Creative Commons in the South Caucasus

[Catharina Maracke <catharina AT creativecommons.org>]

Dear Movses,

dear all,

My sincere apologies for taking so long to get back to you. Thank you  
so much for your patience. I have reviewed all documents which look  
really good to me - thank you very much for all your time and effort  
on this project. There are just some minor questions, I would like to  
clarify before we move forward and work on the xhtml formatting.

Please note, that the comments below are only questions and  
suggestions for the English files. Since the Armenian version will be  
the final one, I encourage you to work very carefully in both  
languages, so that we are all on the same page regarding the English  
retranslation and - more importantly - the Armenian licenses are  
correct.


BY:

* License Grant: Waiver for sui generis database right is listed in a  
separate numeration whereas in some other licenses (e.g. BY-NC), this  
section is part of the last sentence of section 3. Please make sure  
that this is consistent with all six licenses.

*Section 4d): Moral Rights language is not what we agreed on?

BY-NC:

*In Preamble refers to the term "Work" whereas the BY and BY-NC-SA  
licenses refer to the "Rights of the Licensor with respect to his /  
work.... "?

*License Grant: Last sentence should be amended to reflect NC  
structure? See last sentence of section 3) in US NY-NC:

All rights not expressly granted by Licensor are hereby reserved,  
including but not limited to the rights set forth in Sections 4(d) and  
4(e).

*Section 4c) reference should be 3a) instead of 3b) ("...consistent  
with section 3b,...")

*See above: Moral Rights language is not what we agreed on?

BY-NC-ND:

*see above: Preamble refers to the term "work" again?

*see above: License Grant: Last sentence should be amended to reflect  
NC structure? See last sentence of section 3) in US NY-NC-ND.

*see above: Moral Rights language is not what we agreed on?


BY-ND:

*see above: Preamble refers to the term "work" again?

*see above: License Grant: Waiver for sui generis database right is  
listed in a separate numeration whereas in some other licenses (e.g.  
BY-NC), this section is part of the last sentence of section 3. Please  
make sure that this is consistent with all six licenses.

*Restrictions: section 4c): Clarification for sui generis database  
right refers to section 4a) but not to section 4b)?

*see above: Moral Rights language is not what we agreed on?



BY-SA:

*Section 1b): definition of "Creative Commons Compatible license"  
needs to include a reference a reference to the "unported" license as  
well, see language in the US BY-SA:

"Creative Commons Compatible License" means a license that is listed  
at http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses that has been  
approved by Creative Commons as being essentially equivalent to this  
License, including, at a minimum, because that license: (i) contains  
terms that have the same purpose, meaning and effect as the License  
Elements of this License; and, (ii) explicitly permits the relicensing  
of derivatives of works made available under that license under this  
License or either a Creative Commons unported license or a Creative  
Commons jurisdiction license with the same License Elements as this  
License.

*Restrictions: section 4c): Clarification for sui generis database  
right refers to section 4a) and 4b) but not to section 4c)?

*see above: Moral Rights language is not what we agreed on?

Most of my comments refer to more than license, but I have listed them  
repeatedly since I thought it might be easier to follow up and use  
this E-Mail as some kind of "check list". Please let me know if I am  
missing anything or if you have any questions or concerns.

Once again, thank you very much for all your time on this. I am very  
much looking forward to seeing the licenses going live!!

Best regards,

Catharina


Dr. Catharina Maracke
catharina AT creativecommons.org




On May 1, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Movses Hakobyan wrote:

> Dear friends,
> Please have a look at five CC licenses (both in English and  
> Armenian) with
> different terms and conditions that are adapted to Armenian  
> legislation
> based on BY-NC-SA License previously approved by colleagues from CCi.
> In addition, some changes were made into the latter (BY-NC-SA)  
> taking into
> account recent corrections.
> Please voice all your remarks and comments/suggestions further to  
> improve
> wording of Licenses. Thank you in advance.
>
> With best regards
>
> --
> Movses Hakobyan
> Lawyer/Projects Director
> Internews' Center for Information Law and Policy
> 3 Arshakunyats Ave, Yerevan 0023, Armenia
> tel: + 374 10 583620
> fax: + 374 10 569041
> www.internews.am
> www.media.am
> www.gipi.am
> <BY_3.0_Armenia-EN (Final_30 Apr 2009).pdf><BY_3.0_Armenia-EN (with  
> tracks_30 Apr 2009).doc><BY_3 0_Armenia_AM (Final_30 Apr  
> 2009).pdf><BY-NC_3.0_Armenia-EN (Final_30 Apr 2009).pdf><BY- 
> NC_3.0_Armenia-EN (With Tracks_Final_30 Apr 2009).doc><BY-NC_3  
> 0_Armenia_AM (Final_30 Apr 2009).pdf><BY-NC-ND_3.0_Armenia-EN  
> (Final_30 Apr 2009).pdf><BY-NC-ND_3.0_Armenia-EN (With  
> Tracks_Final_30 Apr 2009).doc><BY-NC-ND_3 0_Armenia_AM (Final_30 Apr  
> 2009).pdf><BY-ND_3.0_Armenia-EN (With Tracks_Final_30 Apr  
> 2009).doc><BY-ND_3.0_Armenia-EN (Final_30 Apr 2009).pdf><BY-ND_3  
> 0_Armenia_AM (Final_30 Apr 2009).pdf><BY-SA_ 3.0_Armenia-EN  
> (Final_30 Apr 2009).pdf><BY-SA_ 3.0_Armenia-EN (With Tracks_Final_30  
> Apr 2009).doc><BY-ND_3 0_Armenia_AM (Final_30 Apr  
> 2009).pdf><License_BY-NC-SA_3.0_Armenia_EN_Final_30 Apr  
> 2009.pdf><License_BY-NC-SA_3 0_Armenia_AM_FINAL_30 Apr 2009.pdf><BY- 
> SA_3 0_Armenia_AM (Final_30 Apr  
> 2009).pdf>_______________________________________________
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