You are cordially invited to attend and participate in the regional conference of Creative Commons in Asia and the Pacific in the Philippines on 5-6 February 2009 to be hosted by the Arellano University School of Law, Lead Public Institution of Creative Commons – Philippines. The principal venue for the event will be at the […]
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It started as a response to an open invitation in one of the last paragraphs of e-mailed newsletter from cc-info AT lists DOT ibiblio DOT org — managed by Ms. Melissa Reeder, Development Manager, Creative Commons headquarters (CC HQ) in San Francisco, California, USA — which stated “This newsletter is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ — please […]
The talents of others can radiate through the utilization of another’s work. Discussions on creativity, sometimes, can be dampened by serious considerations on legal matters involving copyright, enforcement of such, and appropriate licensing. Coming from a legal background, I would, even in the temptation to advocate strongly on issues on licensing, rather pause to share […]
Is Creative Commons anti-copyright? It is a question that is normally proffered, considering the rationale of Creative Commons licenses departs from strict control of copyright rights and leans toward the legal sharing, reuse, and remixing of copyrighted works. The reality of the matter is that Creative Commons cannot be anti-copyright — in the context towards […]
There is a mistaken notion that Creative Commons icons (such as the one on the right sidebar) provides for the positive act to protect copyrighted works.
The truth of the matter is that copyright laws protect the copyrighted work. Section 172.2 of Republic Act 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines provides […]
Eugene Villa posted an inquiry, to wit: “Are the ported licenses the same thing as the unported licenses but only reinterpreted for the Philippine legal system or are they two completely different licenses?” on “Why use Creative Commons Philippine licenses?” The follow up questions provide that “[S]uppose I license a piece of creative work under […]
Jim provided the following inquiries and comment. “If a Creative Commons License is violated here in the Philippines, who gets to represent the holder of that license? The Philippines is not exactly known for respecting intellectual property. What’s there to assure individuals or groups who publishes under the Creative Commons that they will get protection […]
The term “license” provides a minor confusion in the Philippines when one talks about Creative Commons licenses, in light of the attached meaning of “license” in ordinary legal dealings.
CC License != permit
When one talks about licenses in the Philippines, the first thing that comes to mind would be government permits. Since one needs a license […]
Creative Commons and Creative Commons licenses
When the initial Creative Commons licenses (version 1.0) were introduced in December 2002, the licenses were based on United States (US) copyright law. These licenses, although based on US copyright law were referred to as “generic” inasmuch as they do not specify a specific jurisdiction or governing law that would […]
Copyrighted works
Works are created from the sole fact of their creation.1 Works can either be original2 or derivative.3 An author/owner of the copyright has economic4 and moral rights5 under the law. Use of works, whether original or derivative, are subject to the explicit permission of the owner of the copyrighted work; or in accordance with […]
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