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Creative Commons:
Copyright in the digital age For Greater China and Hong Kong
creativecommons.org
China Mainland: cn.creativecommons.orgTaiwan: creativecommons.org.tw
Hong Kong (preparatory site): cchk.wetpaint.com
Hong Kong’s “Copyright Protection in the Digital Environment” consultation (2006)• Consultation in Hong Kong: leaning toward
the rights of the “copyright owners” only?• “Stricter enforcement on copyright
protection = sustainable and beneficial environment for creative industry“ ??
• Criminal liability for “illegal downloading”?• No mention of fair use, copyleft (including
Creative Commons), or issues of industry cartel
• 在數碼環境中保護知識產權 -- http://www.rthk.org.hk/mediadigest/20070215_76_121330.html
UK Government’s “Gowers Review on Intellectual Property” (2006)• The ideal IP regime must create incentives
for innovation, but cannot obstruct the rights of consumers and follow-on innovators to share
• “Allow innovators to stand on the shoulders of giants, so they can see farther.”
• Higher penalties for “genuinely illegitimate activities”
• Introduce strictly limited provisions for private copying to other formats convenient for consumption, e.g. MP3
All Rights Reserved
No Rights Reserved
©Creative Commons
balance
purpose
license elements:
AttributionAttribution
No Commercial useNo Commercial use
No Derivative workNo Derivative work
Share alikeShare alike
three expressions:
Human-Readable: Commons DeedHuman-Readable: Commons Deed
Lawyer-Readable: Legal CodeLawyer-Readable: Legal Code
Machine-Readable: Digital Code, MetadataMachine-Readable: Digital Code, Metadata
Licenses
Deeds
Metadata=
Logo + Link
Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives(by-nc-nd)Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa)Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc)
Attribution No Derivatives (by-nd)
Attribution Share Alike(by-sa)
Attribution(by)
6 variations
the licenses
how to publish
choose the license
license your work
deed
legal code
metadata
Creative Commons International: in contact with 80 countries worldwide
38 Countries have launched national CC licenses
People engage in flexible licensing overwhelmingly for reputational reasons
Two-thirds choose to limit public use to noncommercial use only
Two-thirds permit derivatives
Most popular license elements
first court case
Case info – see: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5823
“In principle, Curry owns the copyright in the four photos, and the photos, by their
posting on that website, are subject to the [Creative Commons] License. Therefore
Audax should observe the conditions that control the use by third parties of the
photos as stated in the License…The claim [...] will therefore be allowed;
defendants will be enjoined from publishing all photos that [Curry] has published
on www.flickr.com, unless this occurs in accordance with the conditions of the
License.”
Curry v. Audax, District Court of Amsterdam – March 9, 2006,
Interim measure, Case no. 334492 / KG 06-176 SR
Amsterdam court ruling
CC China Mainland
CC uses in Mainland China
China Open Resources for Education
YupooWeb 2.0 Start-up
CC Taiwan
examples in Taiwan
Intellectual Property Office
Ministry of Education Education Resources
more examples in Taiwan
Taiwan Digital Art and Information Center
Novel in Taiwan CC License
Album in Taiwan CC License
other examples
MagnatuneRecord Label license music
in CC
JamendoMusic Platform license music in CC
other examples
MIT Open Courseware
local examples
OpenRadio HK
DaayuWeb 2.0 Start-up
my examples
This presentation contains elements or contributions from:
• Ben Cheng• Rebecca Mackinnon, Journalism and
Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong
• Catharina Maracke, Creative Commons International
• Jon Philips, Creative Commons• Creative Commons Austria/Public Voice
Lab
Thanks! Charles MokChairman
Internet Society Hong Kong [email protected]
charlesmok.blogspot.com www.flickr.com/photos/charlesmok
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share
Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by-sa/3.0/