I just got back from the CC Global Summit in Buenos Aires and I thought I would share some of my experience at the event with you guys.
The was my first time to attend a CC Global Summit, but the place was not too unfamiliar as I saw many friends from CC communities in the Arab World. The Arab World community was represented by members from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar and Oman. We were seven people in total, and apparently this was the largest number of participants from the Arab region to ever attend a CC summit. The summit was a great opportunity to meet and connect with the CC HQ staffers and other members from CC communities around the world. We learnt a lot about what CC HQ and the affiliates are doing around the world through the numerous sessions of the 3-day event that covered topics in the areas of law, culture, government & public sector information, open education resources, and science & research. Specific sessions explored the opportunities of CC in education, business, and science. The summit also discussed the latest updates to the upcoming version 4.0 of the licenses, which as a lawyer I found very interesting, especially the discussion on how the treatment of the derivative of share-alike licenses may be changed in a way that allows the fulfilment of the obligations of the share-alike license by using a future version of the license. One of the most interesting sessions around the event was the debate on the role of CC in advocating copyright reform. CC HQ has a legal restriction in the US on how much lobbying they can do, however, many CC affiliates are regularly involved in advocating copyright reform in their respective countries but are hesitant from using their CC hat in this context to avoid violating the conditions imposed on them by CC HQ. Some opponents of copyright reform have recently also used the success of CC to argue that current copyright works fine as CC proves that people can choose to share their works easily if they wish to do so. This issue was discussed thoroughly during a mini-conference a day before the main CC Summit, and led to have the CC Board of Directors agree to issue a statement to clarify the position of CC in regard to copyright reform. The CC summit was rich with contributions from affiliates from all over the world. The Arab world participated in a delivering session about CC and the creative industries and another session on copyright developments around the world. It was a great privilege to be part of this summit and I cannot wait to see what comes next out of the CC community. -- لقد تلقيت هذه الرسالة لأنك مشترك في المجموعة "CC Arab World المشاع الإبداعي" من مجموعات Google. لإلغاء اشتراكك في هذه المجموعة وإيقاف تلقي رسائل إلكترونية منها، أرسِل رسالة إلكترونية إلى [email protected]. للنشر في هذه المجموعة، أرسل بريدًا إلكترونيًا إلى [email protected] انتقل إلى هذه المجموعة على http://groups.google.com/group/cc-arab-world. للمزيد من الخيارات، انتقل إلى https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
