Creative Commons Ireland

["Whelan, Darius" <D.Whelan AT ucc.ie>]

Hi Stephen,

 

Once this draft has passed the discussion stage it will then be launched as an official public licence within a few months.  There are no significant differences which apply to the effect of the licences when ported for the Irish versions.  When the licences are finalised, a user will be able to choose Irish licences from the licence chooser here:

http://creativecommons.org/license/

 

The wording which appears to the user will be the same as for all other jurisdictions.  Only the legal code version will differ.  Most users do not need to look at the legal code.  The changes which have been made to the legal code are all relatively minor.  An example is that if a person chooses an Irish licence, clause 11.3 states that

Except as otherwise agreed, this Licence shall be governed by the law of Ireland.  Other changes are explained here:

http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/international/ie/english-changes-v3.pdf

 

For a comment from Eoin O'Dell of Trinity College Dublin see

http://www.cearta.ie/2009/06/creative-commons-in-ireland-cimin-cruthaitheach-in-eireann/

 

All the best,

 

Darius

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From: cc-ie-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Stephen Judge.ie
Sent: Thu 18-Jun-09 03:57
To: Cc-ie AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [Cc-ie] Layman's Comparison

Hello,

I am wondering, when this draft of the license has passed the discussion stage will it then be published as an official public licence or will there likely be another draft at a later date.

I am not from a legal background, but I want to help promote the use of CC licenses wherever I can in Ireland.  I would be interested to know what are the key differences between the draft Irish license and the standard un-ported CC license.  If you can give me a brief summary of the key differences in layman's terms I would be very grateful.  Are there any significant differences between the two licenses or is just more subtle legal points that need to be tweaked?

A starting point I a using when talking to artists about using CC licenses is this documentary that I am promoting 'Publishing Open Content, Confronting some business decisions - (Ogg Theora)' http://url.ie/1qpv

Regards,
Stephen Judge

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