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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN CHILE

Silicon-Valley-based NGO reinforces its activities around the globe

San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY — July 1, 2005 — Creative
Commons, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a body of  
creative
work free to share and build upon, announced today the launch of the  
Creative
Commons project in Chile.

Creative Commons copyright licenses are available free of charge from  
the
group’s website (http://creativecommons.org). The licenses allow  
authors and
artists to mark their works as free to copy or transform under certain
conditions—to declare “some rights reserved,” in contrast to the  
traditional
“all rights reserved”—thereby enabling others to access a growing  
pool of raw
materials without legal friction.

In a collaborative effort between the University of Chile and the  
Chilean NGO
Corporacion Derechos Digitales (CDD), Creative Commons Chile adapted the
licenses for use under Chilean law—a process headed by project leads  
Professor
Alberto Cerda Silva, Gabriela Oruzar and Claudio Ruiz.

“We hope to encourage discussion about the relevance and convenience  
of a
balanced copyright for the artistic creations,“ says Claudio Ruiz.  
“In our
developing countries, the discussion about copyright and its  
limitations and
exemptions must be part of the public agenda. “

About the University of Chile and the Corporacion Derechos Digitales  
(CDD)

The University of Chile is, with its 162 years of existence, the  
oldest national
university in Chile. It consists of 14 Schools and 4  
Interdisciplinary Institutes.
Research and creation of new knowledge is a main focus of this leading
institution.

For more information, visit http://www.uchile.cl and
http://www.uchile.cl/bibliotecas

CDD is a Chilean NGO founded in 2003. It is an independent, non-profit
organization, located in Santiago de Chile, whose mission is to  
promote the
respect and protection of human rights in the digital environment.  
Its volunteer
members, from a wide range of professions related to information
technologies, focus on subjects like protection of privacy or legal  
aspects on
the use and development of free software.
For more information about Corporación Derechos Digitales, visit
http://www.derechosdigitales.org

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

Claudio Ruiz (Santiago)
Director International Affairs, Derechos Digitales
claudio AT derechosdigitales.org

Neeru Paharia (San Francisco)
Assistant Director, Creative Commons
neeru AT creativecommons.org

Christiane Asschenfeldt (Berlin)
iCommons Executive Director, iCommons
christiane AT creativecommons.org

Press Kit
http://creativecommons.org/presskit/