On 2 Nov 2013 09:26, "Anivar Aravind" <anivar.aravind(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all ,
Thanks Jane for the explanation. I remember I am in this cc-india list
from 2006
onwards :-)
It is better to announce relaunch as it is in the
announcements to avoid
confusion . Because we wikipedian's value references very
much. also ccing
the wikimedia India list
Just fyi, the occasion titling has been updated, with the change
incorporated, and an apology for not doing that in the first place.
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We apologise for an error in our previous e-mail sent on November 9. There
was a change in the title which was unfortunately not updated. Hence, we
are sharing the details once again:
Wikimedia India, the Centre for Internet and Society, and Acharya Narendra
Dev College invite you to the Relaunch of Creative Commons India in New
Delhi on November 12, 2013 with the Minister of State for Human Resource
Development Dr. Shashi Tharoor as the Chief Guest.
What is Creative Commons?
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain
View, California, United States, devoted to expanding the range of creative
works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The
organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative
Commons licenses free of charge to the public. These licenses allow
creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they
waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.
In simple words, Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and
creativity with the world.
Some more facts about Internet licenses
Ever wondered what "Some Rights Reserved" means?
Copyright grants to creators a bundle of exclusive rights over their
creative works, which generally include the right to reproduce, distribute,
display, make adaptations, perform, sell and so on. The phrase “All Rights
Reserved” is often used by owners to indicate that they reserve all of the
rights granted to them under the law. When copyright expires, the work
enters the public domain, and the rightsholder can no longer stop others
from engaging in those activities under copyright, with the exception of
moral rights reserved to creators in some jurisdictions. Creative Commons
licenses offer creators a spectrum of choices between retaining all rights
and relinquishing all rights (public domain), an approach we call "Some
Rights Reserved."
Is Creative Commons against copyright?
Absolutely not. CC has responded to claims to the contrary. CC licenses are
copyright licenses, and depend on the existence of copyright to work. CC
licenses are legal tools that creators and other rightsholders can use to
offer certain usage rights to the public, while reserving other rights.
Those who want to make their work available to the public for limited kinds
of uses while preserving their copyright may want to consider using CC
licenses. Others who want to reserve all of their rights under copyright
law should not use CC licenses.
Relaunch
Dr. Savithri Singh, Principal, Acharya Narendra Dev College will be the
Master of Ceremony and the Moderator for the sessions:
16.00 - 16.30: Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource
Development, Government of India: Initiatives of MHRD around Openly
Licensed Content
16.30 - 16.45: Question and Answer Session
16.45 - 17.00: Sam Pitroda (TBC), Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public
Information Infrastructure and Innovations: Creative Commons and Open
Government Data
17.00 - 17.05: Question and Answer Session
17.05 - 17.25: Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Pratham Books: Creative
Commons and Pratham Books Case Study (Including Question and Answer Session)
17.25 - 17.40: Moksh Juneja, President, Executive Committee, Wikimedia
India Chapter: Creative Commons and Wikipedia (Including Question and
Answer Session)
17.40 - 18.00: Lawrence Liang, Co-founder of Alternative Law Forum:
Creative Commons and Open Access to Scholarly Journals (Including Question
and Answer Session)
18.00: Tea
Registration
Please register here to attend the event:
http://ccindia.doattend.com/Registration is free.
Please carry a soft or hard copy of the confirmation email to the venue.
Seating will be on first come first served basis.
Date: November 12, 2013
Venue: India Islamic Cultural Centre Auditorium: 87 - 88, Lodhi Road, New
Delhi, India
Time: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Download the invite here:http://bit.ly/HPxrAO
Thanks and regards,
Sunil Abraham
Executive Director
Centre for Internet and Society
Ph: 91-9611100817
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