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 mok@isoc.hk

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/