Creative Commons Nederland (CC-NL) is a
collaborative initiative between Nederland
Kennisland (Netherlands Knowledgeland), Waag
Society and the Institute for Information Law. The
purpose of this project is to develop, introduce and
promote Creative Commons licences in the Netherlands.
Creative
Commons was founded in 2001 in the United States by
lawyers from Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School.
They developed licences to enable the distribution of
copyrighted works on the Internet, without violating the
authors' rights. These licences make the application of
copyright in the digital domain simple and more
transparent. Besides
the six standard licences, there are also more specific
Creative Commons licences, for example, for sampling of
music or film.
These
American Creative Commons licences have been translated
into Dutch by Prof.
Bernt Hugenholtz and Nynke Hendriks. On 18
June 2004, Lawrence Lessig, one of the founders of
Creative Commons in the United States, officially
launched the Dutch licences.
iSummit
The iSummit is a dynamic global event devoted to digital culture. The fourth global iSummit will be held in Sapporo, Japan from 29 July to 1 August, 2008. On 29 July there will be a 'legal day'.
Work plans of Creative Commons Nederland
IViR's
activities
To
enable further development of Creative Commons Nederland
in the future, it is necessary to conduct research into
the application of licences to specific sectors and
existing legal obstacles. The
research will concentrate on the following four research
questions:
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