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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES LAUNCH IN ARGENTINA

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

San Francisco, CA, USA and Berlin, GERMANY — October 1, 2005 —  
Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of  
creative work free to share and build upon, today unveils a localized  
version of its innovative licensing system in Argentina.

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.

Staff at Creative Commons’ offices in San Francisco and Berlin worked  
with Project Leads Professor Ariel Vercelli and Professor Pablo  
Palazzi to adapt the standardized licenses to Argentinean law. The  
Creative Commons Argentina project team is supported by the Fundación  
OSDE, and the nonprofit NGO Bienes Comunes.

Today the Argentinean versions of the Creative Commons licenses will  
be launched in Buenos Aires, at a ceremony held at the Centro  
Cultural General San Martín (Sarmiento 1551, Sala D, 12:00 AM). As  
part of the launch event,   Professor Lawrence Lessig (Chairman and  
CEO of Creative Commons) and Professor Ariel Vercelli, (Chairman of  
Bienes Comunes and Project Lead of the Creative Commons team in  
Argentina) will give lectures that will be webcast live at http:// 
www.terra.com.ar/creativecommons/.

About Fundación OSDE

Fundación OSDE is a non-profit organization in Argentina, founded in  
1991 with the purpose of promoting activities in the fields of  
culture, education, health, economy, law and policies. Combining  
freedom and creativity. The mission of Fundación OSDE is based on the  
belief that there are ethical principles and values such as truth,  
freedom, integrity, solidarity, transparency, loyalty and excellence  
that have been and are still present in the Argentinean vision for  
the future.

For general information, visit http://www.fundacionosde.com.ar/

About Bienes Comunes

Bienes Comunes is a non-profit association founded in 2005 and  
located in Buenos Aires. Its mission is the study, research,  
promotion, improvement and protection of the commons. Bienes Comunes  
intends to work as a hub between diverse networks (private, public  
and community) interested in the protection and regulation of the  
cultural, physical, digital and biological commons.

For general information, visit  http://www.bienescomunes.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

Christiane Asschenfeldt
Executive Director iCommons, Creative Commons
christiane AT creativecommons.org

Mia Garlick
General Counsel, Creative Commons
mia AT creativecommons.org

Ariel Vercelli (Buenos Aires)
Project Lead, Creative Commons Argentina
President, NGO Bienes Comunes
avercelli AT bienescomunes.or

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