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“A Story of Healing” Becomes First Academy Award® Winning Film  
Released Under a Creative Commons License

April 19, 2007

Interplast — the first humanitarian organization to provide free  
reconstructive surgery for children with clefts, disabling burns, and  
hand injuries — is proud to announce that its 1997 Academy Award®  
winning documentary, “A Story of Healing,” has been released under a  
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical-No Derivatives license.  
This marks the first time in history that an Academy Award® winning  
film has been licensed under any Creative Commons license, allowing  
free and legal distribution of the film via the Internet.

“Interplast hopes that by licensing ‘A Story of Healing’ in such a  
way, anyone with Internet access can watch this moving film and learn  
more about the need for surgical care in developing countries,” said  
Susan W. Hayes, Interplast president and CEO.

Interplast believes that greater public access to information about  
humanitarian issues will bring increased awareness to global need and  
hopefully persuade people to want to help. For this reason,  
Interplast also has posted thousands of photos from developing world  
countries on Flickr and dozens of videos on blip.tv, all under a  
Creative Commons by-nc-nd license. The international organization  
also encourages other nonprofits to publish their various media under  
Creative Commons licenses, so that the public can more easily learn  
about various causes and solutions worldwide.

Creative Commons, American Public Television, and blip.tv were  
instrumental in helping Interplast provide worldwide, free  
distribution of the film’s powerful message. Interplast is deeply  
grateful for their help.

“This film is a tremendous asset for Interplast—to the extent it is  
seen. We're happy that a Creative Commons license can help with that.  
Other mission-driven organizations should take note,” said Lawrence  
Lessig, Creative Commons CEO.

To view “A Story of Healing,” visit http://interplast.org/ 
astoryofhealing.php. A DVD version of the film may also be obtained  
on the Interplast website.


About Interplast

Interplast — the first humanitarian organization to provide free  
reconstructive surgery for children with clefts, disabling burns and  
hand injuries — has provided 64,000 life-changing surgeries for those  
who have no other access to care. Working in underserved regions of  
16 countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America, Interplast  
teaches, empowers and partners with volunteers and overseas medical  
professionals so every child living in poverty has free access to the  
safest and highest-quality care—now and in the future. Interplast is  
committed to transforming as many lives as possible, allocating 90  
percent of its budget to medical programs. For more information,  
visit http://interplast.org.

About blip.tv

Blip.tv is the video-sharing site that features the best  
independently produced shows on the Internet, from scripted comedies  
and dramas to newsmagazines and reality shows. For each show, blip.tv  
provides hosting, distribution, marketing and advertising sales.  
Shows are hosted on the destination site www.blip.tv and syndicated  
to iTunes and to blogs and websites throughout the Internet,  
including AOL Video and Yahoo! Video. In all cases, ads are embedded  
into blip.tv videos, so the ads travel with videos throughout the  
Internet. Blip.tv splits all advertising revenue with show creators  
50/50. The company’s goal is to allow talented, creative  
personalities to concentrate on making great shows by providing all  
the services necessary to help them sustain their efforts. For more  
information, visit http://blip.tv.

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001,  
that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works— 
whether owned or in the public domain. Creative Commons licences  
provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors,  
artists, and educators that build upon the "all rights reserved"  
concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some rights  
reserved" approach. It is sustained by the generous support of  
various organizations including the John D. and Catherine T.  
MacArthur Foundation, Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, and  
the Rockefeller Foundation as well as members of the public. For  
general information, visit http://creativecommons.org.


Contact

Sara Anderson
Director of Communications and Public Relations, Interplast
sara AT interplast.org
650.934.3305

Eric Steuer
Creative Director, Creative Commons
eric AT creativecommons.org

Press Kit

http://creativecommons.org/presskit