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CREATIVE COMMONS NOW IN TAIWAN

The nonprofit introduces its innovative copyright licensing system in 
Taiwan

San Francisco, CA and Taipei, Taiwan — Sept. 11, 2004 — Creative 
Commons,
a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a body of artistic and
educational materials free to share and build upon, introduced its free 
legal
tools in Taiwan. The Creative Commons licenses, already in widespread 
use in a
number of nations, help authors and artists share their work online, on 
certain
terms. Building on the "all rights reserved" of traditional copyright, 
Creative
Commons licenses create a voluntary system of "some rights reserved"
creativity.

The Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, of Taiwan, 
adapted the
licenses to Taiwanese law. Creative Commons permanent staff, based in 
San
Francisco and Berlin, coordinated the project.

"The availability of Taiwanese Creative Commons licenses is very 
exciting for
us," said Glenn Otis Brown, Executive Director of Creative Commons. "We 
are
deeply thankful to the Taiwan team for their hard work, and to our 
growing
international network of volunteers for making Creative Commons much 
more
than we ever dreamed."

Lawrence Lessig, chairman of Creative Commons and professor at Stanford
University Law School, visited Taipei last week for the Fourth Asia 
Open Source
Software Symposium.

Taiwan is the second Asian jurisdiction to adapt and adopt the Creative
Commons licenses system. Brazil, Germany, Finland, Japan, and the
Netherlands began offering Creative Commons licenses earlier this year, 
and
just this week, Austria joined the fold during the Ars Electronica 
festival in
Linz.

Internationalizing the Creative Commons project is one of the main 
priorities
for the San Francisco-based organization this year.

"We look forward to being able to add more countries to the list this 
fall," said
Christiane Asschenfeldt, the iCommons Coordinator, based in Berlin. 
"Thanks
are due to the friends of Creative Commons around the world."

About Creative Commons

A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes the
creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned or in 
the
public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is sustained by 
the
generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, and the
Hewlett Foundation.

For general information, visit <http://creativecommons.org>.


Contact

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

Glenn Otis Brown (San Francisco)
Executive Director, Creative Commons
glenn AT creativecommons.org


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Glenn Otis Brown
Executive Director
Creative Commons
glenn AT creativecommons.org
+1.415.946.3065 (telephone)
+1.415.336.1433 (mobile)
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