Programme & Projects (roadmap) / DRAFT

• Date submitted: 15 June, 2011
• Timespan of this roadmap: 2011-2012

CC Slovenia Team

Legal Project Lead: Maja Lubarda, Intellectual Property Institute.

Counsel to Legal Lead: Maja Bogataj Jančič, Intellectual Property Institute.

Public Project Lead: Alenka Pirman, Luka Frelih, Živa Zupan (coordinator), Dare Pejić (researcher), Marko Brumen (PR consultant), Špela Kučan and Mitja Doma (senior consultants) Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory (LJUDMILA).

Date of earliest MOU in jurisdiction: October 2005

Self-Identified Region(s): Europe (member of EU since 1 may 2004)

Focus

Since 2005 CC Slovenia has provided tools and expertise to local artists, publishers, agents, programmers and developers, activists, journalists, and researchers. It facilitated the public debate related to the acute copyright issues and has produced several editions of the Festival of Creativity and Free Culture.

Argumentative Tools

The usage of the CC licences has been increasing (especially in the fields of non-profit media and on-line publishing, nevertheless, the basic issue remains the author's incapability to reject the unfavourable conditions, dictated by the industry (all right reserved) and to be able to negotiate for a better deal. In 2011-2012 we intend to focus on providing argumentative tools for them in the form of an on-line and printed manual as well as with public debates.

Institutional Approach

Apart from the individual author's the need to rethink the copyright policies is experienced by the public institutions such as archives, libraries, and museums. Through close collaboration with Ministry of Culture and National University Library (and according to the Europeana standards) we have been addressing these institutions, introducing them to the alternative licensing possibilities and are building a national bank of free images which will reach some 3000 objects by the end of 2012.

More about Intellectual Property Institute

The Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) is a research, academic and training institution in the field of intellectual property law. It was founded in 2004 and is the first institution of its kind in Slovenia. The Institute conducts research, provides education and offers training opportunities in the field of intellectual property law. The primary focus of its activities is to explore the challenges that digitalisation has brought to intellectual property law and are important for the progress of an information-based society. The Institute aims to work in close cooperation with Slovenian universities, research institutions, industry, art centres and civil society groups. Its aim is to create a strong network of partnership with researchers and research institutions at home and abroad. Since its recent founding, the Institute has participated in many discussions regarding various intellectual property issues, and managed to mark the landscape of the debate with its perspective.

For more information visit Intellectual Property Institute or contact Maja Bogataj Jančič

More about LJUDMILA

Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory was established in 2010 by 10 new & all media artists, developers, hackers, programmers, and computer engineers, previously engaged in the Ljudmila - Ljubljana Digital Media Lab, a programme of KUD France Prešeren Arts and Culture Association.

LJUDMILA is a successor of the media lab established in 1994 and has extensive experience connecting new media technologies and artistic projects as well as encouraging broader, savvier and more creative uses of new technologies. Ljudmila is devoted to free software, open source programming and promotes free culture.

Initially funded by the OSI-Slovenia Internet program, LJUDMILA has grown into a well-equipped digital media lab that focuses on digital production as well as education, research and development of open standards software. It also provides knowledge, equipment, Internet access, web sites, electronic publishing and other affordable networking services to non-governmental and non-profit organizations, art collectives, active individuals, and others.

For more information visit LJUDMILA's website or contact Živa Zupan.