Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

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

Hi All,

Saw references to two Aus CC Initiatives that might be useful/though provoking

http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1117172&intcmp=700

Unlocking the Potential through Creative Commons in Australia: An Industry Engagement and Action Agenda

In November 2006 the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence
for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCi) hosted the CCau Industry
Forum, a research-focused industry engagement event. The event was
organised by the CCi Creative Commons Clinic and Creative Commons and
Open Content Licensing research projects in response to the Australian
Government's 2005 Digital Content Action Agenda. It was designed to
follow up the Action Agenda's recommendation that industry "engage with
work occurring in the area of alternative approaches to intellectual
property licensing, such as Creative Commons"


http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1117181&intcmp=700

Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons

Creative Commons Australia has released a book focusing on Open Content
Licensing issues with, of course, a special emphasis on Creative
Commons licenses and projects. According to CC Australia, "As far as we
are aware, this is the first case of a book being released
independently by an Australian publisher under a CC license." Open
Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons, a new publication
from Sydney University Press, brings together papers from some of the
most prominent thinkers of our time on the internet, law and the
importance of open content licensing in the digital age
-- 
Ian Thomson
Phone +64 (0)27 449 0081