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THE NETHERLANDS PARTICIPATES IN GLOBAL COPYRIGHT INNOVATION

The Institute for Information Law in Amsterdam will lead the 
translation of new copyright licenses developed by Creative Commons, 
expanding global access to Dutch culture.

Palo Alto, USA and Amsterdam, The NETHERLANDS - May 5, 2003 - Creative 
Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of creative works 
free for copying and re-use, announced today that the Netherlands would 
join its efforts to develop a global intellectual commons. The 
Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam 
will spearhead the International Commons (iCommons) project in the 
Netherlands.

First announced in March 2003, iCommons is Creative Commons' project to 
disseminate its machine-readable copyright licenses worldwide and make 
them usable in a variety of legal systems. IViR will coordinate the 
public effort to translate the Creative Commons licenses literally and 
legally for use in the Netherlands.

"We are very glad to be collaborating with the excellent Institute at 
the University of Amsterdam," said Lawrence Lessig, Chairman of 
Creative Commons and professor of law at Stanford University. "iCommons 
Netherlands  is yet another important milestone in our effort to build 
a global free culture movement."

"We are tremendously excited to be involved in establishing Creative 
Commons in the Netherlands," explained professor Bernt Hugenholtz, 
co-director of the Institute for Information Law, and staff intern 
Nynke Hendriks, the Dutch iCommons leads.

"There is already strong demand within the Dutch community for a legal 
means for facilitating the distribution of Open Content as an 
innovative alternative to traditional forms of distribution based on 
payment of royalties. Creative Commons will be a great platform on 
which to build these protocols and agreements."

The licenses were drafted in collaboration with DISC (www.disc.nl), a 
public domain initiative by Dutch think tank Knowledgeland 
(english.kennisland.nl), and funded by the Dutch Ministry of Culture. 
The Netherlands joins Australia, Brazil, China, Croatia, Finland, 
France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Spain, Taiwan, and the 
United Kingdom in the iCommons effort.

The Institute for Information Law will field comments on an archived 
e-mail discussion at 
http://www.creativecommons.org/discuss#netherlands.



More about Creative Commons

A nonprofit corporation, Creative Commons promotes the creative re-use 
of intellectual works, whether owned or in the public domain. It is 
sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, 
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Hewlett 
Foundation. Creative Commons is based at Stanford Law School, where it 
shares staff, space, and inspiration with the school's Center for 
Internet and Society.

For general information, visit www.creativecommons.org.
For more information about iCommons, see 
www.creativecommons.org/projects/international.
For the Creative Commons press kit, please see 
www.creativecommons.org/presskit.



More about the Institute for Information Law

The Institute for Information Law (IViR) (www.ivir.nl) is part of the 
Faculty of Law at the University of Amsterdam. IViR was founded in 1987 
and is currently one the largest research centers in the field of 
information law in the world. The Institute employs over 25 researchers 
who are active in a wide spectrum of legal areas related to information 
society. Each July, IViR offers a one-week, intensive postgraduate 
summer course on international copyright law 
(www.ivir.nl/courses/icl/icl.html), which is taught in English. IViR 
has undertaken research projects and studies commissioned by the 
European Commission, the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the World 
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Organisation for 
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and various national 
governments and agencies. Most publications by IViR staff are available 
online at www.ivir.nl.


Contact
Christiane Asschenfeldt (Berlin)
iCommons Coordinator, Creative Commons
christiane AT creativecommons.org

Glenn Otis Brown (Palo Alto)
Executive Director, Creative Commons
glenn AT creativecommons.org

Professor P. Bernt Hugenholtz (Amsterdam)
Co-Director, Institute for Information Law
University of Amsterdam
iCommons Project Lead Netherlands
hugenholtz AT jur.uva.nl

Nynke Hendriks (Amsterdam)
Intern, Institute for Information Law
University of Amsterdam
iCommons Project Lead Netherlands
emny AT xs4all.nl

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Press Kit:

http://creativecommons.org/presskit/

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