World Intellectual Property Day - Revision history

Bancream: /* Encouraging Creativity */

2013-07-04T05:40:16Z

‎Encouraging Creativity

Googe User xD at 14:03, 12 March 2012

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Mike Linksvayer at 17:41, 26 April 2007

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Alex at 17:34, 26 April 2007

2007-04-26T17:34:06Z

Mike Linksvayer at 23:45, 25 April 2007

2007-04-25T23:45:44Z

Eric Steuer: /* Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity */

2007-04-24T22:47:18Z

‎Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity

Eric Steuer: /* Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity */

2007-04-24T22:23:14Z

‎Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity

Eric Steuer at 22:22, 24 April 2007

2007-04-24T22:22:44Z

Eric Steuer: /* Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity */

2007-04-24T22:21:53Z

‎Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity

Mike Linksvayer: /* Encouraging Creativity */

2007-04-24T22:02:25Z

‎Encouraging Creativity

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 * We're exploring ways to make the sharing economy and commercial economy build upon each other, creating more growth and resources for creativity.
 * Our Science Commons division is working to lower barriers to creativity in science, using Creative Commons copyright tools, as well as legal and technical tools specific to science.
-* CC Learn will use our tools to encourage creativity in education.
+* CC Learn will use our tools to encourage creativity in education. [http://www.highereducation.co.th]
 In sum, the Creative Commons toolset encourages and enables participation in creativity by everyone, not only those with access to copyright lawyers. This is as it should be in modern democracies, where the tools for expression and creativity are available to everyone as everyday consumer goods.

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 * ccMixter.org, a music community that makes the genealogy of remix explicit, launching long-term creative and business collaborations, with participation by musicians across the globe, as well as by both major and independent labels.
 * Wikitravel, a community-built, CC-licensed travel guide, that demonstrates the compatibility of community, Creative Commons, and business.
-* Flickr, where users have CC-licensed over 33 million photos. This content and Flickr's API support for Creative Commons has led to innumerable creative reuses and Web mash-ups.
+* Flickr, where users have CC-licensed over 33 million photos. This content and Flickr's Apİ support for Creative Commons has led to innumerable creative reuses and Web mash-ups.
 We're constantly improving the CC infrastructure to make legal creativity easier still. For example:

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 The following article addresses this theme from a Creative Commons perspective.
-Please spread: PDF version (forthcoming) and [[#Translations|translations]].
+Please spread: [[Media:World-IP-Day-flyer.pdf|PDF flyer version]] and [[#Translations|translate]].
 ==Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity==
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 ==Flyer==
-Download a PDF handout - [[Media:World-IP-Day-flyer.pdf]]
+Download a [[Media:World-IP-Day-flyer.pdf|PDF handout]].
 ==Translations==
-To start a translation, click on one of the following links, or create a new one for your language. (You must register and confirm your account via email before editing this wiki.) '''These links are just examples, do not start translations until the text above is complete.'''
+To start a translation, click on one of the following links, or create a new one for your language. (You must register and confirm your account via email before editing this wiki.)
 * [[It:Giornata mondiale della proprietà intellettuale]]

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	Visit http://creativecommons.org		Visit http://creativecommons.org
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		+	==Flyer==
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		+	Download a PDF handout - [[Media:World-IP-Day-flyer.pdf]]

	==Translations==		==Translations==

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 Encouraging creativity has been Creative Commons’ goal since the organization was established four and a half years ago. Creative Commons empowers creators to use copyright law to enable creative new ways of sharing, reusing, and remixing culture.
 ===Creative Commons===
-Our alternative is to provide creators and licensors with a simple
+Creative Commons provides creators and licensors with a simple
 way to say what freedoms they want their creative work to carry. This
 in turn makes it easy to share, or build upon creative work. It makes
 it possible for creators and licensors to reserve some rights while
-releasing others. This, at its core, is our mission. Copyright gives
+releasing others. Copyright gives
 authors certain rights. We want to make it simpler for authors to
 exercise those rights in ways others can understand.

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 World IP Day is observed on April 26th. This year’s theme is "Encouraging Creativity."
-To encourage creativity has been Creative Commons’ aspiration since CC was established four and a half years ago. Creative Commons empowers creators to use copyright law to enable new creative ways of sharing, reusing and remixing culture.
 ===Background===
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 to obtain exactly the content one needs or wants and to complete tasks
 and solve problems by the cooperation this interconnection enables.
-The convergence of technologies and media also create multiple new
+The convergence of technologies and media also creates multiple new
 possibilities for creating derivatives of existing works – for
 example, remixes and mash-ups.
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 These new technologies can also be used to violate the rights of
 copyright owners as they are currently defined. In turn, major rights
-holders have reacted to this with a fourfold strategy: (a) by trying
+holders have reacted to this with a fourfold strategy: (a) trying
 to prevent the deployment of technologies that can be put to
-infringing uses; (b) by developing tools that enable them to manage
+infringing uses; (b) developing tools that enable them to manage
 their rights with an amount of precision hitherto unknown and
 unthinkable: digital rights management and technological protection
-measures against unauthorized copying; (c) by successfully lobbying
+measures against unauthorized copying; (c) lobbying
 for support of these technological measures through legal
-restrictions; and, (d) by starting huge publicity campaigns designed
+restrictions; and, (d) starting huge publicity campaigns designed
 to teach young people that they must keep their hands off copyrighted
 material – or else.
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 Our licenses come with "human readable" explanations of license terms, enabling non-lawyers to quickly understand the licenses, and get back to creating and collaborating.
-We also use "metadata" to describe our licenses and licensed works in a way computers can understand. This enables software tools such as web search to help you find, organize and use media in ways creators want.
+We also use "metadata" to describe our licenses and licensed works in a way computers can understand. This enables software tools such as Web search engines that help you find, organize, and use media.
-Just a few examples of creativity building on this infrastructure:
+Below are just a few examples of creativity that builds upon this infrastructure:
-* ccMixter.org, a music community that makes the genealogy of remix explicit, launching long term creative and business collaborations and participation by major labels.
+* ccMixter.org, a music community that makes the genealogy of remix explicit, launching long-term creative and business collaborations, with participation by musicians across the globe, as well as by both major and independent labels.
-* Wikitravel, a community built and CC-licensed travel guide, successfully acquired by Internet Brands, demonstrating the compatibility of community, Creative Commons, and business.
+* Wikitravel, a community-built, CC-licensed travel guide, that demonstrates the compatibility of community, Creative Commons, and business.
-* Flickr users have CC-licensed over 33 million photos. This content and Flickr's API support for Creative Commons has led to innumerable creative reuses and web mashups.
+* Flickr, where users have CC-licensed over 33 million photos. This content and Flickr's API support for Creative Commons has led to innumerable creative reuses and Web mash-ups.
-We're constantly improving the infrastructure to make legal creativity easier still, for example:
+We're constantly improving the CC infrastructure to make legal creativity easier still. For example:
 * Our licenses have been ported to 36 different legal jurisdictions, with many more to come.
-* We're helping to make ccMixter.org style collaboration the norm across the web, rather than just within one site.
+* We're helping to make ccMixter.org-style collaboration the norm across the Web, rather than just within one site.
-* We're exploring ways to make the sharing economy and commercial economy build on each other, creating more growth, and more resources for creativity.
+* We're exploring ways to make the sharing economy and commercial economy build upon each other, creating more growth and resources for creativity.
-* Our Science Commons division is working to lower barriers to creativity in science, using Creative Commons copyright tools and legal and technical tools specific to science.
+* Our Science Commons division is working to lower barriers to creativity in science, using Creative Commons copyright tools, as well as legal and technical tools specific to science.
-* CC Learn will be applying our tools to encourage creativity in education.
+* CC Learn will use our tools to encourage creativity in education.
-In sum, the Creative Commons toolset encourages and enables participation in creativity by everyone, not only those with access to copyright lawyers. This is as it should be in modern democracies where the tools for expression and creativity are available to everyone as everyday consumer goods.
+In sum, the Creative Commons toolset encourages and enables participation in creativity by everyone, not only those with access to copyright lawyers. This is as it should be in modern democracies, where the tools for expression and creativity are available to everyone as everyday consumer goods.
 ==Learn More==

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−	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Day World Intellectual Property Day] is observed April 26th. "Encouraging Creativity" is the theme for 2007.	+	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Day World Intellectual Property Day] is observed on April 26th. "Encouraging Creativity" is the theme for 2007.

	The following article addresses this theme from a Creative Commons perspective.		The following article addresses this theme from a Creative Commons perspective.

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 ==Creative Commons: Encouraging Creativity==
-World IP Day is observed April 26th. This year’s theme is „Encouraging Creativity“.
+World IP Day is observed on April 26th. This year’s theme is „Encouraging Creativity“.
 To encourage creativity has been Creative Commons’ aspiration since CC was established four and a half years ago. Creative Commons empowers creators to use copyright law to enable new creative ways of sharing, reusing and remixing culture.

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	===Encouraging Creativity===		===Encouraging Creativity===
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−	Creators can choose the CC licensing model which allows greater use and reuse of their works. By choosing to enable flexible use and reuse of their materials creators can take advantage of the many creative benefits digital technologies offer. It allows creators to connect to new audiences, get feedback more readily and from a diverse cross-section of communities, engage with their fans and enter into a creative dialogue with other creators.

	Creative Commons licenses legally enable voluntary sharing and collaboration across space and time, without needing to call in the (very expensive) lawyers.		Creative Commons licenses legally enable voluntary sharing and collaboration across space and time, without needing to call in the (very expensive) lawyers.