[Cc-hk] We were on page 3 of SCMP Sunday fyi
Chong Chan-yau
chanyau at hku.hk
Mon Oct 27 00:15:34 EDT 2008
Dear Rebecca and All,
Congratulation for the successful launch of CCHK.
I am launching a HKU based video compeitition.
I'd like to link to CC.
Attached is a draft announcement that I'm sending out very soon.
Pls advise me how CC can be linked to it.
Best regards.
Chan Yau
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[mailto:cc-hk-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca MacKinnon
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:14 PM
To: Mr. Pindar Wong; cchk-exco at googlegroups.com; cc-hk
Cc: Velentina Ma; Ying Chan
Subject: Re: [Cc-hk] We were on page 3 of SCMP Sunday fyi
Thanks to Velentina for the hard work getting press attention! For those who
don't subscribe here's the full text:
New copyright licences allow more sharing on Web ... legally
Joshua But
Oct 26, 2008
The concept of sharing, one of the defining features of the Web, is seen as
part of a culture that lends itself to copyright infringement, but a set of
simple icons may help to change that widespread attitude.
The launch of Creative Commons licences in Hong Kong yesterday, in
conjunction with the University of Hong Kong's journalism school, allows
individual creators of images and data to define rights relating to their
works, and allow the works to be shared legally under certain conditions -
by including the appropriate icon in their online product.
Creative Commons is a non-profit organisation that encourages use of the
"some rights reserved" concept, which aims to bridge the gap between the
default copyright concept of "all rights reserved" and "public domain" -
where no copyright restrictions apply.
Under a Creative Commons licence, an amateur photographer could allow his
work uploaded to Flickr - an online image album - to be copied, distributed,
displayed and performed, if he is given credit.
He could state that the pictures were to be shared only for non-commercial
purposes. He could also prohibit retouching of his pictures by adding a "no
derivative works" condition. Icons indicating copyright could be applied to
any creative works ranging from documents, photographs and music to artworks
and videos.
The licences are now localised and adapted to copyright laws in Hong Kong,
the 50th jurisdiction in the world where they have become legally
applicable. About 140 million objects around the world have so far been
licensed under the system.
Creative Commons chief executive Joichi Ito said the internet had brought
with it large copyright concerns, even though more people were now willing
to share. "You might have to consult a lawyer to draft a contract before
using a picture on the internet. The huge costs make it hard for people to
share their works."
Creative Commons licences aimed to lower "knowledge-connection friction"
that people faced when wanting to collaborate, he said. They provided
choices to modify copyright terms and allow legal sharing.
He said the licences were neither anti-copyright nor an alternative to the
traditional copyright concept.
URL:
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=aed836349e43d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
<http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a
0a0/?vgnextoid=aed836349e43d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News>
&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News
2008/10/26 Mr. Pindar Wong <pindar at pacific.net.hk>
--
Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com
Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
"The world is talking. Are you listening?"
Public lead: Creative Commons Hong Kong
http://hk.creativecommons.org
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