Update: Final steps to “live” CC-SG licenses online

This is a follow-up from this post. Giorgos kept me in the loop on the outcome of the teleconference discussion.

Nathan and Michelle (from CreativeCommons.org) discussed with Giorgos and Ankit (the Singapore side) on the final steps needed to bring the CC-Singapore licenses “live”. What’s required is a careful transfer of text. The critical part is to be absolutely sure the text is correctly copied over to XHTML for all 6 licenses. ‘Cos once the license goes “live”, no changes can be made.

The plan is for Ankit to do a first draft. Then Warren and Anil (who translated the licenses) will double check, and so will Giorgos.

Oh, I’ve got to point out that everyone on the Singapore side is doing this in addition to their day-jobs. I’ve got a deeper appreciation of the work that’s involved in getting the CC licenses ported over and making it “live”. Thanks, guys.

One version of the ‘Creative Commons Singapore’ logo

This was kindly contributed by Kevin Lim:

The different sizes can be downloaded here.

Does anyone want to create a “CC-SG” badge or button? For example, a “I Support CC-Singapore” or something.

We just got “Tomorrowed”

Thanks, Tomorrow.sg!

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Opinion piece: Why Singapore should consider Creative Commons

This was written by Singaporean blogger, Bernard Leong, in June 2007 — before the announcement of CC-Singapore.

Excerpt:

So, why is it important the Singapore government needs to look at Creative Commons? I have a few reasons to offer:

• Encourages More Innovation and Creativity: Although Singapore is positioning itself to be a hub that champions the protection of intellectual property, we also faced an inherent problem of lacking creativity within our community…
• It’s a win-win situation with the establishment: In the Creative Commons world, the establishment does not need to so tied with enforcing stringent intellectual property laws of copyright…
• Moving towards a Web 2.0 mindset: The issue at the moment is that despite there exist small communities in the web 2.0 world, the majority are not…

Bernard’s full post, here.

One more step towards making CC-Singapore license “live” – the XHTML files

Giorgos (one of the two project lead for CC-Singapore) informs me that there’s just one more step to go towards making the Creative Commons Singapore license “live” (e.g. where you see Singapore listed when you choose a jurisdiction for your CC license).

The CC-Singapore team will be discussing with the Creative Commons folks via teleconference next week (Monday, 22 Sept 08), to get over the last critical obstacle before the CC-SG licenses can go live.

It’s something to do with preparing the ported licenses as XHTML files.

This is not an open invitation for the upcoming discussion for this final step, but in the CC spirit, if anyone knowledgeable about XHTML wants to be involved in this final step, drop me a note. I’ll direct you to the CC Singapore team.

What the heck is “Creative Commons” and why would it matter?

In simple terms, Creative Commons matters if you’re creating stuff and putting them on the Internet. And you want a way to protect your intellectual property while encouraging certain uses of them.

Try watching this video (same video here, in better resolution).

Here’s a quote from CreativeCommons.org’s About page:]

“… Balance, compromise, and moderation — once the driving forces of a copyright system that valued innovation and protection equally — have become endangered species. Creative Commons is working to revive them. We use private rights to create public goods: creative works set free for certain uses. Like the free software and open-source movements, our ends are cooperative and community-minded, but our means are voluntary and libertarian. We work to offer creators a best-of-both-worlds way to protect their works while encouraging certain uses of them — to declare “some rights reserved.”

If you’ve questions or comments about Creative Commons, feel free to leave a comment.

Panel discussion: Copyright And The Creative Commons

Posting this here, as an archive. The announcement was originally posted at:
http://www.isea2008singapore.org/conference/conf_panels.html#samtani:

Copyright And The Creative Commons
Chaired by Associate Professor Samtani Anil and Associate Professor Harry Tan

Date: 27 July (2008)
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Venue: Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media, B1-3

An introduction to the key copyright issues that arise as a consequence of new technologies in interactive and digital media. The panel will highlight steps that can be taken by creators and users of copyrighted works to avoid some of the copyright landmines that exist. The panel will also explain the aims and philosophy of the Creative Commons initiative and the specific nature and uses of the Creative Commons licensing suite, and its flexible model of allocating rights; we will hear about CC-related projects. And from stakeholders on what CC mean to them personally and to their institutions.

Organized by the Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law & Policy (CAPTEL) and Creative Commons Singapore.

CAPTEL and Creative Commons Singapore are also delighted to announce the launch of the Creative Commons Singapore licensing suite at ISEA2008.

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Singapore Announces Ported Creative Commons Licenses

Published July 25th 2008.

From CreativeCommons.org Press release:

Patricia Escalera, July 25th, 2008

San Francisco, CA, USA and Singapore City, Singapore — July 27, 2008

Today Creative Commons Singapore announces the completion of the locally ported Creative Commons licensing suite. In close collaboration with Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law & Policy (CAPTEL), the Creative Commons team in Singapore, led by Associate Professor Samtani Anil and Assistant Professor Giorgos Cheliotis, adapted the licenses both linguistically and legally to Singaporean national law. The Creative Commons licenses, now ported to 47 jurisdictions, enable authors, artists, scientists, and educators the choice of a flexible range of protections and freedoms in efforts to promote a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach to copyright.

The Singaporean Creative Commons licenses, available soon online, will be celebrated today in Singapore City at the International Symposium on Electronic Art. The event will also feature a panel, organized by CAPTEL and Creative Commons Singapore, to introduce the audience to key copyright issues in the digital age and also share tips for creators and users to avoid common pitfalls in the field of copyright law.

The panel will, in addition, explain the aims and philosophy of the Creative Commons initiative and the specific nature and uses of the Creative Commons licensing suite in Singapore. Stanford law professor and Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig will address the audience to commemorate the completion of the licenses.

Following the event, the CC Singapore team hopes to initiate a series of educational talks to explain the philosophy of Creative Commons and the practical ways in which users can implement the licenses.

Project Lead Samtani Anil adds, “We also believe the launch of the Singapore CC licenses will lead to a better appreciation of the ambit, contours, and limits of the existing copyright regime in Singapore in relation to the sharing and dissemination of culture and the advancement of innovation. This, we believe, will sensitize various stakeholders to the avenues that are open to them to share their works in accordance with their wishes and needs.”

The CC Singapore team is supported by team members Assistant Professor Warren Chik, Vinod Sabnani, Tham Kok Leong, Lam Chung Nian, Harish Pillay and Ankit Guglani.

About Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law & Policy

Please visit http://captel.ntu.edu.sg for more information.

The Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law & Policy (CAPTEL) is a research center founded to investigate and research issues on how businesses and economies are being affected by the challenges of new technologies on law, regulation and policy. CAPTEL is located at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University.

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 is sustained by the generous support of organizations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as members of the public.

Please visit http://creativecommons.org for more information about Creative Commons.

Contact

Dr. Catharina Maracke
Director
Creative Commons International
catharina@creativecommons.org
+49.30.280.93.909

Press Kit
http://creativecommons.org/presskit
http://creativecommons.org/international/sg/

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CC Singapore License Draft in Public Discussion

Posting this here, as an archive. This post, originally published at the Creative Commons site, is perhaps the post that started off the final stages of CC-Singapore (‘cos up till then, few in Singapore knew even about the porting over of the CC license to Singapore:

Michelle Thorne, June 23rd, 2008

On behalf of CC Singapore, we are pleased to announce that the draft of CC BY-NC-SA adapted to Singaporean law (PDF) is now in public discussion. The CC Singapore team, lead by Anil Samtani and Giorgos Cheliotis and hosted at the Centre for Asia Pacific Technology Law & Policy (CAPTEL), has been working with Creative Commons International to port the licenses to local copyright legislation. A launch event to celebrate Singapore’s completed licensing suite is scheduled in for July 27th.

As part of the public discussion, we warmly invite you to join CC Singapore’s discussion list and share your comments with local and international legal experts.

Thank you and congratulations to CC Singapore!

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Hello world!

Welcome to the Creative Commons Singapore blog. We will post news, announcements, updates etc. about Creative Commons Singapore.

CCi Singapore List

• Legal Project Lead: Associate Professor Anil Samtani; Deputy-Director, CAPTEL
• Public Project Lead: Assistant Professor Giorgos Cheliotis; Fellow, CAPTEL

[The latest update of the Creative Commons Singapore representatives can be found here]

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