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Case Studies/Loops

2009-10-15T04:10:29Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=Loops is a project created collaboratively between the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and The OpenEnded Group that released Merce Cunningham’s choreography for his solo dance "Loops" under a CC BY-NC-SA license.
|Quote=Longtime Cunningham collaborators Marc Downie, Paul Kaiser, and Shelley Eshkar, who together form the OpenEnded Group, are releasing an open source recording of [Merce] Cunningham performing a new version of his renowned piece, Loops. Loops was originally performed in 1971 as a solo dance. In this special re-configuration, Cunningham focuses only on his sensor-laden hands and the resulting work is a graceful visualization of his fingers moving through space. The transition into this form indeed visualizes how the artist has evolved over the years. Cunningham is also releasing the score under a Creative Commons (non-commercial/attribution/share-alike) license, so that it can be more closely studied and remixed in the future. For an artist with such a long-standing interest in chance operations, it's a bold and exciting move to see his work opened up to others in this way
|Quote_Attribution=[http://rhizome.org/editorial/news/?timestamp=20080222 Marisa Olson], [http://rhizome.org/ Rhizome.org]
|Image_Header=http://www.openendedgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/images/loops-horiz.jpg
|Image_attribution=The OpenEnded Group
|Image_license=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
|Mainurl=http://www.openendedgroup.com/
|Author=The OpenEnded Group
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=dance remix art collaboration
|License short name=CC BY-NC-SA
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
|Format=MovingImage, InteractiveResource
|Country=United States
}}
== Overview ==

[http://www.openendedgroup.com The OpenEnded Group] also released a digital portrait of Cunningham, also entitled [http://www.openendedgroup.com/index.php/artworks/loops-2001-present/ "Loops"], as open source software. This artwork derives from a high-resolution 3D recording of Cunningham performing the solo with his hands and promises to provide ample substance for derivative works. The result is a ‘live’ performance of the dance that is constantly changing as it runs in real time and does not repeat itself. Both the choreography of the performance and the digital artwork are available under open source licences. The name “Loops” is derived from Cunningham’s circular wrist movements, the aim being to explore the range of possible movements of the human hand. While the dance originally involved different body parts, the version captured and immortalised in this project is performed only using Cunningham’s hands and he considers this to be the “definitive version” of his dance.

Artists have already been invited by the 2009 Boston Cyberarts Festival to re-purpose Loops into new digital forms (see http://www.flong.com/projects/merce/ for an example).

== License Usage ==

Choreographing of Merce Cunningham's Loops is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) 3.0 United States license so others can freely remix and re-score the dance if they attribute the author. However, the work may not be used for commercial purposes and any derivative works must be released under a similar licence to the one used for Loops.

== Motivations ==

CC licenses "provided the legal and ingenious “copyleft” license that Cunningham has used to share his choreography."

The OpenEnded Group was concerned with the generally limited quality of teaching and criticism in the field of digital artwork. They based this on three factors:
• Criticism of digital artwork is generally written by people who have not themselves studied the art in depth;
• Even where a decent review of an artwork is available, the art itself is often hard to find and see for yourself; and
• Where the artists are found, often they have either stopped working or the art is prohibitively hard to put back together again for installation.

They consider the resulting lack of quality criticism and discussion of the art to ultimately damage the art itself. The decision to release Loops under a CC licence was an attempt to enable a deeper understanding of the artworks and to generate a higher level of discussion. They seek to give the general public - in particular students, scholars and artists - the ability to examine the work with an unprecedented level of precision and understanding of the context. The intention in releasing the artwork under an open content licence was to preserve and document the work and to create “living wills” for both the choreography and the software to allow the perpetuation of the work. The use of a CC licence allows both contemporaneous and future artists and programmers to reuse and reinterpret their work to create their own derivative artworks.

== Media ==

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Case Studies/80Beats Blog

2009-10-01T06:43:23Z

Kelsey L: Created page with '{{Case Study |Description=80Beats is one of a number of blogs created by DISCOVER to provide a source of discussion on current topics in the world of science. |Quote=“80beats i…'

{{Case Study
|Description=80Beats is one of a number of blogs created by DISCOVER to provide a source of discussion on current topics in the world of science.
|Quote=“80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles on the day's most compelling topics”
|Quote_Attribution=80Beats website
|Mainurl=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/
|Author=Discover
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=Science, Discover, Blog
|License short name=CC BY-NC-SA
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
|Country=United States of America
}}
== Overview ==

80Beats was created by Discover Magazine as their news aggregator to put together the best articles covering the most up to date and interesting topics. It is just one of a number of blogs created by Discover aiming to engage readers with current news events related to the wide world of science.

80Beats serves to carry on Discover Magazine’s commendable aim of getting readers interested in science, and what’s more they have proved themselves to be very good at this. Short but concise treatment of science news as it happens, with interesting graphics along with an opportunity for readers to comment on the post mean that the blog will not be found wanting for users.

The posts are created using a number of journalistic sources and put together primarily by writer Eliza Strickland. Posts are also contributed by Brett Israel. 80Beats puts out a daily email newsletter which you can subscribe to as well as an RSS feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/80beats.

== License Usage ==

80Beats has added an additional copyright term to their use of a Creative Commons licence. They provide that Discover owns the exclusive copyright to all 80beats posts for 30 days from the date of publication. After this period has expired, the text is licensed under a Creative Commons licence.

80Beats has adopted a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This means that people have a right to use the material on the blog as long is they attribute the author and do so for a ‘non-commercial’ purpose. Any adaptation of the material may only be distributed under the same or a similar licence to the licence which 80beats has used (ie a CC-BY-NC-SA). Any images on the blog are not owned by Discover and so are not included under the Creative Commons licence.

This licence is applied through the use of a licence button on every page of the site, along with a brief summary of why they chose to use a Creative Commons licence. The licence button links to a summary of the licence, which in turn links to the full licence.

== Motivations ==

80Beats was encouraged to release its material under a Creative Commons licence because they make use of the work of many other excellent publications in putting together the blog and so believe it is only proper to offer up their content in turn for use by others. A Creative Commons Share Alike licence will also help to fulfil Discover Magazine’s aim of encouraging an interest in science by allowing people to use material on the blog and share it with friends. The use of a CC licence demonstrates the importance of people having access to, as well as an interest in, the rapidly developing world of science.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Pacific Media Centre

2009-10-01T05:11:42Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=The Pacific Media Centre is the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in New Zealand and is committed to providing informed journalism specifically with respect to contemporary Maori, Pasifika and ethnic affairs.
|Quote="Informed journalism and media research contributes to economic, political and social development"
|Quote_Attribution=Pacific Media Centre website
|Image_Header=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/c/c0/Logo140px.jpg
|Image_attribution=Pacific Media Centre website
|Mainurl=http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/
|Author=Pacific Media Centre
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=Media, journalism, Maori, Pacific
|License short name=CC BY-NC-ND
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/
|Format=Image
|Country=New Zealand
}}
== Overview ==

The Pacific Media Centre (PMC) was established by AUT University’s Faculty of Design and Creative Industries in Auckland, New Zealand in 2007 and is the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Centre aims to stimulate cultural and research publications dealing with contemporary Mâori, Pacific and ethnic issues. Mâori and Pacific issues are generally in need of greater representation in academic research, something PMC is aiming to correct.

PMC believes that by providing informed journalism and media research they will contribute to economic, political and social development. Indeed an informed, independent and inquiring media helps to ensure that the government is truly representative of, and accountable to, the people and so supports good governance. Not only does the Centre provide a source of information for people within the New Zealand culture, but it also promotes understanding and respect for all cultures worldwide. It provides a place where people can gain a greater understanding of cultures they would otherwise not be able to experience, something which cannot be undervalued in our culturally diverse society. In doing so, it will encourage other media outlets to provide a higher quality and more attuned approach to Pacific issues, and increase overall public awareness.

In seeking to achieve this, the Centre has focused on developing relationships and collaborating with other centres of research excellence in media and cultural production, including:
- Asia NZ Foundation (ANZF);
- Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ); Human Rights Commission (HRC); and
- Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF).

As part of their partnerships with Asian Media Information and Communication (AMIC); University of the South Pacific (USP) and Fiji Institute of Applied Science (FIAS), the Centre has recently co-published two new Pacific media and communication books:
- Media and Development: Issues and Challenges in the Pacific Islands (Shailendra Singh and Professor Biman Prasad, editors); and
- South Pacific Islands Communication: Regional Perspectives, Local Issues (Evangelia Papoutsaki and Usha Sundar Harris, editors)

The Centre has already established a YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/pacmedcentre); blog (http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/); Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48624011152); and twitter page (http://twitter.com/pacmedcentre).

== License Usage ==

The Pacific Media Centre has licensed their website under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 New Zealand licence (CC-BY-NC-ND). This means that people are free to use material on the website for non-commercial purposes provided they attribute the work, but are not permitted to alter, transform or build upon the works.

This licence is applied through the use of a licence button on every page of the site linking to a summary of the licence, which in turn links to the full licence.

== Motivations ==

As the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand, providing their resources under a CC licence makes their wealth of information more freely available to the public and so helps to fulfil their aim of stimulating informed cultural research.

The Centre’s goal of contributing to economic, political and social development through informed journalism cannot be achieved if people are not given access to that information, and releasing information from their website under a CC licence serves to assist in achieving their goals. More people being able to use the information will lead to increased understanding of cultural issues as well as a higher standard of journalism in this area.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Pacific Scoop

2009-10-01T05:10:47Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=Pacific Scoop is the leading independent news publication in New Zealand.
|Quote="Unique, independent and necessary in NZ media..."
|Quote_Attribution=Pacific Scoop website
|Image_Header=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/2/29/Masthead_Pacific.gif
|Image_attribution=Pacific Scoop website
|Mainurl=http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/
|Author=Pacific Scoop
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=Media, journalism, Maori, Pacific
|License short name=CC BY-NC-ND
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/
|Format=Image
|Country=New Zealand
}}
== Overview ==

Pacific Scoop was established in 1999, the result of a joint venture between AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre and the independent news portal Scoop. It is the leading news resource in New Zealand for people behind the news, rather than just readers/viewers. Pacific Scoop aims to address the lack of coverage of Pacific news stories in the mainstream media by reporting on Pacific news, current affairs and analysis. The aim is to provide an independent voice of the Pacific which will tell the hidden stories and highlight under-exposed issues.

Pacific Scoop prides itself on delivering news when it happens, unprocessed and independent, so readers can get the whole story and form their own opinions. Scoop’s mission is “To be an agent of positive change”. It seeks to provide an open forum for the expression of a variety of perspectives without ‘spin’ or prejudice from either the reporters or a multinational media conglomerate.

The website will be updated with stories by postgraduate Pacific student journalists and other media students. Academic staff, regional journalists and civil society advocates and analysts will also contribute to articles posted on the website.

The website is updated daily with more than 100 Topic Indexes, including “education, culture, creativity, environment, health, human rights, media, social justice, resource development, regional security and technology”. Specific issues which will be highlighted include those of censorship and democracy in Fiji and Tonga.

Pacific scoop has already received a number of awards including a 2005 Democratic Media Award and ranked 3rd by Nielsen Net//Ratings in their News Category. It was also a finalist in the Qantas Media Awards Best News Site in 2007 as well as Netguide Magazine’s Web Awards in 2004.

== License Usage ==

Pacific Scoop has chosen an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives New Zealand licence to release its content under. This means that readers can use the content on the website as long as they attribute the work, only use it for non-commercial purposes and not alter, transform or build upon the work.

Just as is the case for the Pacific Media Centre website, the licence is applied through the use of a licence button on every page of the site linking to a summary of the licence, which in turn links to the full licence.

The website averages more then 450,000 reported readers per month and is clearly a leading news resource in New Zealand so the use of a Creative Commons licence will allow readers to more easily use the material available.

== Motivations ==

Pacific Scoop believes “…in the power of compelling ideas to propel themselves into political consciousness if they are able to get exposure and be debated”. The use of a Creative Commons licence has enabled readers of Scoop to more easily use the information they find on the website. This means that the material on the site will receive greater exposure and helps them to achieve their aim of encouraging people to get their news from an independent, informative source.

Pacific Scoop’s mission embodies the ideas of “freedom, expression, ideas, information, empowerment, transformation”. Releasing their material under a CC licence will serve to help the free expression of ideas and information in an open forum and encourage people to take a more active role in digesting news.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Pacific Scoop

2009-10-01T05:08:50Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=Pacific Scoop is the leading independent news publication in New Zealand.
|Quote="Unique, independent and necessary in NZ media..."
|Quote_Attribution=Pacific Scoop website
|Image_Header=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/File:Masthead_Pacific.gif
|Image_attribution=Pacific Scoop website
|Mainurl=http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/
|Author=Pacific Scoop
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=Media, journalism, Maori, Pacific
|License short name=CC BY-NC-ND
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/
|Format=Image
|Country=New Zealand
}}
== Overview ==

Pacific Scoop was established in 1999, the result of a joint venture between AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre and the independent news portal Scoop. It is the leading news resource in New Zealand for people behind the news, rather than just readers/viewers. Pacific Scoop aims to address the lack of coverage of Pacific news stories in the mainstream media by reporting on Pacific news, current affairs and analysis. The aim is to provide an independent voice of the Pacific which will tell the hidden stories and highlight under-exposed issues.

Pacific Scoop prides itself on delivering news when it happens, unprocessed and independent, so readers can get the whole story and form their own opinions. Scoop’s mission is “To be an agent of positive change”. It seeks to provide an open forum for the expression of a variety of perspectives without ‘spin’ or prejudice from either the reporters or a multinational media conglomerate.

The website will be updated with stories by postgraduate Pacific student journalists and other media students. Academic staff, regional journalists and civil society advocates and analysts will also contribute to articles posted on the website.

The website is updated daily with more than 100 Topic Indexes, including “education, culture, creativity, environment, health, human rights, media, social justice, resource development, regional security and technology”. Specific issues which will be highlighted include those of censorship and democracy in Fiji and Tonga.

Pacific scoop has already received a number of awards including a 2005 Democratic Media Award and ranked 3rd by Nielsen Net//Ratings in their News Category. It was also a finalist in the Qantas Media Awards Best News Site in 2007 as well as Netguide Magazine’s Web Awards in 2004.

== License Usage ==

Pacific Scoop has chosen an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives New Zealand licence to release its content under. This means that readers can use the content on the website as long as they attribute the work, only use it for non-commercial purposes and not alter, transform or build upon the work.

Just as is the case for the Pacific Media Centre website, the licence is applied through the use of a licence button on every page of the site linking to a summary of the licence, which in turn links to the full licence.

The website averages more then 450,000 reported readers per month and is clearly a leading news resource in New Zealand so the use of a Creative Commons licence will allow readers to more easily use the material available.

== Motivations ==

Pacific Scoop believes “…in the power of compelling ideas to propel themselves into political consciousness if they are able to get exposure and be debated”. The use of a Creative Commons licence has enabled readers of Scoop to more easily use the information they find on the website. This means that the material on the site will receive greater exposure and helps them to achieve their aim of encouraging people to get their news from an independent, informative source.

Pacific Scoop’s mission embodies the ideas of “freedom, expression, ideas, information, empowerment, transformation”. Releasing their material under a CC licence will serve to help the free expression of ideas and information in an open forum and encourage people to take a more active role in digesting news.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Pacific Scoop

2009-10-01T05:06:41Z

Kelsey L: Created page with '{{Case Study |Description=Pacific Scoop is the leading independent news publication in New Zealand. |Quote="Unique, independent and necessary in NZ media..." |Quote_Attribution=P…'

{{Case Study
|Description=Pacific Scoop is the leading independent news publication in New Zealand.
|Quote="Unique, independent and necessary in NZ media..."
|Quote_Attribution=Pacific Scoop website
|Image_Header=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/File:Masthead_Pacific.gif
|Image_attribution=Pacific Scoop website
|Mainurl=http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/
|Author=Pacific Scoop
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=Media, journalism, Maori, Pacific
|License short name=CC BY-NC-ND
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/
|Format=Image
|Country=New Zealand
}}
== Overview ==

Pacific Scoop was established in 1999, the result of a joint venture between AUT University’s Pacific Media Centre and the independent news portal Scoop. It is the leading news resource in New Zealand for people behind the news, rather than just readers/viewers. Pacific Scoop aims to address the lack of coverage of Pacific news stories in the mainstream media by reporting on Pacific news, current affairs and analysis. The aim is to provide an independent voice of the Pacific which will tell the hidden stories and highlight under-exposed issues.

Pacific Scoop prides itself on delivering news when it happens, unprocessed and independent, so readers can get the whole story and form their own opinions. Scoop’s mission is “To be an agent of positive change”. It seeks to provide an open forum for the expression of a variety of perspectives without ‘spin’ or prejudice from either the reporters or a multinational media conglomerate.

The website will be updated with stories by postgraduate Pacific student journalists and other media students. Academic staff, regional journalists and civil society advocates and analysts will also contribute to articles posted on the website.

The website is updated daily with more than 100 Topic Indexes, including “education, culture, creativity, environment, health, human rights, media, social justice, resource development, regional security and technology”. Specific issues which will be highlighted include those of censorship and democracy in Fiji and Tonga.

Pacific scoop has already received a number of awards including a 2005 Democratic Media Award and ranked 3rd by Nielsen Net//Ratings in their News Category. It was also a finalist in the Qantas Media Awards Best News Site in 2007 as well as Netguide Magazine’s Web Awards in 2004.

== License Usage ==

Pacific Scoop has chosen an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives New Zealand licence to release its content under. This means that readers can use the content on the website as long as they attribute the work, only use it for non-commercial purposes and not alter, transform or build upon the work.

Just as is the case for the Pacific Media Centre website, the licence is applied through the use of a licence button on every page of the site linking to a summary of the licence, which in turn links to the full licence.

The website averages more then 450,000 reported readers per month and is clearly a leading news resource in New Zealand so the use of a Creative Commons licence will allow readers to more easily use the material available.

== Motivations ==

Pacific Scoop believes “…in the power of compelling ideas to propel themselves into political consciousness if they are able to get exposure and be debated”. The use of a Creative Commons licence has enabled readers of Scoop to more easily use the information they find on the website. This means that the material on the site will receive greater exposure and helps them to achieve their aim of encouraging people to get their news from an independent, informative source.

Pacific Scoop’s mission embodies the ideas of “freedom, expression, ideas, information, empowerment, transformation”. Releasing their material under a CC licence will serve to help the free expression of ideas and information in an open forum and encourage people to take a more active role in digesting news.

== Media ==
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2009-10-01T05:00:02Z

Kelsey L:

Case Studies/Pacific Media Centre

2009-10-01T04:57:21Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=The Pacific Media Centre is the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in New Zealand and is committed to providing informed journalism specifically with respect to contemporary Maori, Pasifika and ethnic affairs.
|Quote="Informed journalism and media research contributes to economic, political and social development"
|Quote_Attribution=Pacific Media Centre website
|Image_Header=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/File:Logo140px.jpg
|Image_attribution=Pacific Media Centre website
|Mainurl=http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/
|Author=Pacific Media Centre
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=Media, journalism, Maori, Pacific
|License short name=CC BY-NC-ND
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/
|Format=Image
|Country=New Zealand
}}
== Overview ==

The Pacific Media Centre (PMC) was established by AUT University’s Faculty of Design and Creative Industries in Auckland, New Zealand in 2007 and is the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Centre aims to stimulate cultural and research publications dealing with contemporary Mâori, Pacific and ethnic issues. Mâori and Pacific issues are generally in need of greater representation in academic research, something PMC is aiming to correct.

PMC believes that by providing informed journalism and media research they will contribute to economic, political and social development. Indeed an informed, independent and inquiring media helps to ensure that the government is truly representative of, and accountable to, the people and so supports good governance. Not only does the Centre provide a source of information for people within the New Zealand culture, but it also promotes understanding and respect for all cultures worldwide. It provides a place where people can gain a greater understanding of cultures they would otherwise not be able to experience, something which cannot be undervalued in our culturally diverse society. In doing so, it will encourage other media outlets to provide a higher quality and more attuned approach to Pacific issues, and increase overall public awareness.

In seeking to achieve this, the Centre has focused on developing relationships and collaborating with other centres of research excellence in media and cultural production, including:
- Asia NZ Foundation (ANZF);
- Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ); Human Rights Commission (HRC); and
- Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF).

As part of their partnerships with Asian Media Information and Communication (AMIC); University of the South Pacific (USP) and Fiji Institute of Applied Science (FIAS), the Centre has recently co-published two new Pacific media and communication books:
- Media and Development: Issues and Challenges in the Pacific Islands (Shailendra Singh and Professor Biman Prasad, editors); and
- South Pacific Islands Communication: Regional Perspectives, Local Issues (Evangelia Papoutsaki and Usha Sundar Harris, editors)

The Centre has already established a YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/pacmedcentre); blog (http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/); Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48624011152); and twitter page (http://twitter.com/pacmedcentre).

== License Usage ==

The Pacific Media Centre has licensed their website under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 New Zealand licence (CC-BY-NC-ND). This means that people are free to use material on the website for non-commercial purposes provided they attribute the work, but are not permitted to alter, transform or build upon the works.

This licence is applied through the use of a licence button on every page of the site linking to a summary of the licence, which in turn links to the full licence.

== Motivations ==

As the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand, providing their resources under a CC licence makes their wealth of information more freely available to the public and so helps to fulfil their aim of stimulating informed cultural research.

The Centre’s goal of contributing to economic, political and social development through informed journalism cannot be achieved if people are not given access to that information, and releasing information from their website under a CC licence serves to assist in achieving their goals. More people being able to use the information will lead to increased understanding of cultural issues as well as a higher standard of journalism in this area.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Pacific Media Centre

2009-10-01T04:52:45Z

Kelsey L: Created page with '{{Case Study |Description=The Pacific Media Centre is the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in New Zealand and is committed to providing informed jour…'

{{Case Study
|Description=The Pacific Media Centre is the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in New Zealand and is committed to providing informed journalism specifically with respect to contemporary Maori, Pasifika and ethnic affairs.
|Quote="Informed journalism and media research contributes to economic, political and social development"
|Quote_Attribution=Pacific Media Centre website
|Image_Header=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/File:Logo140px.jpg
|Image_attribution=Pacific Media Centre website
|Mainurl=http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/
|Author=Pacific Media Centre
|License short name=CC BY-NC-ND
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/nz/
|Format=Image
|Country=New Zealand
}}
== Overview ==

The Pacific Media Centre (PMC) was established by AUT University’s Faculty of Design and Creative Industries in Auckland, New Zealand in 2007 and is the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Centre aims to stimulate cultural and research publications dealing with contemporary Mâori, Pacific and ethnic issues. Mâori and Pacific issues are generally in need of greater representation in academic research, something PMC is aiming to correct.

PMC believes that by providing informed journalism and media research they will contribute to economic, political and social development. Indeed an informed, independent and inquiring media helps to ensure that the government is truly representative of, and accountable to, the people and so supports good governance. Not only does the Centre provide a source of information for people within the New Zealand culture, but it also promotes understanding and respect for all cultures worldwide. It provides a place where people can gain a greater understanding of cultures they would otherwise not be able to experience, something which cannot be undervalued in our culturally diverse society. In doing so, it will encourage other media outlets to provide a higher quality and more attuned approach to Pacific issues, and increase overall public awareness.

In seeking to achieve this, the Centre has focused on developing relationships and collaborating with other centres of research excellence in media and cultural production, including:
- Asia NZ Foundation (ANZF);
- Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ); Human Rights Commission (HRC); and
- Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF).

As part of their partnerships with Asian Media Information and Communication (AMIC); University of the South Pacific (USP) and Fiji Institute of Applied Science (FIAS), the Centre has recently co-published two new Pacific media and communication books:
- Media and Development: Issues and Challenges in the Pacific Islands (Shailendra Singh and Professor Biman Prasad, editors); and
- South Pacific Islands Communication: Regional Perspectives, Local Issues (Evangelia Papoutsaki and Usha Sundar Harris, editors)

The Centre has already established a YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/pacmedcentre); blog (http://pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com/); Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48624011152); and twitter page (http://twitter.com/pacmedcentre).

== License Usage ==

The Pacific Media Centre has licensed their website under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 New Zealand licence (CC-BY-NC-ND). This means that people are free to use material on the website for non-commercial purposes provided they attribute the work, but are not permitted to alter, transform or build upon the works.

This licence is applied through the use of a licence button on every page of the site linking to a summary of the licence, which in turn links to the full licence.

== Motivations ==

As the only media research and community resource centre of its kind in Aotearoa/New Zealand, providing their resources under a CC licence makes their wealth of information more freely available to the public and so helps to fulfil their aim of stimulating informed cultural research.

The Centre’s goal of contributing to economic, political and social development through informed journalism cannot be achieved if people are not given access to that information, and releasing information from their website under a CC licence serves to assist in achieving their goals. More people being able to use the information will lead to increased understanding of cultural issues as well as a higher standard of journalism in this area.

== Media ==

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2009-10-01T04:45:25Z

Kelsey L:

Case Studies/Australian Bureau of Statistics

2009-09-03T04:49:48Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=The Australian Bureau of Statistics has made the census available for all through the use of a Creative Commons Licence.
|Quote="We assist and encourage informed decision making, research
and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a
high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service"
|Quote_Attribution=ABS Mission Statement
|Mainurl=http://www.abs.gov.au
|Author=Australian Bureau of Statistics
|User_Status=Creator
|Tag=research, census, government
|License short name=CC BY
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
|Country=Australia
}}
== Overview ==

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia’s central statistical authority and the agency responsible for the national census. As such, the ABS is the most comprehensive source of data on all aspects of Australian life, including population, economy, environment and industry. The ABS is committed to assisting and encouraging “informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service”. The ABS website is one of the most popular government sites in Australia, with many Australians from researchers and schools to businesses and artists seeking access to the data available.

== License Usage ==

On the 18th of December 2008, the ABS released its website content for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. The change was achieved by releasing a new copyright statement and the addition of Creative Commons metadata to the footer of every page of the website. This has served to reduce the restrictions on the use of data from the website considerably. The licence means people are free to re-use, build upon and distribute the data, as long as they attribute the ABS as the source. People can re-use this data for any purpose – including commercial.

Prior to implementing the Creative Commons licence, people needed to enter into a licensing arrangement with the ABS to redistribute more than 500 cells of data or to enhance the data or information on the website. Licences were available free of charge which allowed broad use of the website’s content. However, the fact that people had to go through the process of attaining a licence puts in place a potential barrier for those seeking to re-use or re-mix the data. Making the wealth of information available under an Attribution Only licence means that it is readily available for any member of the public without the need for a lengthy copyright clearance process. The research and data collection conducted by the ABS is paid for by public funds and now the ABS is giving Australians their statistics back. Everyone is now able to re-use and build upon the data to the benefit of Australia’s knowledge and education.
The ABS has not just released their material under the broadest possible Creative Commons licence, they have also used best practice implementation standards. On every page of the ABS website the Attribution licence button appears, which directs users to an easy to understand guide to what they can do with the information on the website. A link from this page in turn directs users to the ‘lawyer friendly’ legal code. The ABS has also put a full explanation of the Creative Commons licence on their [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument?utm_id=GB copyright page] and has a separate [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/8b2bdbc1d45a10b1ca25751d000d9b03?opendocument? information page] about Creative Commons and their decision to use it for their website. In addition, they have provided [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/89a5f3d8684682b6ca256de4002c809b/70353d5dd53b0e2dca257522001e996c!OpenDocument attribution guidelines] to make it easier for the public to use the material available.

The only real restriction on the Creative Commons licence is that it does not apply to customized data provided by information consultancies. This data is covered by the ABS Conditions of Sale and a separate licence is needed from the ABS for secondary distribution.

== Motivations ==

The move by the ABS in making its material available through Creative Commons licensing comes as a response to a process of investigation and consultation with a number of stakeholders, including both Commonwealth Government Agencies and the Creative Commons community. In particular, it follows recommendation 7.8 of the Venturous Australia Review of the National Innovation System:
:“Australian governments should adopt international standards of open publishing as far as possible. Material released for public information by Australian governments should be released under a Creative Commons licence.”

The aim of this is to improve the flow of government generated information for the benefit of Australians. The ABS also states that by utilising Creative Commons licensing they are “facilitating innovative research and development projects based on quality statistics and promoting the wider use of statistics in the community”. This ultimately assists the ABS in achieving a key goal, namely, to maximise the use of statistics in business and research as well as the general community. The ABS has long been a leader in providing open access to public sector information, and now they have taken the extra step of using a Creative Commons licence to maximise access to their statistics.

The use of a Creative Commons licence also benefits the ABS more directly by improving the online visibility of ABS resources. Advanced options in search engines such as Google and Yahoo enable users to filter websites according to usage rights. This increases the use of ABS materials and so furthers the ABS’s mission.

Governments and public agencies are fundamentally involved in the provision of publicly-funded research. Open access requirements are increasingly being introduced in response to growing recognition of the need for users to access and re-use data. One such example is Barack Obama’s release of his campaign materials and change.gov transition website under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is the most comprehensive source of data on Australian life and opening up their data for public re-use provides essential resources for researchers through to educators. The decision reflects the importance of openness in government.
Hopefully the move by the ABS to Creative Commons will provide an example for other Australian government bodies and mark the beginning of a new age of openness, transparency and innovation for the Australian public sector.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Australian Bureau of Statistics

2009-09-03T04:36:40Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=The Australian Bureau of Statistics has made the census available for all through the use of a Creative Commons Licence.
|Quote="We assist and encourage informed decision making, research
and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a
high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service"
|Quote_Attribution=ABS Mission Statement
|Mainurl=http://www.abs.gov.au
|Author=Australian Bureau of Statistics
|User_Status=Creator
|License short name=CC BY
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
|Country=Australia
}}
== Overview ==

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia’s central statistical authority and the agency responsible for the national census. As such, the ABS is the most comprehensive source of data on all aspects of Australian life, including population, economy, environment and industry. The ABS is committed to assisting and encouraging “informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service”. The ABS website is one of the most popular government sites in Australia, with many Australians from researchers and schools to businesses and artists seeking access to the data available.

== License Usage ==

On the 18th of December 2008, the ABS released its website content for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. The change was achieved by releasing a new copyright statement and the addition of Creative Commons metadata to the footer of every page of the website. This has served to reduce the restrictions on the use of data from the website considerably. The licence means people are free to re-use, build upon and distribute the data, as long as they attribute the ABS as the source. People can re-use this data for any purpose – including commercial.

Prior to implementing the Creative Commons licence, people needed to enter into a licensing arrangement with the ABS to redistribute more than 500 cells of data or to enhance the data or information on the website. Licences were available free of charge which allowed broad use of the website’s content. However, the fact that people had to go through the process of attaining a licence puts in place a potential barrier for those seeking to re-use or re-mix the data. Making the wealth of information available under an Attribution Only licence means that it is readily available for any member of the public without the need for a lengthy copyright clearance process. The research and data collection conducted by the ABS is paid for by public funds and now the ABS is giving Australians their statistics back. Everyone is now able to re-use and build upon the data to the benefit of Australia’s knowledge and education.
The ABS has not just released their material under the broadest possible Creative Commons licence, they have also used best practice implementation standards. On every page of the ABS website the Attribution licence button appears, which directs users to an easy to understand guide to what they can do with the information on the website. A link from this page in turn directs users to the ‘lawyer friendly’ legal code. The ABS has also put a full explanation of the Creative Commons licence on their [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument?utm_id=GB copyright page] and has a separate [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/8b2bdbc1d45a10b1ca25751d000d9b03?opendocument? information page] about Creative Commons and their decision to use it for their website. In addition, they have provided [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/89a5f3d8684682b6ca256de4002c809b/70353d5dd53b0e2dca257522001e996c!OpenDocument attribution guidelines] to make it easier for the public to use the material available.

The only real restriction on the Creative Commons licence is that it does not apply to customized data provided by information consultancies. This data is covered by the ABS Conditions of Sale and a separate licence is needed from the ABS for secondary distribution.

== Motivations ==

The move by the ABS in making its material available through Creative Commons licensing comes as a response to a process of investigation and consultation with a number of stakeholders, including both Commonwealth Government Agencies and the Creative Commons community. In particular, it follows recommendation 7.8 of the Venturous Australia Review of the National Innovation System:
:“Australian governments should adopt international standards of open publishing as far as possible. Material released for public information by Australian governments should be released under a Creative Commons licence.”

The aim of this is to improve the flow of government generated information for the benefit of Australians. The ABS also states that by utilising Creative Commons licensing they are “facilitating innovative research and development projects based on quality statistics and promoting the wider use of statistics in the community”. This ultimately assists the ABS in achieving a key goal, namely, to maximise the use of statistics in business and research as well as the general community. The ABS has long been a leader in providing open access to public sector information, and now they have taken the extra step of using a Creative Commons licence to maximise access to their statistics.

The use of a Creative Commons licence also benefits the ABS more directly by improving the online visibility of ABS resources. Advanced options in search engines such as Google and Yahoo enable users to filter websites according to usage rights. This increases the use of ABS materials and so furthers the ABS’s mission.

Governments and public agencies are fundamentally involved in the provision of publicly-funded research. Open access requirements are increasingly being introduced in response to growing recognition of the need for users to access and re-use data. One such example is Barack Obama’s release of his campaign materials and change.gov transition website under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is the most comprehensive source of data on Australian life and opening up their data for public re-use provides essential resources for researchers through to educators. The decision reflects the importance of openness in government.
Hopefully the move by the ABS to Creative Commons will provide an example for other Australian government bodies and mark the beginning of a new age of openness, transparency and innovation for the Australian public sector.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Australian Bureau of Statistics

2009-09-03T04:23:25Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=The Australian Bureau of Statistics has made the census available for all through the use of a Creative Commons Licence.
|Quote="We assist and encourage informed decision making, research
and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a
high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service"
|Quote_Attribution=ABS Mission Statement
|Mainurl=http://www.abs.gov.au
|Author=Australian Bureau of Statistics
|User_Status=Creator
|License short name=CC BY
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
|Country=Australia
}}
== Overview ==

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia’s central statistical authority and the agency responsible for the national census. As such, the ABS is the most comprehensive source of data on all aspects of Australian life, including population, economy, environment and industry. The ABS is committed to assisting and encouraging “informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service”. The ABS website is one of the most popular government sites in Australia, with many Australians from researchers and schools to businesses and artists seeking access to the data available.

== License Usage ==

On the 18th of December 2008, the ABS released its website content for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. The change was achieved by releasing a new copyright statement and the addition of Creative Commons metadata to the footer of every page of the website. This has served to reduce the restrictions on the use of data from the website considerably. The licence means people are free to re-use, build upon and distribute the data, as long as they attribute the ABS as the source. People can re-use this data for any purpose – including commercial.

Prior to implementing the Creative Commons licence, people needed to enter into a licensing arrangement with the ABS to redistribute more than 500 cells of data or to enhance the data or information on the website. Licences were available free of charge which allowed broad use of the website’s content. However, the fact that people had to go through the process of attaining a licence puts in place a potential barrier for those seeking to re-use or re-mix the data. Making the wealth of information available under an Attribution Only licence means that it is readily available for any member of the public without the need for a lengthy copyright clearance process. The research and data collection conducted by the ABS is paid for by public funds and now the ABS is giving Australians their statistics back. Everyone is now able to re-use and build upon the data to the benefit of Australia’s knowledge and education.
The ABS has not just released their material under the broadest possible Creative Commons licence, they have also used best practice implementation standards. On every page of the ABS website the Attribution licence button appears, which directs users to an easy to understand guide to what they can do with the information on the website. A link from this page in turn directs users to the ‘lawyer friendly’ legal code. The ABS has also put a full explanation of the Creative Commons licence on their copyright page (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument?utm_id=GB) and has a separate information page about Creative Commons and their decision to use it for their website (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/8b2bdbc1d45a10b1ca25751d000d9b03?opendocument?). In addition, they have provided attribution guidelines to make it easier for the public to use the material available (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/89a5f3d8684682b6ca256de4002c809b/70353d5dd53b0e2dca257522001e996c!OpenDocument).

The only real restriction on the Creative Commons licence is that it does not apply to customized data provided by information consultancies. This data is covered by the ABS Conditions of Sale and a separate licence is needed from the ABS for secondary distribution.

== Motivations ==

The move by the ABS in making its material available through Creative Commons licensing comes as a response to a process of investigation and consultation with a number of stakeholders, including both Commonwealth Government Agencies and the Creative Commons community. In particular, it follows recommendation 7.8 of the Venturous Australia Review of the National Innovation System:
:“Australian governments should adopt international standards of open publishing as far as possible. Material released for public information by Australian governments should be released under a Creative Commons licence.”

The aim of this is to improve the flow of government generated information for the benefit of Australians. The ABS also states that by utilising Creative Commons licensing they are “facilitating innovative research and development projects based on quality statistics and promoting the wider use of statistics in the community”. This ultimately assists the ABS in achieving a key goal, namely, to maximise the use of statistics in business and research as well as the general community. The ABS has long been a leader in providing open access to public sector information, and now they have taken the extra step of using a Creative Commons licence to maximise access to their statistics.

The use of a Creative Commons licence also benefits the ABS more directly by improving the online visibility of ABS resources. Advanced options in search engines such as Google and Yahoo enable users to filter websites according to usage rights. This increases the use of ABS materials and so furthers the ABS’s mission.

Governments and public agencies are fundamentally involved in the provision of publicly-funded research. Open access requirements are increasingly being introduced in response to growing recognition of the need for users to access and re-use data. One such example is Barack Obama’s release of his campaign materials and change.gov transition website under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is the most comprehensive source of data on Australian life and opening up their data for public re-use provides essential resources for researchers through to educators. The decision reflects the importance of openness in government.
Hopefully the move by the ABS to Creative Commons will provide an example for other Australian government bodies and mark the beginning of a new age of openness, transparency and innovation for the Australian public sector.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Australian Bureau of Statistics

2009-09-03T04:02:37Z

Kelsey L:

{{Case Study
|Description=The Australian Bureau of Statistics has made the census available for all through the use of a Creative Commons Licence.
|Quote="We assist and encourage informed decision making, research
and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a
high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service"
|Quote_Attribution=ABS Mission Statement
|Mainurl=http://www.abs.gov.au
|Author=Australian Bureau of Statistics
|User_Status=Creator
|License short name=CC BY
|License=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/
|Country=Australia
}}
== Overview ==

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia’s central statistical authority and the agency responsible for the national census. As such, the ABS is the most comprehensive source of data on all aspects of Australian life, including population, economy, environment and industry. The ABS is committed to assisting and encouraging “informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service”. The ABS website is one of the most popular government sites in Australia, with many Australians from researchers and schools to businesses and artists seeking access to the data available.

== License Usage ==

On the 18th of December 2008, the ABS released its website content for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. The change was achieved by releasing a new copyright statement and the addition of Creative Commons metadata to the footer of every page of the website. This has served to reduce the restrictions on the use of data from the website considerably. The licence means people are free to re-use, build upon and distribute the data, as long as they attribute the ABS as the source. People can re-use this data for any purpose – including commercial.

Prior to implementing the Creative Commons licence, people needed to enter into a licensing arrangement with the ABS to redistribute more than 500 cells of data or to enhance the data or information on the website. Licences were available free of charge which allowed broad use of the website’s content. However, the fact that people had to go through the process of attaining a licence puts in place a potential barrier for those seeking to re-use or re-mix the data. Making the wealth of information available under an Attribution Only licence means that it is readily available for any member of the public without the need for a lengthy copyright clearance process. The research and data collection conducted by the ABS is paid for by public funds and now the ABS is giving Australians their statistics back. Everyone is now able to re-use and build upon the data to the benefit of Australia’s knowledge and education.
The ABS has not just released their material under the broadest possible Creative Commons licence, they have also used best practice implementation standards. On every page of the ABS website the Attribution licence button appears, which directs users to an easy to understand guide to what they can do with the information on the website. A link from this page in turn directs users to the ‘lawyer friendly’ legal code. The ABS has also put a full explanation of the Creative Commons licence on their copyright page (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument?utm_id=GB) and has a separate information page about Creative Commons and their decision to use it for their website (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/8b2bdbc1d45a10b1ca25751d000d9b03?opendocument?). In addition, they have provided attribution guidelines to make it easier for the public to use the material available (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/89a5f3d8684682b6ca256de4002c809b/70353d5dd53b0e2dca257522001e996c!OpenDocument).

The only real restriction on the Creative Commons licence is that it does not apply to customized data provided by information consultancies. This data is covered by the ABS Conditions of Sale and a separate licence is needed from the ABS for secondary distribution.

== Motivations ==

The move by the ABS in making its material available through Creative Commons licensing comes as a response to a process of investigation and consultation with a number of stakeholders, including both Commonwealth Government Agencies and the Creative Commons community. In particular, it follows recommendation 7.8 of the Venturous Australia Review of the National Innovation System:
“Australian governments should adopt international standards of open publishing as far as possible. Material released for public information by Australian governments should be released under a Creative Commons licence.”

The aim of this is to improve the flow of government generated information for the benefit of Australians. The ABS also states that by utilising Creative Commons licensing they are “facilitating innovative research and development projects based on quality statistics and promoting the wider use of statistics in the community”. This ultimately assists the ABS in achieving a key goal, namely, to maximise the use of statistics in business and research as well as the general community. The ABS has long been a leader in providing open access to public sector information, and now they have taken the extra step of using a Creative Commons licence to maximise access to their statistics.

The use of a Creative Commons licence also benefits the ABS more directly by improving the online visibility of ABS resources. Advanced options in search engines such as Google and Yahoo enable users to filter websites according to usage rights. This increases the use of ABS materials and so furthers the ABS’s mission.

Governments and public agencies are fundamentally involved in the provision of publicly-funded research. Open access requirements are increasingly being introduced in response to growing recognition of the need for users to access and re-use data. One such example is Barack Obama’s release of his campaign materials and change.gov transition website under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is the most comprehensive source of data on Australian life and opening up their data for public re-use provides essential resources for researchers through to educators. The decision reflects the importance of openness in government.
Hopefully the move by the ABS to Creative Commons will provide an example for other Australian government bodies and mark the beginning of a new age of openness, transparency and innovation for the Australian public sector.

== Media ==

Case Studies/Australian Bureau of Statistics

2009-09-03T03:55:40Z

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{{Case Study
|Mainurl=http://www.abs.gov.au
|Author=Australian Bureau of Statistics
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|Country=Australia
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== Overview ==

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia’s central statistical authority and the agency responsible for the national census. As such, the ABS is the most comprehensive source of data on all aspects of Australian life, including population, economy, environment and industry. The ABS is committed to assisting and encouraging “informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by leading a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service”. The ABS website is one of the most popular government sites in Australia, with many Australians from researchers and schools to businesses and artists seeking access to the data available.

== License Usage ==

On the 18th of December 2008, the ABS released its website content for re-use under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. The change was achieved by releasing a new copyright statement and the addition of Creative Commons metadata to the footer of every page of the website. This has served to reduce the restrictions on the use of data from the website considerably. The licence means people are free to re-use, build upon and distribute the data, as long as they attribute the ABS as the source. People can re-use this data for any purpose – including commercial.

Prior to implementing the Creative Commons licence, people needed to enter into a licensing arrangement with the ABS to redistribute more than 500 cells of data or to enhance the data or information on the website. Licences were available free of charge which allowed broad use of the website’s content. However, the fact that people had to go through the process of attaining a licence puts in place a potential barrier for those seeking to re-use or re-mix the data. Making the wealth of information available under an Attribution Only licence means that it is readily available for any member of the public without the need for a lengthy copyright clearance process. The research and data collection conducted by the ABS is paid for by public funds and now the ABS is giving Australians their statistics back. Everyone is now able to re-use and build upon the data to the benefit of Australia’s knowledge and education.
The ABS has not just released their material under the broadest possible Creative Commons licence, they have also used best practice implementation standards. On every page of the ABS website the Attribution licence button appears, which directs users to an easy to understand guide to what they can do with the information on the website. A link from this page in turn directs users to the ‘lawyer friendly’ legal code. The ABS has also put a full explanation of the Creative Commons licence on their copyright page (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument?utm_id=GB) and has a separate information page about Creative Commons and their decision to use it for their website (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/8b2bdbc1d45a10b1ca25751d000d9b03?opendocument?). In addition, they have provided attribution guidelines to make it easier for the public to use the material available (http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/89a5f3d8684682b6ca256de4002c809b/70353d5dd53b0e2dca257522001e996c!OpenDocument).

The only real restriction on the Creative Commons licence is that it does not apply to customized data provided by information consultancies. This data is covered by the ABS Conditions of Sale and a separate licence is needed from the ABS for secondary distribution.

== Motivations ==

The move by the ABS in making its material available through Creative Commons licensing comes as a response to a process of investigation and consultation with a number of stakeholders, including both Commonwealth Government Agencies and the Creative Commons community. In particular, it follows recommendation 7.8 of the Venturous Australia Review of the National Innovation System:
“Australian governments should adopt international standards of open publishing as far as possible. Material released for public information by Australian governments should be released under a Creative Commons licence.”

The aim of this is to improve the flow of government generated information for the benefit of Australians. The ABS also states that by utilising Creative Commons licensing they are “facilitating innovative research and development projects based on quality statistics and promoting the wider use of statistics in the community”. This ultimately assists the ABS in achieving a key goal, namely, to maximise the use of statistics in business and research as well as the general community. The ABS has long been a leader in providing open access to public sector information, and now they have taken the extra step of using a Creative Commons licence to maximise access to their statistics.

The use of a Creative Commons licence also benefits the ABS more directly by improving the online visibility of ABS resources. Advanced options in search engines such as Google and Yahoo enable users to filter websites according to usage rights. This increases the use of ABS materials and so furthers the ABS’s mission.

Governments and public agencies are fundamentally involved in the provision of publicly-funded research. Open access requirements are increasingly being introduced in response to growing recognition of the need for users to access and re-use data. One such example is Barack Obama’s release of his campaign materials and change.gov transition website under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is the most comprehensive source of data on Australian life and opening up their data for public re-use provides essential resources for researchers through to educators. The decision reflects the importance of openness in government.
Hopefully the move by the ABS to Creative Commons will provide an example for other Australian government bodies and mark the beginning of a new age of openness, transparency and innovation for the Australian public sector.

== Media ==