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Subject: Creative Commons Jurisdiction Teams in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • From: dorothy g <dgdorothydg AT gmail.com>
  • To: Simeon Oriko <simeon AT creativecommons.org>
  • Cc: CC Affiliates <cc-affiliates AT lists.ibiblio.org>, arab-world AT creativecommons.email, latin-america AT creativecommons.email, CC Europe List <CC-Europe AT lists.ibiblio.org>, cc-asia-pacific AT googlegroups.com, CC Africa mailing list <ccAfrica AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ccAfrica] Global Network Weekly #22
  • Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 09:06:18 +0000

Dear Simeon,  When we first started working with CC in Ghana, our focus was the creative community.  In addition to the larger public events we had special sessions for musicians and film makers and training on how to use the CC licenses. We had pushback from the normal quarters I was shocked when UK collection societies flew  down to discourage local musicians from going CC. As I have said many times we need to have a good business model that makes CC worthwhile for creatives who mostly struggle to stay out of poverty on our continent.  One argument I heard was that they had just finished sorting out their rights under the copyright law and setting up a good system for revenue share. Why should they license CC and give it away? Of course we had good arguments for it and some of the photographers with global outreach have some CC on their sites but the principles behind CC are not enough. They want food on the table. I will be happy to hear what others from Africa think.
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On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Simeon Oriko <simeon AT creativecommons.org> wrote:
Hello CC friends! 👋🏽

This week, I spoke to Marcel Gnauk, a new CC Community member who runs freetousesounds.com - a collection of high quality CC Licensed sounds. Him and I geeked out for a bit about the creative process and the joy of sharing creative work with others freely...and of course, the anxiety of waiting to see what others do with it.

I've spent part of the week wondering where he, and other creative types, fit into our community and how we should engage them. I think the focus should be on how to make CC tools and community relevant to the creative process. I also think an emphasis on craft and quality would attract a lot of creators to our network.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this: how can we attract creatives and how can we create space for them to express their creativity in our network?

Eager to hear your ideas!

Kind Regards,

Simeon Oriko

Simeon Oriko 
Network Manager, Creative Commons

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