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- From: Diane Cabell <dc AT creativecommons.org>
- To: Alek Tarkowski <alek AT creativecommons.pl>
- Cc: cc-europe AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:42:20 +0100
Although CC was established in response to inappropriate law, it was not established as an advocacy organization. CC was always intended to build tools and other services that enable sharing -- to provide products, not policy papers. Providing information to regulatory bodies has always been part of that mission because it is an extension of our obligation to inform the public about our products. In the US, that is a different kind of action than one that urges a regulatory body to make a particular ruling/law. The first is simply informing; the second is what we term as advocacy (aka lobbying). US charities are restricted in the amount of lobbying activity that they may undertake. Because charitable activities are exempt from income tax, the government frowns on using that benefit for political purposes instead of using it for the exempt charitable purposes. The CC Board's traditional position has been that when a policy might interfere with the function of CC's licenses and tools -- or prevent them from being used -- then an advocacy effort may be appropriate. CC has submitted amici briefs on pending court cases but has only lately engaged in broader policy initiatives. Again, many of these are informational in nature (explaining how CC would work under a particular change in policy). This position is re-examined periodically.
Diane Cabell
Corporate Counsel Creative Commons On Mar 29, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Alek Tarkowski wrote:
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI
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- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, Prodromos Tsiavos, 03/27/2012
- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, Veni Markovski, 03/27/2012
- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, Marek Mahut, 03/27/2012
- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, Bogdan Manolea, 03/27/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Gisle Hannemyr, 03/27/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Federico Morando, 03/27/2012
- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, John Hendrik Weitzmann, 03/29/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Mathias Klang, 03/27/2012
- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, Jonas Öberg, 03/27/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Alek Tarkowski, 03/29/2012
- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, Diane Cabell, 03/29/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Gisle Hannemyr, 03/31/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Jonas Öberg, 03/31/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Teresa Nobre, 03/31/2012
- Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI, Gisle Hannemyr, 03/31/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Teresa Nobre, 03/31/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Jonas Öberg, 03/31/2012
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Re: [CC-Europe] EDRI,
Federico Morando, 03/27/2012
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