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RMacK — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:24:08 CDT

Please help us bring Creative Commons to Hong Kong!

This is a preparatory website. The official Creative Commons Hong Kong website will be available soon. We will post the address here as soon as the site goes "live".

Help us out by sharing information, brainstorming, and planing projects and events. This website can be edited by all registered members. Just click "join the community" on the right hand side of this page. We also have a Facebook Group and a mailing list.

LATEST NEWS ABOUT CREATIVE COMMONS IN HONG KONG:

UPCOMING EVENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

RECENT EVENTS

October 25th: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF CREATIVE COMMONS HONG KONG! Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig and CEO Joichi Ito will help us launch the Creative Commons Hong Kong license and celebrate the founding of the CC-HK organization.

October 24th: Creative Commons founder Prof. Lawrence Lessig delivers public lecture at Hong Kong University. Organized by the Journalism & Media Studies Centre.

LEGAL EXPERTS: Please give us your feedback! The first draft of the CC-HK license has been completed and the public consultation period is in progress. Download the license draft and post your questions/comments via the CC International Hong Kong page.

CC USAGE CASE STUDIES: CC Australia has a useful booklet showcasing how CC licenses are used around Asia.

How it started: This blog post explains how the CC-HK group got organized.

August 16th: CCHK Meeting - 4pm - See Meetings for Details

Asia & Commons: Several of our team members attended this conference in Taipei. Click here for transcripts, pictures and video.

November workshop: Check out the notes, blog posts, pictures and video here.

Web 2.0, Creative Commons and the Opensource Opencourse Prototype System (OOPS), by Lucifer Chu from Taiwan. More details click here.

Want to know more about Creative Commons?

Watch this video introducing the concept

(Cantonese version, thanks to Chow)

Aug 16

chpapa — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:09:46 CDT

Date / Time: 16 Aug (Sat), 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Hong Kong In-Media, 9 F, Fu Tak Building, 365, Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong SAR

Participants: (all are welcome!)
Attendees: Ben Cheng, Oiwan Lam, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jack Qiu, Pindar Wong, Peter Ma, Chitat Chan, Charles Mok, Maggie Lau, Haggen So, Frank Wong (probably join at 5pm), Aaron Farr, Daisy Fung

Agenda

The Purpose: To discuss and finalise

1) The Programme for the Launch Party (25th October)
2) The Policy on the Use of Logos
3) The use of Oursky (http://www.oursky.com) for the production of the CCHK Website + Memorabilia
4) The expense budget for submission to the JSMC.

Start: 16.00 Saturday
0) Discuss the Agenda (1 Min)
1) Opening Remarks - Pindar (5 min)
1.1) Welcome to Peter K.M. Ma 馬景文
Project Officer 項目主任

Matters Arising:-

2) Legal Update -- Yahong/Alice (10 min)

3) Website Update -- Ben
3.1) Status of Contract Approval -- Pindar
3.2) Introduction to Oursky - Ben

4) Proposed Programme for CCHK Launch 'Sharing Hong Kong's Creativity'
4.1) Overview of Overall Schedule (Friday Oct 24/25) - Pindar/Rebecca (5 Minutes)
4.2) Overview of Programme Design and Structure - Peter (15 Min)
4.3) Request for Creators and Volunteers - Pindar/Peter
4.3.1) By Media Type - (Composers/Bands/Photographers/Film etc.)
4.4) CCHK Launch Design Competition - Oiwan
4.5) Education Kit Update - Oiwan
4.6) CC Memorabilia - Pindar
4.6.1) Discussion and Decision on Memorabilia Production
4.7) Discussion and Approval a Logo Policy
4.7.1) 'If Memorabilia is to be sold then it should have CCHK Logo Only'
4.8) Discussion on Pre/Post Launch Activities

5) CCHK Model, Focus, Structure
5.1) Overview of investigation into revenue models - Pindar
5.2) Current Status of CCHK Project Funding and HR Requirement - Pindar
5.3) Role and Focus in 1st Year of Operations - Pindar/Rebecca
5.3.1) List of Tasks for 1st Year
5.4) Role of the Preparatory Executive Committee - Pindar
5.5) Discussion on Formation of Executive Committee
6) Presentation and Approval of Proposed Expense Budget - Pindar

7) AOB

8) Date of Next Meeting

July 16

jeromyu — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:57:34 CDT

Date / Time: 16 July (Wed), 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Hong Kong In-Media, 9 F, Fu Tak Building, 365, Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong SAR

Participants: (all are welcome!)
Attendees: Ben Cheng, Oiwan Lam, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jack Qiu, Pindar Wong, Peter Ma, Chitat Chan, Charles Mok, Daisy Fung (join at around 7pm), Ron Yu, Haggen So, Jeromy-Yu Chan

Agenda

Decision: We will need decide what kinds of memorabilia (T-Shirt, buttons, stickers, cups, bags etc) will be produced for the launch and create a team to lead their production.

Key Discussion: Developments on Funding Models for Launch and 1 Year Operational Expenses.

Proposal: CCHK focus on securing individual financial sponsors *only* for cost recovery of the launch & Key Staff Person to help with securing operational expenses.

1) Review of the Agenda

2) Matters Arising - Various Updates & Develoments

2.1) Legal Draft - Yahong/Alice

2.2)Website and Logo - Ben

2.3) CCHK Launch + Design Competition - Oiwan/Ben

2.4) Education Kit + Appeal Letter, FAQ - Oiwan & Peter (see below and attached)

2.5) Financial Model - Pindar & Rebecca

2.5.1) Recent Developments w.r.t. funding models for CCHK

2.5.2)Financial Priorities and Budget Proposal

2.6) CCHK Media Strategy - Pindar

2.6.1) Media Requests for CCHK, Lessig and Joi

3) AOB

4) Date of Next Meeting

Draft Letter Version 2

Dear friend,

As you are aware, I am enthusiastic about promoting freedom of expression and public culture, as well as promoting creativity in Hong Kong. As such, I have joined hands with liked minded believers in setting up the Creative Commons Hong Kong (CCHK) to promote this concept of 'some right reserved'. I am writing to solicit your endorsement of and support to CCHK.

We all share the same respect to copyright and intellectual properties which are well protected by legislation and which must be respected by all parties in a law-abiding society. What what increasingly concern us is that the straitjacket application of the current copyright legislation is suffocating the free spirit of creativity and sharing. Not all creators would like to have the full terms of copyright protection attached to their work. As a result, they are prevented from a fully free exchange of experience and sharing of resources, this being the cornerstone of the development of culture by the public and for the public.

Creative Commons is a new copyright license which allows creators to retain some aspects of copyright while freeing their work for the benefit of all. Broadly speaking, the concept of 'some rights reserved' is an easy and convenient mechanism facilitating creators to set out conditions how their work can be used and shared by the public. All these are summarized in the FAQ at this linkhttp://cchk.wetpaint.com/page/FAQ

It will take you sometime to read it over and I urge you to spare the time. Should you find the CC principles and application to your liking, I would put in a friendly request for your endorsement and support. Hong Kong, somewhat belatedly, will soon join the 40+ jurisdictions to have its local CC license when CCHK is officially launched on 25 October 2008, details of which I shall, of course, keep you posted.

Your endorsement and support mean a lot to us, lending weight to this new concept and application. To signify your support, please visit this webpagehttp://cchk.wetpaint.com/page/endorsementand leave your endorsing message there. Your quotation will be published on our literature, together with your good name and occupation(s) but, not, of course, your email particulars.

Join us now and join us on on 25 October 2008.

Your sincerely

(Draft endorsement webpage)

To Hong Kong Creative Commons

I support and endorse CCHK and the local ported CC licenses.

Comment (not more than 50 words, please):

[Please note that your comment may be directly quoted in CCHK literature, together with your good name and occupation(s).]

Name: (Pseudonym in-use acceptable)

Occupation (s):

Past works:

Name: English (pseudonym acceptable)
Chinese (pseudonym acceptable)

Occupation (s):

Email address: (For verification purpose ONLY. Not to be published.)

( ) Please include me in your mailing list for update of the official launching of CCHK on 25 October 2008.

June 17 Invites

chpapa — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:54:13 CDT

Date / Time: 17 June (Tue), 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Hong Kong In-Media, 9 F, Fu Tak Building, 365, Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong SAR

Participants: (all are welcome!)
Attendees: Ben Cheng, Oiwan Lam, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jack Qiu, Pindar Wong, Peter Ma, Terence Leung, Haggen So, Johnny (WMHK), David (WMHK)
Late-Comers: Jeromy-Yu Chan
Apologies: Chitat Chan, Henry Oh, Charles Mok, David Chung

Agenda

1) Discussion of Agenda
2) Explanation of Voting Rules - Pindar
3) Matters Arising

a. Discussion on Mission Statement - Peter
b. Vote of Mission Statement
c. Discussion on Chinese Title of Creative Commons Hong Kong - Peter
d. Logo/Website Update - Ben
e. Legal Update - Yahong/Alice/Rebecca/Pindar
f. Launch Update - Oiwan/Ben/Peter
g. Human Resource Update - Pindar/Rebecca
h. Budget and Finance Update - Pindar
i. Marketing/Media Update - Pindar

4) Any Other Business
5) Date of Next Meeting

Background to Voting Rules - Pindar

Two items will be put to vote at this meeting aiming at a final selection. This will follow the Olympic City process:

After decision on whether ballots are to be public/private -

(a) ballot goes through as many voting rounds as required until there are only two alternatives at the last round,
(b) alternative with the least vote at each round is discarded,
(c) those who cannot attend the June meeting can indicate their preferences by email, marking 1st, 2nd, 3rd Preferences
(d) in case of a tie, the Chair has the casting vote.

Mission statement - Voting on mission statement

A. Unleashing Hong Kong's Creativity
B. Sharing Hong Kong's Creativity
C. Opening Up Hong Kong's Creativity
D. Enabling Creativity in Hong Kong

Voting on Chinese translation

A. 創意or創作
B. 共享or共用
Once this is settled, deciding the Chinese title of Creative Commons Hong Kong is straightforward.

Chinese title of Creative Commons Hong Kong (Pindar)

1. Voting on Chinese title of CCHK
香港創意（作）共享（用）
For reference, the Taiwan title is創用CC, while mainland China has adopted知識共享@中國。

June 17

chpapa — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:48:36 CDT

Date / Time: 17 June (Tue), 6:45pm - 9:30pm
Location: Hong Kong In-Media, 9 F, Fu Tak Building, 365, Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong SAR

Participants:
Ben Cheng, Oiwan Lam, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jack Qiu, Pindar Wong, Peter Ma, Terence Leung (Cyberport), Haggen So, Johnny (WMHK), David (WMHK)

Minutes:

Voting of Chinese Name and Mission Statement

Motion	Yes	No	Absent	Total
Creative Commons need a official Chinese Translation in Hong Kong	7	1	3	11
Creative Commons's official Chinese Translation in Hong Kong is 共享創意	8	0	3	11
The Mission Statement of CCHK is "Sharing Hong Kong's Creativity"	10	0	1	11

Legal Update

The problem of Creative Commons in Hong Kong Contract Law - Yahong suggests that according to Hong Kong Contract Law, contract is voidable for people under the age of 18. Creative Commons may have the same problem, and she suggests that we should not organize the Launch in a school since some one may question the validy of CC for students in Hong Kong. Participants generally think this is not a big problem but we have to make it clear to the general public it is "voidable" but not "void".
Improvement and works on the Legal Document - Yahong suggests that the next steps of finalizing the legal document includes: adding definition and explanation, like Attribution, Non-Commercial and Share-alike, while definition of Share-alike is not commons amongst Creative Commons licenses in different jurisdiction, they will look at the issue with CCi; Simplify the provision of "Original Author and Work"; Add a new provision on the Role of CC, that we're not legally liable to those who use the license ; Produce the 5 other version of licenses.

Website

Logo - Participants generally agreed to stay with the same logo selected for English Version but ask Matthew to make a Chinese one based on the original version.
Beansbox's Pro Bono Work - Pindar suggests that the contract should be revised by the JMSC, where the Intellectual Property part of the contract and Market Value needs special attention. The contract will be signed by the JMSC after approval.

Launch Update

Culture Day @ Creative Schools - Oiwan report that the Creative School is organizing its Culture Day at July 10 - 15. We are invited to organize a section with them to make students understand more about Creative Commons and to encourage them to create works under Creative Commons. A list of help needed will be sent to the mailing list later.
Rent and commitment on Launch Party - Creative School had committed to provide the venue and facilities for the Launch Party at Oct 25 (Sat). Their standard rent is 8000 but if their Board of Directors agreed the amount can be lowered.

Financial Update

Fund Raising Target - Pindar had suggested a plan for fund raising and suggests that we need at least 250k to start and we should target on 500k. Details on his Presentation

100 celebrity supports CC Campaign

Rebecca suggests that Oiwan / Ben / Peter should take the lead to draft the letter and she may help on the English one. JMSC can provide secretrey support.

Day of next meeting - 16 July

Actionable Items:
- Follow up for Launch with IPD by Yahong
- Legal Document by Yahong
- Logo by Ben
- Website's Contract Approval by Rebecca and Ben
- Send list of events and helper needs in Culture Day to mailing list by Oiwan, Peter and Ben
- Follow up with Creative School by Oiwan
- Fund Raising by Pindar
- Draft the 100 celebrity supports CC Campaign's letter by Oiwan, Ben, Peter and Rebecca (help on English)

Mission Statement Draft

RMacK — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:02:33 CDT

CCHK之宗旨

CC香港－－打造香港創意之都　(Cantonese version)

Creative Commons – Hong Kong (CCHK) 喺一個促進香港知識產業發展o既計劃。我地致力同創意和知識社群一齊同心協力，透過喺香港推廣Creative Commons (CC) 呢個嶄新o既國際知識產權規範，令廣大市民可以用更靈活、便捷、多樣o既法律同科技，係數碼科技同互聯網上進行創作。我地o既目標係透過教育、倡導、技術支援、社區參與等方式，令到香港各階層、各領域o既創意資源進一步得到整合同提升。無論公民記者抑或攝影發燒友，藝術家抑或DJ，學校師生抑或動漫Fans，都可以利用CC同其他人分享自己創造o既作品。呢種實踐，喺提升香港法治o既同時，又可以百花齊放，透過互惠分享與自由文化，一齊重新界定創意在香港o既意義，令香港呢個作為全球知識產業重鎮o既傳統，可以係二十一世紀再次發揚光大。

CC香港－－打造香港創意之都 (official Chinese version)

Creative Commons – Hong Kong (CCHK) 是一個促進香港知識產業發展的計劃。我們致力與創意和知識社群同心協力，透過在香港推廣Creative Commons (CC)這個嶄新的國際知識產權規範，令廣大市民可以使用更靈活、便捷、多樣的法律與科技，在數碼科技與互聯網上進行創作。我們的目標是透過教育、倡導、技術支援、社區參與等方式，使香港各階層、各領域的創意資源進一步得到整合與提升。無論公民記者或攝影師、藝術家或DJ、學校師生或動漫迷、都可利用CC跟其他人分享自己創造的作品。這種實踐，既提升香港法治，又容許百花齊放，透過互惠分享和自由文化，重新界定創意在香港的意義，使香港作為全球知識產業重鎮的傳統，於二十一世紀再次發揚光大。

Mission Statement of CCHK

SUGGESTED REVISION:

Creative Commons Hong Kong (CCHK) is the local branch of a global movement to provide free tools that enable people to easily and legally share their creative works. Creative Commons (CC) is a new international system of intellectual property rights management through which creators can opt to change their copyright terms from "all rights reserved" to "some rights reserved."

Our goal is to serve Hong Kong's diverse creative talents and enhance the development of intellectual industries in Hong Kong. By promoting CC through education, advocacy, technical support, and community participation, we aim to educate Hong Kong citizens about copyright law more broadly, as CC is one legal option that coexists alongside other options. Citizen journalists or photographers, artists or DJs, teachers, students or animation fands - everyone can use CC to legally share and enjoy the creations of fellow Hong Kong citizens. We believe that widespread use of CC can help to enhance respect for all forms of copyright. We also believe that nourishing free culture and legal sharing can greatly enhance our educational environment, as well as boost Hong Kong's capacity for innovation and creativity.

ORIGINAL VERSION:
CCHK- Redefining Creativity in Hong Kong

Creative Commons – Hong Kong (CCHK) is a project designed to serve Hong Kong's diverse creative talents and enhance the development of intellectual industries in Hong Kong. We endeavor to promote Creative Commons (CC), a brand new international rule of intellectual property rights management, in Hong Kong society, in order to provide vast numbers of citizens with new legal and technological means that are flexible, convenient, and multi-layered; in order to facilitate the creative activities they conduct through digital media and the Internet. Our goal is to further integrate Hong Kong's creative resources at different strata and in various sectors through such activities as education, advocacy, technical support, and community participation. Citizen journalists or photographers, artists or DJs, teachers, students or animation fans – everyone can use CC to share and enjoy the intellectual products created by fellow Hong Kong citizens. This shall enhance Hong Kong's rule of law, while allowing a rich diversity of creative talents to be fostered, released, and networked. This shall nourish free culture and reciprocity in our community and hence re-define creativity in Hong Kong, while elevating the position of our city as a global hub of intellectual industries in the twenty-first century.

May 17

chpapa — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:10:26 CDT

Date / Time: 17 May (Sat), 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Y5-102, 5/F, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong

Participants:
Attendees: Pindar Wong, Oiwan Lam, Alice Lee, Rebecca Mackinnon, Jack Qiu, Haggen So, Johnny, Ben, Peter Ma

Minutes (bold = Actionable item)

Logo

Most of the participants prefer the white one, using number 3 as default one and 2 as alternative.
The decision and the selected logo will be circulated on the public mailing list for public comment

Website

Agreed to delay it until August
An editorial board had been formed to final approve the content, with Rebecca on English materials and Jack on Chinese materials

License

After a long discussion on Pindar's comment, we've agreed to:

Ask CCi about the formatting of license, is it possible to have a different format like NZ 3.0, which is more friendly to layman

The NZ version will be circulated on public list for comments and comparison

The strategic plan

It was agreed that the "Amateur / Professional" division is too artificial, and we can more emphasize on "Sharing" in the mission statement
We will revise the plan and talk about Mission Statement in next meeting

Launch event

Jack had contacted with HKU Press for a possibility of cooperation.
Pindar will draft the event framework
It was suggested that we can have the launch event at Hong Kong Creative School's campus, to show our emphasize on "Creativity" and "Education", Oiwan will explore the possibility

Media Attention

Prefer not to have any until late Aug.

iSummit

The target is to fund 2 CCHK community members and Snoblind to join the iSummit at Japan

Funding

Participants had reviewed the budget and exco will work on a funder document for Outblaze, aims at RC @ Thur and send to Outblaze @ Fri.

May 17 Invites

chpapa — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:14:38 CDT

Date / Time: 17 May (Sat), 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Y5-102, 5/F, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong

Participants: (all are welcome!)
Attendees: Ben Cheng, Alice Lee, Oiwan Lam, Rebecca MacKinnon, Jack Qiu, Pindar Wong
Apologies: Li Yahong, Chitat Chan, Charles Mok, Haggen So

Agenda:

Old Business: Presentations, Reports and Updates:

Presentation of CCHK Logo Designs

Discussion and Initial Indication of Preferences

Matters Arising Since Last Meeting

HKCC License

Summary of Issues and Concerns Raised Thus Far
Our Response and Future Considerations
Release of 2nd Consultative Draft, Timetable, engagement with CCi

Strategic Plan

Discussion of April 18 Food For Thought Presentation
Financing and Structuring Options
Report from the QEF SubCommittee
Slogan and Mission Statement
CCHK Plan – Deciding on Realistic Priorities and Key Decisions

Launch Party Structure

Promotion Approach and selection of PR Consultant

Budget and Funding Raising Process

Fund Raise with Outblaze

Schedule Outblaze funding meeting
Prepare funding pitch for Outblaze

HKCC Membership + 100 Celebrities Campaign + Student Helpers

Proposed plan for cooperation with Hong Kong Creative School
Proposed plan for Student Volunteers Programme
[Proposal and Resolutions to be Circulated Separately by email]

New Business:

Media Plan: Dealing with HK Standard, Ming Pao Daily etc.
Representation during the iCommons ISummit Sapporo, Japan, from 29 July-2 August (http://icommonssummit.org/)

AOB
Date of Next Meeting

Proposed Logo Designs

chpapa — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:05:54 CDT

Preparatory Executive Committees

chpapa — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:46:32 CDT

Project Leads

Legal Project Leads: Dr. Yahong Li (Associate Professor) and Ms. Alice Lee (Associate Professor), The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Public Project Lead: Rebecca MacKinnon (Assistant Professor), Journalism and Media Studies Center

Preparatory Executive Committees

A preparatory executive committees was appointed after the discussion in the Mar 15 and Apr 12 meetings. The duration of the committee will be 1 year with the functions includes but not limited to:

Decide tactics to achieve the strategic success of "Creative Commons is the preferred and most visible licensing scheme for online creative content in HK"
Form a larger Advisory Board of CCHK.
Recruiting new Executive Committees members
Prepare the constitution, procedure and future of executive committees' duty.
Coordinate volunteers from the community into working team and evaluate the work
Communicating the direction and activities of CCHK with community.
Fleshing out management and operational issues which are encountered 'to launch' and 'post launch'
Identify and get funding sources for CCHK operational.

Members of the committees:

Chitat Chan, Project Manager of Hong Kong Education City Limited
Ben Cheng
Oiwan Lam, Global Voices Northeast Asia Editor
Charles Mok, Chair of Internet Society-Hong Kong
Jack Linchuan Qiu, Assistant Professor of the School of Journalism & Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pindar Wong (Chairman), Chairman of VeriFi (Hong Kong) Limited

FAQ

RMacK — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:54:13 CDT

'Some Rights Reserved'
Frequently Asked Questions
Regarding Hong Kong Creative Commons (HKCC)

March 25, 2008

NOTE: For full information about Creative Commons and all related global projects, please see: http://creativecommons.org
Updates about the effort to bring Creative Commons to Hong Kong can be found at: http://cchk.wetpaint.com

What problem does the Creative Commons (CC) Licenses intend to solve?

Founded by Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig in 2001, Creative Commons is best known for a set of six copyright licenses.

The goal of these licenses is to provide a "middle ground" that did not previously exist in most copyright regimes. On one side is the traditional "all rights reserved." At the other extreme is "public domain" - viewed by many as an anarchic free-for-all in which creators have no control over the use of their work. Creative Commons enables creators to opt for "some rights reserved."

Creative Commons licenses are not intended to replace traditional copyright licenses. Many creators will always choose to retain all rights to their works. However many others prefer to release their works under a more permissive license so that their works can be re-used, republished, remixed, or shared freely and broadly by a wider public. The CC license provides an internationally-recognized vehicle through which to do so.

Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright — all rights reserved — and the public domain — no rights reserved. Our licenses help creators keep their copyright while inviting certain uses of their work — a “some rights reserved” copyright.

Creators can choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their works. The following four conditions can be chosen in six different combinations:

Attribution. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request.

Noncommercial. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

Share Alike. You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

How do you compete with existing licensing schemes used in Hong Kong?

Creative Commons licenses are not intended to compete with any other existing licensing schemes used in Hong Kong or elsewhere. Rather, they are intended as an extra option, in addition to existing licensing schemes.

How do these licenses encourage users to respect the rights of creative rightsholders?

Used correctly, CC licenses will broaden the scope for legal usage of creative works in Hong Kong.

Correct use of the license by Hong Kong creators will broaden the pool of creative works that can be legally shared.

Meanwhile, knowledge about how to find and use Creative Commons-licensed works will provide legal alternatives for people who like to share and remix freely.

Educators in jurisdictions where CC licenses have already been localized report that students who learn about Creative Commons gain a greater awareness of copyright issues in general. Not only do they gain a better understanding of what is illegal under copyright law; they also gain awareness of alternative legal sources: CC-licensed music, photos, and other creative works which they are permitted to share legally, which can be found through the search engines on creativecommons.org and other online sources.

Thus, we hope that if CC licenses are widely used and understood in Hong Kong, this will contribute to a reduction in copyright violations by Hong Kong's young people, amateurs, and creative artists.

Why are you trying to localize these licenses under Hong Kong's Copyright Ordinance?

Creative Commons has a generic international version of the six licenses. Thousands of Hong Kong people are already using this international "un-ported" version. However in order that local Hong Kong rights-holders can go to court if necessary in the event of a dispute, the license must be "ported" into Hong Kong copyright law. This process is currently underway: our legal team is working on English and Chinese versions of the license which they are endeavouring to make fully compatible with Hong Kong's Copyright Ordinance.

As of this writing, the CC licenses have already been ported to 44 different jurisdictions around the globe. Asian jurisdictions that have already "ported" the CC licenses include Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, The Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam are currently under development. As Asia's "World City," Hong Kong can benefit from a movement that aims to broaden the scope for creative innovation by Asia's diverse and richly creative people.

Who is responsible for localizing these licenses?

Creative Commons Hong Kong is currently a project under the University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre, where Assistant Professor Rebecca MacKinnon serves as Project Lead. Our Legal Team is led by Professors Yahong Li and Alice Lee of Hong Kong University's Faculty of Law.

Supporting and eagerly awaiting localization of the CC licenses is a growing community of Hong Kong people: business owners, artists, software programmers, writers, lawyers, academics, educators, community leaders, and students who believe that CC licenses will enable Hong Kong's many talented people to create and disseminate their works more broadly and legally. Several dozen community members have volunteered to help promote CC licenses in their communities, assist with the creation of educational materials and organize a launch event in October. Ben Cheng is CC-HK's Community Coordinator.

In the months leading up to the CC-HK October launch, we will be forming an Executive Committee made up of active community members as well as an Advisory Board.

Is this really necessary?

We now live in the copy-and-paste Internet age. Creative Commons is a copyright licensing option that promotes legal sharing of creative works, and whose use has been growing steadily worldwide since its launch in 2001. Its founders believed it necessary to create this option because of the impact that the Internet has had on public attitudes and approaches to intellectual property, and its use is made possible largely thanks to the Internet.

We believe that Hong Kong's copyright holders will benefit from the localization of this license - no matter whether they choose to retain traditional "all rights reserved" copyright, or choose CC's "some rights reserved" option.

Other than the licenses themselves, how does Creative Commons make it easier to release and find licensed creative works?

The Creative Commons website at creativecommons.org, makes it very easy for creators to select the license they need, and for users to find CC-licensed works.

To select a license, creators simply visit http://creativecommons.org/license/ , where they select the correct jurisdiction from the drop-down menu, then select the various combinations of rights and options they would like in order to generate the correct license. If the created work in question is online, the creator can copy and paste auto-generated code into their website. This code enables the work to be found and identified as CC-licensed work by search engines. The code also links back to a web page with the original legal language and deed of the correct license for reference by lawyers and potential users. For works that are not online, a logo indicating the components of the license is generated, including a web address at which the legal language and license deed can be found. This logo can be embedded onto any visual work, CD case, powerpoint presentation, etc.

Users can easily find CC-licensed work via several search engines available at http://search.creativecommons.org/ It is CC-HK's intention to work with Chinese-language web service companies to provide more search options for Chinese-language content specifically.

What is the current state of progress?

Our legal team has taken the un-ported Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license and converted it into language compatible with the Hong Kong Copyright Ordinance.

This English-language license draft was posted online in December 2007 and is available for download and public comment at: http://creativecommons.org/international/hk/ . A Chinese language translation of the draft is also under way.

After sufficient public comment has been received, we will incorporate suggestions and comments to finalize the license. The language of the Hong Kong Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 will be the basis from which the other five licenses will be derived.

Who do you envisage using these licenses?

Anybody is free to use the Creative Commons licenses. People in Hong Kong who have expressed greatest enthusiasm to use the licenses include:

primary, secondary, and tertiary educators
legal music-sharing services
internet start-up companies
cultural entrepreneurs
photographers
artists
student media and arts clubs
independent and amateur filmmakers
independent, semi-professional and amateur musicians
non-governmental organizations
public information programmes
hobbyists
citizen media organizations
community organizers

We believe that Creative Commons is of great value to Hong Kong's education and public sectors, both of which have the goal of educating the public and disseminating knowledge and information as broadly and effectively as possible.

One example: The Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology (MIT) in the United States uses CC licenses to publish courseware for free global use as part of the MIT OpenCourseware project. MIT has found that publishing course materials for free public access under a CC license does not reduce public interest in obtaining an MIT degree; rather it actually strengthens the MIT brand and generates greater public interest in attending MIT.

There are also a number of for-profit businesses benefitting from strategic use of CC licenses. They include Flickr, a business based on the sharing of user-created content by its community of users; Jamendo and Magnatune are both online businesses which deal in CC-licensed music in different ways.

Is anyone in Hong Kong already using the generic CC licenses?

Yes, while we don't have exact numbers, we know that thousands of Hong Kong people are using the generic un-ported CC licenses. They include:

Hong Kong users of Flickr, an international online photo-sharing service
An unknown number of bloggers
Daayu, a local internet startup based on user content sharing
DotAsia, a Hong Kong-based Internet domain registry
OpenRadio Hong Kong
New Media course materials and student work at Hong Kong University's Journalism and Media Studies Centre

Will you be charging for the use of these license or the use of your online tools?

No, they are provided for free.

When will you be releasing the HK version of the 6 Creative Commons Licenses?

We plan to formally release the CC Hong Kong licenses in October 2008. The founder of Creative Commons, Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, will preside over the launch along with CC Chairman Joi Ito.

What are your next steps?

This Spring, we aim to incorporate feedback from Hong Kong's IP law community and other key constituencies and finalize our basic license draft.
Then all licenses will be translated into Chinese. Once our licenses are approved by Creative Commons International, they will be properly formatted and prepared to "go live" online in time for the October 2008 launch. Other preparation work includes:

Creating a Creative Commons Hong Kong Education Kit for special priority distribution to schools, universities, student clubs, and other key target groups who are in greatest need of copyright education and awareness of legal content-sharing options;
Organizing a series of public education seminars and public conversations about Creative Commons where appropriate;
Creation of an official "Creative Commons Hong Kong" website;
Formation of an Executive Board and Advisory Board.

Where can I find out more information about Creative Commons in general, and Hong Kong Creative Commons in particular?

For general information about Creative Commons worldwide, please visit http://creativecommons.org. The website has an "about" page as well as detailed information sections about the licenses and other Creative Commons projects.

Right now Creative Commons Hong Kong has a community wiki at http://cchk.wetpaint.com. A more formal website is under construction and will be launched in Spring 2008. Information about that website will be available at http://cchk.wetpaint.com.

Also please feel free to contact us:

Rebecca MacKinnon, Public Lead. e-mail: rmack@hku.hk; tel: 2219 4005
Pindar Wong, Chairman, Executive Committee. e-mail: pindar@pacific.net.hk
Ben Cheng, Community Coordinator. e-mail: chpapa@gmail.com; tel: 2859 1155
Yahong Li, Legal Lead. e-mail: yali@hku.hk
Alice Lee, Legal Lead. e-mail: alicelee@hku.hk

Apr 12

chpapa — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:16:04 CDT

Date / Time: Apr 12 (Sat) 6:30pm - 8:45pm
Location: Eilot Hall, the University of Hong Kong

Participants: Jack Qiu, Oiwan Lam, Chitat Chan, Pindar Wong, Charles Mok, Rebecca, Alice, Yahong, Haggen, Jerry Yu, Peter Ma

Agreement

On the Preparatory Executive Committee

Pindar Wong is the Chairman
Ben Cheng is the Community Coordinator

Situation Update

A seminar about CC by Lucifer Chu had been organized by Charles and Ben on Mar 29
Oiwan on the Education Kit:

Interview a list of ten people from now to July, the kit will come at Aug / Sept.
Need more equipment (especially for video interview)

CUHK / JMSC might be able to provide video equipment

Will Recuit student helpers (both University / secondary students)

On Fund Raising

Key is to show a sustainable business model for CCHK long-term
We need a foundation funder document and a corporate funder document
QEF may worth consider

On a meeting between IPD and Yahong

We might put CC related info on IPD website
IPD might do a seminar on CC Launch (Friday?)

Pindar asked: What we will do after the launch?

Pindar: Advocacy & Education

Education first, and before we have a membership system to put their view forward, we should leave advocacy alone at this stage.

Oiwan: Soft advocacy is possible such as asking AM730 to turn CC

Preparatory Executive Committee's agenda

We need to develop three things:

Strategic Plan
Budget
Attract the first executive committee

Timeline for first permanent executive committee: ASAP, ideally before the launch
Concrete Goal:

Oct 25 Launch
Fund Raising Execrise

Todo

Education kit

Contact Jim for student helper to do the video by Ben
EdCity may help approach secondary sch. student for helper. by Oiwan and Chitat

Contact Leslie Ng by Ben

Fund Raising

Create a foundation funder document and a corporate funder document
Get mainland 's example by Jack / Taiwan's example by Ben / Brazil's example by Henry

Law Society and IPD

Contact by Yahong and Alice

Lessig CPD talk at Hong Kong

Contact Lessig by Rebecca
Coordination and Contact with IPD by Pindar and Yahong

On Event and PR
- Exco will deal with each PR

On Budget
- Need to get more info. of how a staff to be hired by JMSC by Rebecca & Ben

Meeting with EDB
- Initiate by Chitat

QEF
- Subcommittee for QEF by Pindar, Chitat, Ben, Oiwan and Jack

Reconfirm Joi Ito's presence at Oct 25 by Rebecca

Create a wiki on Mission and Vision statement (first draft by Jack)

Apr 12 Invites

chpapa — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:51:38 CDT

Date / Time: 12 April (Sat), 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Shum Wai Yau Reading Room (G07), G/F, Elliot Hall, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road
(Click here for the map of HKU / Click here for ways to travel from different area to HKU. You may call 93816083 for Ben if you can't find the meeting room)

Participants:
Rebecca, Alice, Charles, Pindar, Chitat, Jack, Oiwan, Ben, Yahong (?), Haggen, Maggie, Peter Ma

Agenda:

Situation Update (Events, meetings with PRs, education kit, etc)
Preparatory Executive Committee formation
Follow up on PRs suggestion
Budget and project plan
Priorities and set the agenda of Preparatory Executive Committee works.
Introducing the draft of official website

License Draft

chpapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:49:46 CDT

The first draft of the Creative Commons Hong Kong license can be found from the CC International Hong Kong page. If you prefer a clean version you may also download from the "Attachments" section below.

The public consultation period is in progress. Download the license draft and post your questions/comments from the CC International Hong Kong page. Please help us make sure that our legal code will hold up in Hong Kong courts after when local users start licensing their creative works with it.

We need your help

chpapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:49:05 CDT

Beside participating directly in the Working Team, you may help by commit to a specific tasks. Here are a list of specific task we need help. Please put your name next to the task or email Ben Cheng (chpapa@gmail.com) if want to be committed to a task.

Urgent

We need help on translating a list of keywords used in Creative Commons into "Hong Kong style" Chinese.
We need help on hiring event planner / PR firm for the Launch Party
We need help on writing (for Creative Commons Website, Promotional Materials... etc)

Launching

We need someone to help the launching party's web presence: - Jerry~Yuyu (Management stuffs only)

Creating Web Badge
Facebook Management
More idea are welcome

Outreach and Promotion

We need help to translate the VOCAL or Add SUBTITLE to Video explain what is Creative Commons (List of Video)
We need many people to contact potential stack holders of Creative Commons
We need a content producer to regularly update the CCHK site
We need a translator to help translate English and Chinese content on CCHK site.

Jerry~Yuyu
Wrightbus
Sam Hau [I can help with Eng-to-TC translations]

We need people to help write down Hong Kong Local's Usage of Creative Commons into case study for the education kit
We need a designer for the proposed education kit

License Work

We need someone to translate / proof read info page of Creative Commons Hong Kong License

Hei Ching

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Commitment:

Ryanne is helping us to build the CCHK site
Jerry Yuyu is doing translation

Working Team

chpapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:48:43 CDT

A Working Team had been organized to push the launch of CCHK.

Working Team Meeting

chpapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:47:57 CDT

11 Feb Meeting

Meetings

chpapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:47:33 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

Launch Plan

chpapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:47:11 CDT

This is a planning wiki for CC-HK launch. Please help by putting idea on each of the following page, and come-up with a action plan for the launch of CC-HK.

Launching Day

Late Oct (24-25) at Prive Club in Central.

Core Message

What "message" we want to convey with the CC-HK launch - what is the unique "CC-HK brand" (Suggested components of our core message: CC-HK will help promote Hong Kong's innovation, creativity, egalitarian education, cultural diversity, and civic participation.)

Planning

Activities
Funding
Outreach
Logistic
Partners
CC-HK Organization
References

Other launches
CC-Taiwan

People

chpapa — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:46:20 CDT

Please list your name here and give us a little information about yourself - what got you interested in CC?

Rebecca MacKinnon - Assistant Prof. at HKU's Journalism & Media Studies Ctr. I am also co-founder of Global Voices Online, which publishes all content under a CC license. I am helping to coordinate efforts to bring CC to Hong Kong until a local lead team is decided upon.
Ben Cheng - Organized a small interest group called "Intellectual Property Issues Watch" under the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. We had been promoting CC license in a few occasion. Just come and see what can I contribute to the CC-HK project.
Victor Isaac Cheung aka Hong Kong Phooey, also blogs on CNET Asia under the name of HK Tech Phooey. Willing to help in anything, just drop me a note and I'll be there.
Robert Rogoyski - I am an LLM student at HKU. I will be doing research on HK copyright law for the project.
Daisy Maris Fung - I am a Cantonese and crappy English blogger. I enjoy blogging a lot therefore I would like to support and push forward CC in Hong Kong.
Oiwan Lam - Regional Editor of Global Voices Online, co-founder of Hong Kong In-Media.
Jeromy Y. Chan, aka Jerry~雨雨, a wikipedian for years, and an administrator in Chinese Wikipedia. I enjoy publishing most of my content (Photos, blog, website) in CC, so I would like to promote CC in Hong Kong.
Johnny Cheung , aka 黑武士仲尼, a rather novice wikipedian since 2006. I supports the idea of free culture and promoting CC in Hong Kong is a good idea. =)

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We need your help

Urgent

We need help on translating a list of keywords used in Creative Commons into "Hong Kong style" Chinese.

We need help on hiring event planner / PR firm for the Launch Party

We need help on writing (for Creative Commons Website, Promotional Materials... etc)

Launching

We need someone to help the launching party's web presence: - Jerry~Yuyu (Management stuffs only)

Creating Web Badge

Facebook Management

More idea are welcome

Outreach and Promotion

We need help to translate the VOCAL or Add SUBTITLE to Video explain what is Creative Commons (List of Video)

We need many people to contact potential stack holders of Creative Commons

We need a content producer to regularly update the CCHK site

We need a translator to help translate English and Chinese content on CCHK site.

We need people to help write down Hong Kong Local's Usage of Creative Commons into case study for the education kit

We need a designer for the proposed education kit

License Work

We need someone to translate / proof read info page of Creative Commons Hong Kong License

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Ryanne is helping us to build the CCHK site

Jerry Yuyu is doing translation

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Working Team Meeting

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Launching Day

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