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  • From: "Melissa Reeder" <melissa AT creativecommons.org>
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  • Subject: [cc-info] ccNewsletter #6 - Creative Commons International
  • Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:58:19 -0700

Dear All,

Over the past 10 months I've compiled and sent you newsletters that relay the most interesting and informative links from the CC blog -- a one stop shop for current CC-related news. But now that I have a number of these newsletters under my belt, I'm beginning to wonder how I can make them better. So, in an attempt to improve the ccNewsletter, I've decided to tweak the format. From now on, in order to provide you with a more comprehensive overview of what we are working on here at CC, each newsletter will begin with an update from one of CC's projects. The first being Creative Commons International. And in case you'd rather read in print (or just love well-designed documents), check out the ccNewsletter #6 PDF <http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/newsletter/ccnewsletter6.pdf> collaboratively designed by CC Philippines project leads and CC's Senior Designer Alex Roberts.



All the Best from CC,

Melissa Reeder


Inside Scoop: Creative Commons International
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Creative Commons International <http://creativecommons.org/interntational>
is a project of Creative Commons that works towards linguistically
and legally adapting the Core Creative Commons licenses to copyright
legislations around the world. A dynamic, international network of legal
experts and policy-makers volunteer to port and maintain the licenses
in their jurisdiction. To date, there are 44 jurisdictions with ported
licenses, and six more scheduled to launch in 2008. This network consists
of over 200 active team members from nearly 70 countries. Through
coordination with CCi, these leaders promote a culture of creativity
and legal sharing in the digital environment and beyond.

This network of volunteers is one of the foremost reasons behind the
growth and dissemination of Creative Commons, and we are forever indebted
to them for their work and dedication to CC and the broader "open"
movement. This newsletter is dedicated to all of these projects. Thank
you so much for your hard work, your dedication, and most notably -
your patience, as we figure out how we can best support you.


Launches
==================================================

Eight jurisdictions successfully ported the Creative Commons licensing
suite in 2007-2008. The completion of the license porting is celebrated
at a launch event hosted by the local jurisdiction project.

India -- January 26, 2007 in Bombay:
The Indian versions of the Creative Commons licenses were launched in
the IIT Bombay's auditorium in Mumbai, at a ceremony held as part of
the 'IIT Techfest', IIT Bombay's Annual International Science and
Technology festival.
* Creative Commons Licenses Launch in India
 http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/7222
* Chitra Katha - Creative Commons Short Film Contest
 http://cc-india.org/index.php?q=node/27

Switzerland -- May 24-26, 2007 in Zurich:
The Swiss version of Creative Commons licenses were launched in Zurich
at a ceremony held as the finishing highlight of this year's
Tweakfest, Switzerland's Festival for Media, Culture, and Digital
Lifestyle. The event was hosted by Digitale Allmend in coopreration
with Openlaw.
* Launch of Creative Commons Switzerland
 http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number5.11/creative-commons-switzerland
* Launch of Swiss Creative Commons Licenses [audio files]
 http://www.archive.org/details/creativecommons_ch_2007_05_26

Macedonia -- June 19, 2007 in Skopje:
Alongside the successful launch event attended by 120 visitors,
Metamorphosis Foundation published the opening of the Macedonian
portal intended for encouraging e-content development and their
promotion.
* Macedonian versions of Creative Commons licenses presented
 http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/929/26/lang,en/
* Creative Commons Content Portal for Macedonia
 http://www.cc.org.mk/

Greece -- October 13, 2007 in Athens:
The launch was celebrated at the Ceremonies Hall in the University of
Athens, with a keynote address from Prof. Lawrence Lessig. The porting
of the licenses to Greek law was headed by Legal Project Leads Marinos
Papadopoulos and Prodromos Tsiavos, with support from Public Project
Lead Theodoros Karounos.
* Creative Commons Licenses Launch in Greece
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7721
* Greek Creative Commons 3.0 Launch [video]
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_GpEcIiqqc

Luxembourg -- October 15, 2007 in Luxembourg:
The launch of the Creative Commons licensing suite at the Public
Research Center Henri Tudor (CRP) in Luxembourg marked the 40th
jurisdiction worldwide to offer Creative Commons licenses adapted to
national law.
* Luxembourg 40th Jurisdiction to Offer Ported Creative Commons Licenses
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7737
* CC-lu Launch Event 15.10 [program]
 http://www.luxcommons.lu/?page_id=60

New Zealand -- October 27, 2007 in Wellington:
The launch was celebrated in Wellington at the National Library in
cooperation with Te Whāinga Aronui The Council for the Humanities. The
event was followed by a free seminar hosted by Creative Commons
Aotearoa New Zealand on the new licensing environment in the digital
world.
* Launch announcement
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7768
* Webcast & video files from launch
 http://www.r2.co.nz/20071027/

Serbia -- December 15, 2007 in Belgrade:
The much-anticipated global celebration of Creative Commons' fifth
year was amplified with the announcement of the launch of the locally
ported Creative Commons licensing suite in Serbia. In collaboration
with slobodnakultura.org, Wikimedia Serbia, and New Media center
Kuda_org, the Creative Commons Team in Serbia successfully adapted the
Creative Commons licenses both linguistically and legally to Serbian
national law.
* Serbia announces ported licenses on Creative Commons' fifth year
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7911
* CCBit music compilation
 http://creativecommons.org.yu/lounge/CCBit

Philippines -- December 15, 2007:
Following the unveiling of the Philippine localized Creative Commons
licenses in December, citizens gathered on January 14th in Manila at
the Arellano University School of Law to celebrate in full the public
launch of the country's completed licenses and its strides towards
fostering the global commons movement.
* Philippine Launch Celebration: a vibrant member of the global commons
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7971
* Philippine Laws and Jurisprudence Databank - The Lawphil Project
 http://www.lawphil.net/
* Maiden Issue of CC PH newsletter
 http://philippinecommons.org/2008/03/14/maiden-issue-of-cc-ph-newsletter/

Puerto Rico -- February 21-24, 2008:
in San Juan, the University of Puerto Rico Cyberlaw Clinic will host
the launch of Puerto Rico's localized Creative Commons licenses,
marking the forty-fourth jurisdiction worldwide to port the Creative
Commons licensing suite.
* Puerto Rico Launches Localized Creative Commons Licenses
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8053
* CD of the CC PR launch [images, music, publications]
 http://pr.creativecommons.org/cd-de-lanzamiento/


Version 3.0
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The Netherlands and Croatia <http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8150>
upgraded their licenses to version 3.0, and six newly launched
jurisdictions (Greece, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Serbia, Philippines,
and Puerto Rico) started at 3.0.


Upcoming Jurisdictions
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The following jurisdiction projects are currently porting the licenses
and are expected to launch in the coming months.

Thailand:
* CC in Thailand: license draft in public discussion
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7854
* License Drafts
 http://creativecommons.org/international/th/

Hong Kong:
* CC Hong Kong begins public discussion
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7949
* License Drafts
 http://creativecommons.org/international/hk/

Ecuador:
* License drafts from Ecuador and Norway enter public discussion
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8046
* License Drafts
 http://creativecommons.org/international/ec/

Norway:
* License Drafts
 http://creativecommons.org/international/no/

Romania:
* License Drafts
 http://creativecommons.org/international/ro/


CCi Related Events
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* ACIA: International Workshop on Asia and Commons in the Information Age
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7821
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7994
 http://meeting.creativecommons.org.tw/

* COMMUNIA: public domain & alternative licensing experts convene in Europe
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7698

* 2nd COMMUNIA workshop: Ethical Public Domain
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8121

* 1st CC Korea International Conference
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8077
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8120
 http://www.creativecommons.or.kr/conference/eng/

* CCi Legal Day
At the iSummit 2008 in Saporro, Creative Commons will again invite its
international network of project leads and teams to participate in a
workshop about the legal and international aspects of the Creative
Commons licenses. Similar to last year's CCi Legal Day, this special
meeting will be held one day ahead of the actual iSummit events. The
agenda opened March 2008 with a call for discussion topics.
 http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CCi_Legal_Day_2008

* CC Nordic Meeting
 http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC_Nordic_meeting

* CC Birthday Parties
 http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Birthday_Party

* CC Salons
 Chennai: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Chennai_Salon
 Belgrade: http://creativecommons.org.yu/cc_salon

CCi Points of Interest
==================================================

* Dutch Collecting Societies Welcome CC
On August 23, 2007, Dutch collecting societies Buma and Stemra and
Creative Commons Netherlands launched a pilot project that seeks to
provide Dutch musicians with more opportunities to promote their own
repertoire.
   http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7622
   http://www.creativecommons.nl/extra/bumapilot

* Danish Collecting Society KODA teams up with CC Denmark
Creative Commons Denmark announced that KODA, the Danish Authors'
Society, is now offering noncommercial Creative Commons licensing to
its members - making it the second country worldwide to do so.
   http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8012
   http://www.creativecommons.dk/?p=11

* Tone release Small Arm of Sea [first album released under KODA-CC DK
partnership]
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7988

* German Public Broadcaster [NDR] adopts CC license
The Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), a public radio and television
broadcaster belonging to Germany's national broadcasting consortium
ARD, announced today that they will begin to use CC licenses for some
of their programs.
   http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7838
   http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7842
   http://www1.ndr.de/ratgeber/technik/creativecommonsindex2.html

* Public Broadcasters opt for CC
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7987

* Revised guidelines for international license porting process
 http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Worldwide_Overview

* Ccau: Asia and the Commons Case Studies 2008
 http://www.creativecommons.org.au/asiaandthecommons

* Visit Planet Creative Commons
Visit the Planet Creative Commons home page to get the CC blog, CC
jurisdiction blogs, and various CC community blogs all at one time.
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8091

* First CC-Licensed Photography Contest in China
CC in China Mainland partnered with the online photo-sharing community
nphoto.net and one of China's largest internet portals, sohu.com, to
co-sponsor the first CC-licensed photography contest in China
Mainland.
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7659
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7786

* Panda Punk Lab: Inauguration in Chile
Because the indemnification received by the violation of a Creative
Commons license - the first case in Chile and Latin America - the
"Panda Punk Lab" was inaugurated in Chillán, Chile, to the benefit of
more than 200 students.
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7817


===And now for other Creative Commons News===

CC News
* CC0 beta/discussion draft feedback and next step
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8045
* Approved for Free Cultural Works
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8051
* CC Press Kit Relaunched
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8164
* Creative Commons Announces New Leadership, New Funding
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8176

Science Commons News
* A commons-sense approach to winning the drug discovery lottery
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8065
* Response to STM statement on author addenda
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8132

ccLearn News
* Bayanihan books, an Open Textbook Initiative
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8034
* OpenCourseWare Launched at United Nations University
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8035

CC Points of Interest
* Wikitravel Press launches first printed titles
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8016
* Freeing America's Operating System
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8039
* Nebraska Library Commission adds CC-licensed books to collection
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8056
* Loops: Solo Dance, CC-Licensed
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8057
* Wireless Networking in the Developing World
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8066
* Is it possible to design non-defective DRM?
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8080
* Recycled Computers, Remixable Content for schools
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8081
* Encyclopedia of Life launches, publishes articles under CC licenses
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8092
* Nine Inch Nails releases Ghosts I-IV under a Creative Commons license
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8095
* Diesel Sweeties Archive Released Under CC license
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8119
* Sound Copyright
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8133
* 8.5 GB of CC-Licensed Samples for the OLPC
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8163
* What good is a CC licensed specification?
 http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8165

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