Austria

The team from Austria is taking care on jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses and is promoting the usage of CC licenses in cultural, educational and governmental organizations and in the creative industries sector.

Events

cc-at Gruppe Wien 2. Treffen am 11. September 2013 um 19 Uhr im metalab

cc-at Gruppe Wien 1. Treffen am 14. August 2013 um 19 Uhr im metalab

Netzschilling kick-off meeting, 23 April 2013 in MQ Raum D

6th CC alps Salon 30 January 2013, IG Kultur

5th CC alps Salon 12. Dezember 2012 19 Uhr: Input zum Richtlinienentwurf der Europäischen Kommission zur Reorganisation der Verwertungsgesellschaften sowie zum Konzept des Collective Licensing. Metalab Bibliothek, Rathausstraße 6, 1010 Wien.

4th CC alps Salon 14. November 2012: Könnte die Festplattenabgabe das Recht auf Privatkopie sichern? Zu welchen Bedingungen? Alexander Baratsits stellt seine Überlegungen auf iRights.info zur Diskussion. Cafe Korb (Keller), Brandstaette 9, 1010 Wien. Protokoll dazu hier.

CC AT Hinterzimmer: Vorbereitungen für den nächsten Salon. Mittwoch 10. Oktober 2012, 19 Uhr 30 Cafe Prückel, Stubenring 24, Wien

3rd CC alps Salon @ Open Data Conference Linz 26 June 2012

ARCHIVIA Conference 31.8./1.9.2012, Wissensturm Linz

Recent activities

- Nicole published a new flyer on "Freie Kultur"

- contribution to a booklet for the creativwirtschaft austria / WKÖ about copyright / trademark / patent issue (order for free any quantity or download here)

- contribution to a policy making document on music funding for ZIT (download pdf or order booklet at departure)

- consulting on Open Data Government: major Austrian cities (Wien, Linz, Graz) use CC-by licenses for publishing their data

Community

CC Austria Mailing List: discussion, announcement, cases: read | subscribe | post.

CC 3.0 – German explanation of substantive legal changes (PDF) CC 1.0 – License draft (PDF) CC 1.0 – English explanation of substantive legal changes (PDF)

Priority Goals 2012 / 2013

1. Rights Collecting Society Compatibility (create one or two cases with a conflicting situation i.e. CC publisher is RCS member, confront and find solution)
2. Preparation of Workshops for artists at the ARCHIVIA conference Wissensturm Linz 1+2 September 2012 (during Ars Electronica Festival)
3. Commenting on CC 4.0 (allow additional clause, CRR instead of NC?)
4. Translating CC 4.0 unported and porting to Austrian law frame, if required (2013)
5. Extend CC usage in Open Government Data initiatives (presentatins at Austrian Open Data Conference)

CC Austria Lead Organisation: osAlliance ALLMENDA

The osAlliance is part of the ALLMENDA cooperative and consists of software consultants, radio stations, media designers and legal experts for Free Software who jointly work on various projects. It was founded in 2003 as a successor of the PUBLIC VOICE Lab. Their members support Creative Commons since the CC Austria licenses launch in 2005 with workshops, hosting and communication and have developed Registered Commons, a suite for providing time stamps when registering a work.

Supporting Organisation: FH Vorarlberg

The The Department of Design and Media Based Communication at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences is offering teaching and research resources for intermedial design and communication challenges. During 2004-2006, it was managing the Competence Network Media Design, which supported the launch of Creative Commons in Austria at the Ars Electronica in 2005 (with the legendary "Open Source Water Bottles") and the launch of Registered Commons in 2006 at the Wizards of OZ conference in Berlin as a timestamping service for the CC community.