Creative Commons in the South Caucasus

[Onnik Krikorian <onnik AT oneworld.am>]

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Content preview:  Dear All, A1 Plus have broken the terms of my Creative 
Commons
   license two times in the past week and refuse to do anything to rectify 
matters.
   http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&iid=69595 [...] 

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• From: Onnik Krikorian <onnik AT oneworld.am>
• To: cc-south-caucasus AT lists.ibiblio.org
• Cc: Vazgen Karapetyan <vkarapetyan AT epfound.am>
• Subject: CC Violation by Armenian media outlet
• Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:13:48 -0800

Dear All,

A1 Plus have broken the terms of my Creative Commons license two times in the past week and refuse to do anything to rectify matters.

http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&iid=69595

http://www.a1plus.am/en/?page=issue&iid=70028

As adoption of CC in Armenia will be dependent on the ability to protect materials, what to do next? Can this be a test cast to get resolved now or do I have to take them to court and if so any suggestions?

If CC and standard cannot be protected, what's the point?

Cheers and thanks for any advice. Enough is enough and this isn't the only example -- ArmenPress, Zhamanak, Hetq Online and others have done the same.

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Onnik Krikorian
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