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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN PERU

Silicon Valley-based NGO reinforces its activities around the globe  
and introduces its innovative copyright licenses in Peru.

San Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Lima, Peru — June 29,  
2006 — Creative Commons, a nonprofit dedicated to building a body of  
creative work free to share and build upon today announced the launch  
of its licenses in Peru.

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 a project leads Oscar Montezuma and Pedro Mendizabal in Peru to  
adapt the standardized licenses to Peruvian law. Creative Commons  
Peru http://pe.creativecommons.org is hosted by Computers  
Professionals for Social Responsibility - Peru (CPSR-Peru) http:// 
cpsr-peru.org

“The Peruvian version of the Creative Commons licenses will be  
launched after the iLaw Program 2006 being held at Pontificia  
Universidad Catolica del Peru. Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford  
University, CEO & Chairman of Creative Commons, will deliver the  
keynote speech on the importance of Creative Commons Peru”, says  
Oscar Montezuma.

„CC has been very well received in Peru. It has quickly gained the  
interest of many individuals and institutions ranging from the  
private to public sector. Success has been such, that I think Peru  
can eventually become a promising global free culture spot in South  
America“.

„We are proud of the achievements of the Creative Commons community  
in Peru. This is a success for all Peruvian authors and creators,“  
adds Pedro Mendizabal.

About CPSR-Peru

CPSR-Peru is a public interest research centre on information and  
communications technology (ICT). Founded in Lima in October 2002, as  
a civil society non-profit association, its mission is to promote the  
use and development of ICT in a socially responsible way; to  
influence the process of public policies decision-making related to  
ICT and to foster the development of a more humane information  
society. For more information about CPSR-Peru visit http://www.cpsr- 
peru.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, and the Hewlett Foundation.

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

Contact

Oscar Montezuma
CPSR-Peru, Lima
oscar AT montezuma.ws

Christiane Henckel von Donnersmarck
Executive Director Creative Commons International, Creative Commons
christiane AT creativecommons.org

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

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