The National Library is looking for anyone who may currently be using the Creative Commons licences - and is prepared to share their experiences - good or bad.
These will be used in material to promote the CC-NZ licence. If you want to share your experiences contact Winston Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] /paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Helen Varley Jamieson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 15 October 2007 10:18 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: [Ada_list] Fwd: Creative Commons is coming to NZ! > please circulate > > i recently attended a seminar presented by one of > anne fitzgerald's colleagues here in brisbane & > it was very good, explained the whole concept of > creative commons really well. i found it very > helpful. it should be useful for artists, > programmers, & anyone working with information & > digital content. > > > >Expanding Copyright Horizons - Creative Commons Seminar 27 > October 2007 > > > >Digital technologies are connecting people in > >ways that were never before possible but that > >brings challenges around copyright. It also adds > >new meaning to concepts such as the Information > >Commons and the value to society of unencumbered > >access to all information. The Creative Commons > >licences are a modern approach to balancing the > >rights of the creator and public access. They > >"allow" users to share, reuse and remix legally. > > > >The Creative Commons Seminar on Saturday 27 > >October (full day held at the National Library, > >Wellington) is your opportunity to gain a > >greater understanding of the Creative Commons > >approach to copyright licensing. > > > >If you're in the creative, cultural, scientific > >or educational space, are interested in securing > >a return on your creative investment and marking > >your work with the freedoms and access you want > >it to carry, then this seminar is for you. It's > >also for people who have an interest or > >involvement in copyright and the direction the > >new open content licensing is taking. > > > >The free programme includes guest speaker Dr > >Anne Fitzgerald, Brisbane-based intellectual > >property and e-commerce lawyer and Adjunct > >Professor at the School of Law, Queensland > >University of Technology. As well as initiating > >Australia's Going Digital series of seminars and > >publications, Anne has written and presented > >extensively on legal aspects of e-commerce, > >multimedia and the Internet. The event will also > >include industry & research sector workshops, > >led by New Zealand experts, to discuss specific > >issues, uses and concerns. > > > >Register your interest now to > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >and to assist with planning please provide > >details of your sector & area of interest eg > >creative, research, education, government, legal > >etc.Also check out the website > ><http://www.creativecommons.org.nz>www.creativecommons.org.nz > >for background on Creative Commons Aotearoa New > >Zealand. > > > > > >Creative Commons Aoteaora New Zealand is a > >project of Te Whainga Aronui The Council for The > >Humanities, in partnership with the National > >Library of New Zealand. > > > -- > ____________________________________________________________ > > helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.avatarbodycollision.org > http://www.upstage.org.nz > http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm > ____________________________________________________________ > > > ********************************************************************** This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City Council. If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the sender and delete. Christchurch City Council http://www.ccc.govt.nz ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
