http://commons.berneguerrero.com On the Philippine Commons, and then some. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:27:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/05/23/i-love-you-brother/ 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 ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/04/02/is-creative-commons-anti-copyright/ 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 ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/03/22/creative-commons-icons-and-the-protection-of-works/ 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 ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/03/22/unported-viz-philippine-ported-license/ 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 ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/03/18/whowhat-protects-you-in-cc-license-violations/ 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. ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/03/17/the-term-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 ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/02/01/why-use-creative-commons-philippine-licenses/ Copyrighted works Works are created from the sole fact of their creation. (( Section 172.2 of Republic Act 8293 or the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines provides "Works are protected by the sole fact of their creation, irrespective of their mode or form of expression, as well as of their ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/01/29/copyright-and-creative-commons/ Collaborative projects for open content are very much encouraged for the development of resources for the dissemination of information and increased access to knowledge. Setting up one could be easy if there are a lot of like-minded people contributing in such project, and who are agreeable to its general purpose or ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/01/29/setting-up-a-collaborative-project-for-opencontent/ I am elated by news about the growing reception and utilization of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) in the Philippines. I read the latest one (although someone has relayed to me that this has been old news) at ComputerWorld, entitled "23,000 Linux PCs forge education revolution in Philippines". Perusing the last ... http://commons.berneguerrero.com/2008/01/29/foss-boom/