[Cc-hk] informal gathering -- 10pm, Dec. 18th, this Tue

Haggen So haggen_so at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 17 21:17:02 EST 2007


Dear all,

Sorry I cannot come as well.

Haggen

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007, Jack Qiu wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Just came back in town and figured out details for the informal gathering
> with CC'ers from Mainland China and US after our IT and Social
> Responsibility conference tomorrow and the day after (see conference info
> below). Here're the details for this gathering:
>
> Time: 10pm, Dec. 18th, this Tuesday
>
> Place: Renaissance Kowloon Hotel (formerly New World Renaissance hotel, 22
> Salisbury Road, Tsimshatsui)
>
> People:
> 1. from HK: All CC-HK fans are welcome. Rebecca, Charles, myself, and other
> CC-HK fans attending the conference (see link below) will probably be there.
>
> 2. from Beijing: Wang Chunyan from Renmin U and several other CC-China
> Mainland members.
> 3. from US, mostly MIT: Hal Abelson, Jing Wang
>
> Activity: Casual socializing and exchange of ideas, most importantly for
> CC-HK fans to learn from other places where CC is already in operation
>
> RSVP: Please drop me an email so that I know who's coming.
>
> In case you come late, give me a call at 9727-1232.
>
> Best,
> Jack Qiu
>
> On Nov 26, 2007 6:47 PM, Jack Qiu <jacklqiu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Yahong, and all members of the legal team -- Best of luck for
>> your important work, and I look forward to seeing your discussion draft
>> soon!
>>
>> As promised at the workshop, I'm extending invitation from our conference
>> "Information Technology and Social Responsibility" to all fans of CC-HK.
>> Please see the conference website at :
>> http://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/itsr/participants.htm
>> while also see attachment for the PDF e-leaflet
>>
>> Registration is free. You may do it online (preferably) or call Li Na our
>> conference secretary. Members of this group should be most interested in
>> Session 3 in the pm of Dec.17 about the digital commons and intellectual
>> property politics. When leaders of the CC-China Mainland team will present,
>> and Rebecca will be our discussant. Others including Charles and myself will
>> also talk.
>>
>> If you like, we may even have an informal dinner and exchange session
>> members of CC-China Mainland, including Wang Chunyan from Renmin U, whom I
>> just learned was Yahong's former classmate. Again, how small the world is!
>> And I hope to see everyone at this event.
>>
>> Best,
>> Jack
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2007 12:46 PM, Li Yahong <yali at hku.hk> wrote:
>>
>>>  A few more words on the legal process... Our two student RAs, Rob and
>>> Jerry, had worked extremely hard in the past few months.  They identified
>>> all important issues and differences in concepts by carefully studying and
>>> comparing the standard CC licence, HK copyright law, and licences of several
>>> jurisdictions such as UK, Australia, US and mainland China.  These issues
>>> and concepts in turn were thoroughly discussed and debated during our team
>>> meeting last week.  we are now working on finalizing the draft.  Hopefully
>>> we will make it available by the end of the year for public comment after
>>> we get CC international's comments.  Alice and I are working closely
>>> on making sure that the licence is in compliance with HK copyright law and
>>> the drafting process is right on track.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your patience!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Yahong
>>> on behalf of legal team
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Jack Linchuan Qiu, Ph.D.
>>
>> Assistant Professor
>> School of Journalism and Communication,
>> The Chinese University of Hong Kong
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Jack Linchuan Qiu, Ph.D.
>
> Assistant Professor
> School of Journalism and Communication,
> The Chinese University of Hong Kong
>



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