Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

["Ian Thomson" <ithomson.nz AT gmail.com>]

Kai ora koutou,

Though you might be interested in this article from Winston in the National Library.

We re making steady (if slow) progress in getting a NZ CC lisense.
We think we have identified a Leagal leader and institution to satisfy the Internationlal CC requirements for running a project.

The Humanities Council has taken a strong lead in organising and ongoing responsibility for CC activities.

We have also secured a venue and are making an agenda for a National Launch of the NZ CC.
It is Dec 4th. More details to follow.

Ian Thomson

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Winston Roberts <winston.roberts AT natlib.govt.nz
>
Date: 10-Nov-2006 14:23
Subject: UK article on Creative Commons
To: ithomson.nz AT gmail.com, paul.reynolds AT mcgovern.co.nz
, Brian.Opie AT vuw.ac.nz
Cc: Sue Sutherland <Sue.Sutherland AT natlib.govt.nz>

FYI


COPYRIGHT / CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons Licences in Higher and Further Education: Do We Care?
Creative Commons is helping to instigate cultural change: it is empowering rights holders with the knowledge and tools to decide under what terms they wish third parties to use their creations, whilst permitting users easy and user-friendly means to use content lawfully without the necessity of requesting permission. The release of the Creative Commons licences has inspired a global revolution, supported by a sub-culture with its own identity, ideology, activities and membership and the spawning of other model licences developed with a similar philosophy, such as Science Commons, Patent Commons and Creative Archive. However, despite the remarkable widespread use of these licences, there are critics of Creative Commons licences who raise concerns about the ethics, legality and politics of their use.
The recent incorporation of Creative Commons licences within Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications via a downloadable plug-in now provides an integrated method for the creation and licensing of content. It is a brilliant way of encouraging consideration about who is allowed access to digital content and under what conditions, at the time that the content is generated. This development has enormous potential for nurturing educated and mature approaches to copyright and access, but at the same time had also necessitated the need to re-examine the validity of using Creative Commons within teaching, learning and research activities. It has precipitated a critical assessment of their use and the need to set clear parameters about when they can and cannot be used.
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue49/korn-oppenheim/
SOURCE: Ariadne Issue #49, 4 November 2006




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