and education in general and through the
support of diverse projects led by volunteers who are making knowledge
freely available to everyone. Wikimedia Germany focuses its efforts on
Wikipedia and related projects driven by the Wikimedia Foundation. For more
information, please visit http://wikimedia.de/.


About Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that
promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works, whether
owned or in the public domain. Through its free copyright licenses, Creative
Commons offers authors, artists, scientists, and educators the choice of a
flexible range of protections and freedoms that build upon the "all rights
reserved" concept of traditional copyright to enable a voluntary "some
rights reserved" approach. Creative Commons was built with and is sustained
by the generous support of organizations including the Center for the Public
Domain, the Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller Foundation, The John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation, as well as members of the public. For more information about
Creative Commons, visit http://creativecommons.org.

Contact

Dr. Catharina Maracke
Director
Creative Commons International
catharina at creativecommons.org

Press Kit

http://creativecommons.org/presskit
http://creativecommons.org/international




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Michelle Thorne
Creative Commons International
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10119 Berlin, Germany
Phone:   +49.30.28 09 69 41
Fax:      +49.30.28 09 39 10

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