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CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES OFFERED IN COLOMBIA

San Francisco, CA, USA; Berlin, GERMANY; and Bogotá, Colombia— August  
22, 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 Colombia.

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 Carolina Botero, Andrés Umaña, Jaime Rojas and  
Alfredo Vargas in Colombia to adapt the standardized licenses to  
Colombian law. Creative Commons Colombia (whose website will be  
available shortly at http://co.creativecommons.org) was hosted by  
Universidad del Rosario - Colombia http://www.urosario.edu.co.

“The Colombian version of the Creative Commons licenses will be  
launched in a one day session Program being held during the morning  
at Universidad Politécnico Grancolombiano, Professor Lawrence Lessig  
of Stanford University, CEO & Chairman of Creative Commons, will  
deliver the keynote speech on the importance of the launch of the CC  
licenses in Colombia” says Andrés Umaña.

“Later in the evening a special open content session will be held in  
the Virgilio Barco Public Library with the participation of Colombian  
artists. All sessions will be webcasted vía Renata (Colombian Network  
of Universities) and/or using free streaming via Internet, to allow  
everyone around Colombia to participate”, adds Alfredo Vargas.

“CC has turned to be an important reference point in vital sectors  
like education, science and journalism where the commons approach has  
a strong influence, we will show examples of Colombian experiences in  
the adoption of CC licenses that we believe are important steps for  
free culture in South America and even in a more global context”  
points Carolina Botero.

“We believe CC will provide Colombians a new medium to express  
ourselves bringing us closer to Latin America and the world with all  
the amazing talents this country has through its rich artistic  
heritage, biodiversity and imagination. CC will also enhance the open  
access that is going to have a direct impact (publicly and privately)  
in the: cultural, scientific, entrepreneurial and education sectors.  
This is a success for the community we built around the project, and  
it is a big step for Colombian creators”, adds Jaime Rojas.

About Universidad del Rosario

Universidad del Rosario is a non-profit educational institution  
founded in Bogotá in 1653. As one of the most important Colombian  
universities, el Rosario influenced the political and civil Colombian  
society during its life. Its interest in supporting the CC licenses  
translation into the Colombian legal frame is to promote the research  
and education in new issues of the information society. For more  
information about Universidad del Rosario in Colombia visit http:// 
www.urosario.edu.co.

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, Omidyar  
Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.  For general information,  
visit http://creativecommons.org.

Contact

Carolina Botero
CC Colombia
Bogotá
carobotero AT gmail.com

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

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

The CC Colombian launch is possible thanks to the support of  
different entities, mainly:

Universidad Politécnico Grancolombiano: its involvement in the  
technological development of the Colombian educational sector became  
an important key aspect of its dedication to promote the use of ICTs  
in a socially responsible way. The University leads the Internet 2  
University networks and is involved in the development of digital  
contents in higher education. For more information: http:// 
www.poligran.edu.co/.  To view the event’s webcast, visit: http:// 
creativecommons.poligran.edu.co/

eltiempo.com: Colombia´s main internet news portal launched in July  
15th, 2006 it's social participation section where bloggers and  
photobloggers and general public can participate building the new  
Colombian media landscape. And from the 22nd of august this citizen  
journalism site will use CC as its community tool. For more  
information: http://www.eltiempo.com/participacion/

Support was also given by: Ministerio de Educación Colombiano (http:// 
www.mineducacion.gov.co), el directorio Free Software Community  
(http://www.el-directorio.org:8080/) and Fundación Karisma (http:// 
www.fundacionkarisma.org.co).

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