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Creative Commons Launches Global Case Studies Project

Brisbane, Australia & San Francisco, USA — 2008 June 24

Today Creative Commons (CC), in association with Creative Commons
Australia, officially announced the release of the Case Studies Project,
which is a large-scale community effort to encourage all to explore and
add noteworthy global CC stories. Creative Commons provides free tools
to allow copyright-holders to clearly show rights associated with
creative works, and now this project shows how notable adopters like
author Cory Doctorow, web video-sharing company Blip.tv, and open film
project “A Swarm of Angels” have successfully used CC licenses. And, to
underline the collaborative global nature of this project, this launch
coincides with Creative Commons Australia’s Conference “Building an
Australasian Commons” today in Brisbane, where this project is also
being announced along with the publication of a publicly available
booklet with some of the best global case studies.

This wiki project aims to examine the motivations and outcomes of CC
license adoption in a variety of different situations and highlights the
work being done by the creators and content aggregators in the CC
community. Anyone can explore the global CC landscape by browsing with a
variety of filters including the license-types used, the media created,
and whether the project curates or creates material. Some examples
include the Google Summer of Code program, the Big Buck Bunny 2nd Open
Source 3D animation led by the Blender Foundation, and Sony’s EyeVio
video sharing social network service. 

Beyond easily viewing the compilation, the Case Studies Project
encourages users to edit the wiki and add innovative and noteworthy CC
projects happening in jurisdictions worldwide. To lower the barriers for
participation, the Case Studies Project provides contributors with an
easy form to enter data into the wiki and examples of other featured
initiatives. Instructions are available on the Case Studies site at:
http://creativecommons.org/projects/casestudies.

The “Some Rights Reserved” model of Creative Commons licensing has had a
significant impact world-wide, with millions of creators opting to share
their content with their peers. Since its inception in 2002, the
Creative Commons initiative has shown rapid growth, with more than 90
million works licensed as of December 2007. Numerous communities have
also emerged, inspired by and founded on the CC licensing scheme, and
the recognition, collaboration, and commercialization opportunities it
provides. “It is important for both long-standing members of the
community and new adopters alike to gain a sense of the motivations and
experiences of others using Creative Commons licenses,” stated Creative
Commons CEO, Joi Ito. “The Case Studies project provides all with a
platform to explore how important adopters like Google, Nine Inch Nails,
and Sony successfully use Creative Commons while also allowing anyone to
add their own Creative Commons success story. Case studies are
important to show that the idea of businesses using CC isn’t just a cute
idea, but a fact in their success story.”

Since this is a community-based open project, the roadmap for
participation is available on the project website, and communication is
encouraged on the cc-community mailing list. The next milestones for
contributing to this project are the Communia/CC Europe meetings June
30-July 1 in Belgium, FSCONS on October 25-26 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and
iSummit on July 29-August 1 in Sapporo, Japan. Each of these events will
have presentations about the progress of this project along with
community contributions presented publicly.

The initiative will also find its way into the print medium regularly.
Working with the user-generated Case Studies material, CC Australia is
releasing “Building an Australasian Commons Booklet,” the first of a
number of planned printed publications based on the project. The book is
a first attempt to chronicle the tales of the Australasian commons.
Featuring over 60 case studies, it maps the current state of play
surrounding free culture in the region. From private individuals to
large corporations, the studies clearly show the mechanisms and
motivations to share and experiment without the restrictions of the
pre-digital era. Across the domains of democratic change, filmmaking,
music, visual arts, libraries, museums, government, education and
research, the book will explore how Australasian creators working with
CC licensing are making their mark. This follows past projects in the
same vein, such as their report “Asia and the Commons Case Studies,” a
review of CC-based initiatives in the region.

Links

CC Case Studies Project
http://creativecommons.org/projects/casestudies

Building an Australasian Commons Conference in Brisbane, Australia
http://creativecommons.org.au/australasiancommons

Case Studies Roadmap
http://creativecommons.org/projects/casestudies_roadmap

Creative Commons Community Mailing List (cc-community)
http://creativecommons.org/contact

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. Through its free copyright licenses,
Creative Commons offers authors, artists, scientists, and educators the
choice of a flexible range of protections and freedoms that build upon
the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright to enable a
voluntary “some rights reserved” approach. Creative Commons was built
with and is sustained by the generous support of organizations including
the Center for the Public Domain, Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller
Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, as well as members of the public.
For more information about Creative Commons, visit
http://creativecommons.org.

About Creative Commons Australia

Creative Commons Australia (CCau) is the Australian derivative project
of the Creative Commons project in the United States of America.
Currently, they are engaged in porting the Creative Commons licenses
into Australian domestic law and fostering a creative community premised
on remixable creativity. Hosted at Queensland University of Technology
in Brisbane, CCau is devoted to the promotion of Creative Commons in
Australia. Australia is one of 43 countries world wide who have taken up
the Creative Commons project. For more information about Creative
Commons Australia, visit: http://creativecommons.org.au

Contact

Jon Phillips
Community + Business Development Manager
Creative Commons
jon AT creativecommons.org

Press Kit

http://creativecommons.org/presskit


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