We’re delighted to announce the six selected projects that will receive funding from the CC Copyright Platform Activities Fund in 2020!

The CC Copyright Platform is an active space for copyright advocates and experts to coordinate copyright law and policy-related activities. This year, CC launched an Activities Fund to support copyright-related activities by Platform members. The Fund made available a total of US$20,000 to platform members, who were invited to propose activities in the field of copyright that advance our shared CC mission and in alignment with the goals and principles of the CC Copyright Platform. 

In this blog post, we present the six winning projects. We also warmly thank all applicants for their proposals and members of the decision committee (Lisette Kalshoven of CC Netherlands; Elliott Bledsoe of CC Australia; Franco Giandana of CC Argentina; Liz Lenjo of CC Kenya; and Sami Mlouhi and John Weitzmann of the Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN)) for their dedication and commitment. 

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• How the Paying Public Domain impacts the CC0 and Public Domain Mark tools

Maximiliano Marzetti of CC Argentina wrote in his proposal that “the public domain is not completely free everywhere.” Argentina and Uruguay are two of the many countries that enforce a paying public domain system. For instance, the Argentinian dominio público pagante requires the payment of a fee to a state agency (the Fondo Nacional de las Artes or National Fund for the Arts) for reproduction, publication, performance, communication to the public, and many other acts in relation to any type of work in the public domain. Not that long ago, UNESCO and the World Intellectual Property Organization were busy promoting the internationalization of the paying public domain, including in model laws. In this project, Maximiliano proposes to study how the paying public domain system may affect open culture and CC initiatives and tools such as the Public Domain Dedication Tool (CC0) and the Public Domain Mark (PDM). To that end, he will contact all relevant CC Chapters and create a map and/or an infographic (using design tools) to show information in a visually friendly way.

• Low-bono DCDSM transposition proposal

Siyanna Lilova, a member of CC Bulgaria, proposed a project that engages a legal team to research and draft expert legal opinions on the current Bulgarian copyright legislation and the best way to transpose the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DCDSM). The focus is on promoting user rights and helping public stakeholders such as GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) and educational institutions identify the most beneficial way to implement the new copyright exceptions and limitations set out in the Directive. 

• GLAMS to Fix Copyright: Preparing GLAMs for the Copyright Reform in Bulgaria

In a related but distinct project, Ana Lazarova, also a member of CC Bulgaria, proposes a training series for public libraries and national archives in Bulgaria to inform them about the European Copyright Directive implementation into national law, with a particular focus on exceptions (e.g. text and data mining, out-of-commerce works, digitization and preservation). These will have a direct impact on access to knowledge. Digital Republic, which is an institutional member of the CCGN, will lead the project. Digital Republic is traditionally actively engaged in providing legal advice and promoting copyright literacy for local GLAMs. 

• Rebooting copyrightexceptions.eu 

In 2016, on the eve of the European Union (EU) copyright reform process, Kennisland (then the host of CC Netherlands) build the website www.copyrightexceptions.eu. The purpose of this website was simple: show the uneven implementation of copyright exceptions throughout the EU Member States in order to make a case for further harmonisation of users rights in the EU. The simple map-based interface of the www.copyrightexceptions.eu was powered by contributions from researchers from the different EU Member States, many of whom had affiliations to CC-related projects. After its launch, copyrightexceptions.eu quickly became a reference point for activists and policymakers. But since 2018, the website has not been actively maintained and with the ongoing implementation of the 2019 EU Copyright Directive (which contains five new EU-wide exceptions), it risks becoming out of date. With help from the CC Copyright Platform Activities Fund (and additional support from Wikimedia Italia), Paul Keller of CC Netherlands and his team will rebuild the underlying technical infrastructure of the website and update the information on copyright exceptions in the EU Member States. 

• Building an Open Science Platform in Slovenia

Maja Bogataj Jančič, a member of CC Slovenia, will design a strategy on how to set up and run an Open Science Platform aimed primarily at the scientific sector, but also geared towards the education sector, cultural heritage institutions, and civil society. More than a platform, the Open Science Platform will be a community of stakeholders that will collaboratively carry out several activities, such as the creation of resources, running of workshops as well as the development of a long-term learning program to empower stakeholders into tackling copyright issues on their own. 

• Copyright, copyleft, public domain and policy making —  A transmedial initiative to strengthen the commons in Mexico

Proposed by Ivan Martinez, a member of CC Mexico, the project plans to create a research group and the first issue of a transmedial publication devoted to the analysis and diagnosis of copyright law and copyright-related policies, background, risks and opposition against copyleft, in order to strengthen open access and CC licences in Mexico. Several authors and researchers will integrate a multidisciplinary group guided by a lead researcher and project manager. The aim is to build tighter links among key players across regions. Research proceedings will include a print-ready publication, a platform-agnostic ebook, and international online talks. The research group will found the “Proportional Intellectual Property Task Force” to be presented in online/offline events and is intended to be the seed of opposed speech gaining momentum in Mexico.

We look forward to seeing project results in December 2020, and we expect these projects to fuel more copyright law and policy activities in 2021 and beyond. 

 

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After introducing the CC Italy Chapter to you in July and the CC Netherlands Chapter in August, we are now traveling to Southeast Asia to introduce the CC Bangladesh Chapter! 

The Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) consists of 45 CC Country Chapters spread across the globe. They’re the home for a community of advocates, activists, educators, artists, lawyers, and users who share CC’s vision and values. They implement and strengthen open access policies, copyright reform, open education, and open culture in the communities in which they live.

To help showcase their work, we’re excited to continue our blog series and social media initiative: CC Network Fridays. At least one Friday a month, we’re traveling around the world through our blog and on Twitter (using #CCNetworkFridays) to a different CC Chapter, introducing their teams, discussing their work, and celebrating their commitment to open! 

Say hello to CC Bangladesh!

The CC Bangladesh Chapter was formed in June 2018. Its Chapter Lead is Nasir Khan and its representative to the CC Global Network Council is Mostafa Azad Kamal. Since the beginning, the Chapter has been involved in promoting and supporting open education and copyright but over the last year, in particular, it has enhanced its activities covering almost all CCGN Platforms. For this post, we spoke to CC Bangladesh member Mohammed Galib Hasan Abir who told us a bit more about the Chapter’s work. He responded in both English and Bengali! 

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CC: What open movement work is your Chapter actively involved in? What would you like to achieve with your work?

CC Bangladesh: Currently, CC Bangladesh is working on Open Education, Copyright, and Open Data. We have a group of dedicated volunteers working on these individual activities. Though Open Education is not a new term in Bangladesh, we’re currently working on advancing OER policy-level work for future objectives. We are planning to collaborate more with other organizations to achieve this goal. Our representative Mostafa Azad Kamal personally developed two institutional Open Policies policies so far for Bangladesh Open University and the Dhaka Ahsania Mission—both were supported by the Commonwealth of Learning. Besides this he also worked on National OER policy which is with the ministry for final approval.  

CC Bangladesh: বর্তমানে ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার উন্মুক্ত শিক্ষা ,কপিরাইট,উন্মুক্ত তথ্য ইত্যাদি বিষয় নিয়ে কাজ করছে। আমাদের স্বতন্ত্র স্বেচ্ছাসেবীর একটি দল  রয়েছে যারা এই স্বতন্ত্র প্রকল্পগুলোতে  কাজ করছে । যদিও উন্মুক্ত শিক্ষা বাংলাদেশের প্রেক্ষাপটে নতুন কোন ধারণা  নয় তবে বর্তমানে ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার ভবিষ্যতের লক্ষ্যে উন্নত নীতিমালা বাস্তবায়নের জন্য কাজ করছে, যার জন্য আমরা অন্যান্য সহযোগী সংস্থার সাথে আরও সহযোগী কাজের জন্য পরিকল্পনা করছি। ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্সে আমাদের দেশের প্রতিনিধি মোস্তফা আজাদ কামাল ব্যক্তিগতভাবে দুটি প্রতিষ্ঠানের নীতিমালা বিকাশ করেছেন একটি হলো বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় এর জন্য উন্মুক্ত শিক্ষা নীতিমালা এবং অন্যটি ঢাকা আহসানিয়া মিশন এর জন্য  এবং উভয়ই কমনওয়েলথ অব লার্নিং দ্বারা সমর্থিত ছিল। এছাড়াও  তিনি বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় উন্মুক্ত শিক্ষা নীতি প্রণয়নে  কাজ করেছেন যা বর্তমানে  চূড়ান্ত অনুমোদনের জন্য মন্ত্রানালয়ে  কাছে অপেক্ষাধীন রয়েছে।

CC: What exciting project has your Chapter engaged in recently?

CC Bangladesh: We worked on Open Data and related initiatives by conducting a seminar mini conference. In October 2019, we celebrated Open Access Week with other open source organizations, such as the Bangladesh Open University who contributed as a co-organizer. Besides this, in 2020 we arranged the Open Data Day 2020 Program with the Open Knowledge Foundation, the theme for this year was “Bringing the benefits of open resources to Bangladesh.” We plan to observe these two events every year as it is also a promotional event for us. 

CC Bangladesh: ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টারে আমি ব্যাক্তিগতভাবে উন্মুক্ত তথ্য এবং এর সাথে সম্পর্কিত কিছু কাজের জন্য উদ্যোগ গ্রহন করি এবং কয়েকটা সেমিনার ও ছোটো আকারের সম্মেলন এর আয়োজন করি। ২০১৯ সাল থেকে ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার ওপেন অ্যাক্সেস সপ্তাহ উদযাপন করছে এবং তারা অন্যান্য ওপেন সোর্স সংস্থাগুলির সাথে একটি যৌথ কর্মসূচির ব্যবস্থা করছে যেখানে বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় একটি সহ-সংগঠক হিসাবে অবদান রাখছে  (কর্মসূচির বিস্তারিত), (কর্মসূচির বিস্তারিত)। ২০২০ সালে ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার ওপেন নলেজ ফাউন্ডেশনের সাথে যৌথভাবে ওপেন ডেটা ডে ২০২০ কর্মসূচির আয়োজন করেছে, এই বছরের প্রতিপাদ্য বিষয় ছিল “বাংলাদেশে উন্মুক্ত সংস্থার সুবিধাসমুহ প্রণয়ন” (কর্মসূচির বিস্তারিত)। ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার বার্ষিক পরিকল্পনা হিসাবে প্রতি বছর এই দুটি কর্মসূচি পালনের পরিকল্পনা করছে যা এই চ্যাপ্টারের প্রচারমূলক কর্মসূচির অন্তর্গত।

CC: What do you find inspiring and rewarding about your work in the open movement?

CC Bangladesh: Working with the open movement is always a pleasure for us. We have been involved with this movement for the last five years and everyday it is a new day to think about how we can do more social good for society. We believe this kind of movement makes the world smaller and more connected with people of every region. This helps in trying to understand different cultures, histories, etc. We’ve already seen how these types of connections work efficiently in the case of a pandemic, when we have the chance to think about the world as a whole. 

CC Bangladesh: মুক্ত আন্দোলনের সাথে কাজ করা আমার পক্ষে সর্বদা আনন্দকর । আমি বিগত পাঁচ বছর ধরে এই আন্দোলনের সাথে জড়িত আছি এবং যা আমাকে প্রতিদিন সমাজের নিত্য নতুন সমস্যা এবং সমাধান সম্পর্কে ভাবতে সাহায্য করে । আমি বিশ্বাস করি যে এই ধরণের আন্দোলন এবং এর সাথে আমার সম্পর্ক স্থাপনে এটি বিশ্বকে আমার নিকট আরও ক্ষুদ্র আকারে উপস্থাপন করে তুলেছে যেখানে আমরা কোনোনা কোন ভাবে বিশ্বের প্রতিটি অঞ্চলের মানুষের সাথে সংযুক্ত রয়েছি এবং তাদের সংস্কৃতি, ইতিহাস ইত্যাদি বোঝার চেষ্টা করছি। আমরা ইতিমধ্যে লক্ষ্য করেছি  যে এই ধরণের সংযুক্তি যেকোনও ধরণের মহামারীতে কীভাবে দক্ষতার সাথে কাজ করে, যা আমাদেরকে সুযোগ করে দেয় পুরো বিশ্ব সম্পর্কে চিন্তা করার।   

CC: What are your plans for the future? 

CC Bangladesh: We plan to engage in further initiatives to promote open education and internet literacy in rural settings—especially female participation in open education and internet activities in Bangladesh, which is needed. Statistics show that women’s participation in the open movement and open internet activities is much lower, so we will focus on this issue and look for increasing women’s participation. One of our members has already been advised to work on gender issues in Bangladesh. Besides that, we plan to run an Internet for All campaign with the support of CC and our local government. Our Country representative Mostafa Azad Kamal is trying to connect with the University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education and ICT Ministry to start a wider open mission. Hope we will see a bigger impact by 2022. We are trying to sync our education system with the open pedagogies under the framework of Digital Bangladesh initiative of the government.

CC Bangladesh: ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ উন্মুক্ত শিক্ষা ও ইন্টারনেট শিক্ষা এবং সেগুলা গ্রামীণ স্তরের প্রচারের জন্য কিছু উদ্যোগের পরিকল্পনা করছে। বিশেষ করে বাংলাদেশে উন্মুক্ত শিক্ষা এবং ইন্টারনেট কার্যক্রমের ক্ষেত্রে মেয়েদের অংশগ্রহনের ব্যাপারে । পরিসংখ্যান দেখায় যে উন্মুক্ত আন্দোলনে এবং উন্মুক্ত ইন্টারনেট ক্রিয়াকলাপে মেয়েদের অংশগ্রহণ ছেলেদের তুলনায় বেশ কম, সে কারনেই আমরা ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার এই বিষয়ে মনোনিবেশ করবো এবং মেয়েদের  অংশগ্রহণ বৃদ্ধি করার জন্য কিছু কার্যক্রম গ্রহণ করবো। ইতিমধ্যে আমাদের চ্যাপ্টারের একজন সদস্যকে মেয়েদের অংশগ্রহণ বাড়াতে কাজ করার পরামর্শ দেওয়া হয়েছে। ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ ও স্থানীয় সরকারের সহায়তায় “ইন্টারনেটের সবার জন্য” কর্মসূচির পরিকল্পনা করা হয়েছে। এছাড়াও আমাদের চ্যাপ্টার প্রতিনিধি মোস্তফা আজাদ কামাল আরও বৃহত্তর উন্মুক্ত আন্দোলন শুরু করার জন্য বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় মঞ্জুরী কমিশন, শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয় এবং আইসিটি মন্ত্রণালয়ের  সাথে সংযোগ স্থাপনের চেষ্টা করছেন। আশা করি আমরা ২০২২ সালের মধ্যে তার একটি বড় প্রভাব দেখতে পাব। আমরা আমাদের শিক্ষাব্যবস্থাকে সরকারের ডিজিটাল বাংলাদেশ কাঠামোর আওতায় বিভিন্ন উদ্যোগের সাথে একীভূত করার চেষ্টা করছি।

CC: Anything else you want to share?

CC Bangladesh: We’re keen to promote open activities, open education, and Internet for All activities in Bangladesh. That’s why our members are developing their working module together. With the support of CC and other organizations, we are confident that we can achieve our goals.

CC Bangladesh: ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার বাংলাদেশে সকলের জন্য উন্মুক্ত কার্যক্রম, মুক্ত শিক্ষা, সবার জন্য ইন্টারনেট প্রচার করতে আগ্রহী। এ কারণেই চ্যাপ্টারের সদস্যরা পৃথকভাবে ও দলগতভাবে তাদের কার্যক্রম চালিয়ে যাচ্ছে। ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  এবং অন্যান্য সংস্থার সমর্থন নিয়ে আশা করি ক্রিয়েটিভ কমন্স  বাংলাদেশ চ্যাপ্টার তার লক্ষ্যগুলি অর্জন করতে পারবে।

Thank you to the CC Bangladesh team, especially Mohammed Galib Hasan Abir for contributing to the CC Network Fridays feature, and for all of their work in the open community! To see this conversation on Twitter, click here. To become a member of the CCGN, visit our website!

: Featured image has icons by Guilherme Furtado and Vectors Point via Noun Project (CC BY 3.0).

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We are excited to introduce to you the newest addition to the CC Chapter Network: CC Austria! In July, the CC Austria Chapter was founded (via video conference due to COVID-19). The core group of CC Austria members have been dealing with copyright matters in Austria for years; submitting statements on reforms of the Austrian copyright law and advising on the use of CC licenses. In 2015, they hosted a German-translation hackathon for the CC 4.0 License Suite in Vienna.

CC Austria, supported by Chapter Lead Alexander Baratsits and Representative to the CC Global Network Roland Alton-Scheidl, will continue to address core issue areas through a variety of activities. CC Austria has already submitted a statement as part of the consultation process led by the Austrian Ministry of Justice on the implementation of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The Ministry of Justice’s initial draft addresses the issues of text and data mining and offers exceptions for digital uses in teaching and learning. Unsurprisingly, the Ministry of Justice has adopted a rights holder-friendly position. For example, the draft provides remuneration for text and data mining for scientific purposes and the priority of licenses for the educational exception. CC Austria has submitted alternative proposals and intends to intensify the public debate on this issue in the coming months.

Join us!

We are looking forward to branching out further in Austria and encourage interested people to join us! You can find information on the new CC Austria Chapter website! Contact us directly at team@creativecommons.at or legal@creativecommons.at, engage with us on Twitter, or visit our public fairchat channel, which you can also just subscribe to as a mailing list. Chances are high that you meet one of us in person at the monthly Netzpolitischer Abend!

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Did you know that nearly 800 million adults and young people lack basic literacy skills?

Supporting the worldwide teaching of these vital skills will help build a more equal society, but the COVID-19 crisis has disrupted education in nearly every country.

We, therefore, face even greater inequalities and a more urgent need to deliver quality education for everyone, everywhere.

Today we mark International Literacy Day to reflect on how we can work towards the UN’s goal to achieve this aim.

This year’s event is an opportunity to discuss innovative ways to ensure literacy can thrive during the pandemic and beyond.

At Creative Commons, we know that the best way to address humanity’s greatest global challenges is through collaboration and the sharing of information.

Libraries are a perfect example of this.

As a Member of the European Parliament, I founded an all-party group on libraries to help promote literacy across the continent.

There is a widespread misconception that the services offered by libraries are out of date – a relic of a bygone age before youngsters started carrying smartphones in their pockets with instant access to Wikipedia, and before they started downloading books on their Kindles.

But a recent study by the Carnegie UK Trust, for example, found that people aged 15-24 in England are the most likely age group to use libraries. 

Today, the most successful libraries have remodeled themselves to become fit for the 21st century, and more can follow suit if they receive the right support and advice, and have the backing of local governments.

But the COVID-19 crisis has closed library doors across the world, which makes digital access so important.

And there are barriers which remain in place to this, which people are working to break down.

The National Emergency Library, designed by the Internet Archive, made over 1.3 million e-books immediately available for checkout, free of charge during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unfortunately, a consortium of four publishers filed suit and the library was forced to return to traditional controlled digital lending. 

This demonstrates the challenges that remain and will still pose a challenge long after we have defeated COVID-19.

But there are millions of books which can still be found on the internet and are free for anyone to read.

Many American books published before 1964 never extended their copyright, and the New York Public Library has ensured that those public domain books are now free online.

Over 60,000 free books can also be found online at the Project Gutenberg site.

My favorite public domain book has to be Jane Austen’s classic, Pride and Prejudice. I read it every year without fail and it never disappoints.

We want to hear from you about your favorite public domain book. To mark International Literacy Day, why not take part in our Twitter poll and vote for your favorite!

At CC we will continue to campaign to unlock culture and knowledge for everyone, everywhere.

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On Saturday August 15, 2020 we met online for the first official meeting of the Creative Commons Peru Chapter. The meeting was attended by 26 people and we had a great time!. Physical distancing was not a limitation for the success of this first encounter. On the contrary, the fact that the meeting took place virtually enabled the participation of people from different cities in the country outside the capital, including Chiclayo, Trujillo, Piura and Arequipa, which in a centralist country like Peru was very good news. This highly anticipated meeting in Peru had been planned for a month by our core group (Calú Correa, María Belén Collao, José Aranda, Abel Revoredo, Clara Cubas, Karen Díaz, Miguel Morachimo and Willy Cruz). 

The meeting began with a welcome greetings from Carlos Correa, followed by the presentation that the team had developed to introduce the attendees, by Karen Díaz. The presentation, which you can access here, began with the basic concepts of Creative Commons (What it is, why it exists, what are its work programs, the types of licenses and the content repository). Attendees were very active in the group chat and engaged with the topics through a lively discussion.  We had attendance from a wider range of backgrounds, including copyright and IP lawyers, as well as Wikimedians. 

Next, we discussed how the Creative Commons Global Network worked, the global strategy and shared a timeline that contextualizes Peru within the framework of the evolution of the Network. It was important to point out what the current objectives of the global strategy arebecause Peru already had a Chapter inaugurated in 2006. This Chapter stopped its operations  after the Singapore Summit, so our mission as the new Chapter was to continue promoting the spirit of collaboration of the global strategy and learn from the previous Chapter (As highlighted by Diego de la Cruz)

Finally, we moved on to the third part: the formation of our new local Chapter. We reviewed the procedure to form a national Chapter, how this Chapter would be structured, how we can encourage our local members to join the global network, what ways we would have to communicate and how the Chapter would work in Peru:

Communication

We indicated the #cc-peru channel in the Creative Commons Slack workspace as priority communication channels, explaining how it worked, and we presented the website that the driving team had previously enabled. We are excited to expand our Chapter, if you are interested in joining please contact us

Leadership

Miguel Morachimo was proposed for representation in front of the Global Network and Clara Cubas for Chapter leadboth introduced themselves and their roles were approved through enthusiastic comments in the chat. It was proposed that the roles of Chapter Lead and representative to the Global Network have an annual duration and that the main objective of the first year would be to strengthen the nascent chapter.

Chapter structure

When registering in the attendance form, we noticed that the topics of academia and education, governance, civil society platforms and GLAM were a local priority. Each topic will depend on the interest and volunteer work of those who promote it. These interest groups and their short-term work plans would be defined at the next meeting, where we are hoping to invite even more people to!  With this, after the final photo, the first Creative Commons Peru meeting closed.

Spanish website (English website will be coming soon!):

https://creativecommons.pe/2020/08/asi-fue-la-reunion-de-formacion-del-capitulo-cc-peru/

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Creative Commons Perú

Así fue nuestra reunión de formación de capítulo:

El sábado 15 de agosto del 2020 nos reunimos vía online para la primera Reunión Oficial del Capítulo de Creative Commons en Perú. A la reunión asistieron 26 personas, de las 60 que se registraron en el formulario de asistencia. El distanciamiento físico no fue una limitación para el éxito de este primer encuentro. Por el contrario, que la reunión se haya dado virtualmente posibilitó la participación de personas de distintas ciudades del país fuera de la capital, entre ellos Chiclayo, Trujillo, Piura y Arequipa, lo que en un país centralista como Perú era una muy buena noticia.

Este encuentro, muy esperado en Perú, venía gestándose ya desde hace un mes por un grupo de personas interesadas en promoverlo (Calú Correa, María Belén Collao, José Aranda, Abel Revoredo, Clara Cubas, Karen Díaz, Miguel Morachimo y Willy Cruz). La reunión comenzó con el saludo de bienvenida de Carlos Correa, seguido por la presentación que el equipo había desarrollado para introducir a los asistentes, a cargo de Karen Díaz.

La presentación, a la que puedes acceder aquí, inició con los conceptos básicos del Creative Commons, qué es, por qué existe, cuáles son sus programas de trabajo, los tipos de licencias y el repositorio de contenido. Después de esta sección de presentación, se invitó a los asistentes, que habían tenido mucha actividad ya en el chat, a que compartan sus comentarios. Entre quienes asistían a la reunión se presentaron  Aaron Anibal, abogado en temas de propiedad intelectual; Daniel Coíla Llerena, abogado interesado en los derechos de autor desde Arequipa y Melissa Guadalupe, parte del capítulo de Wikimedia. 

A continuación, comentamos cómo funcionaba la Red Global de Creative Commons, la estrategia global y una línea de tiempo que contextualiza a Perú en el marco de la evolución de la red. Fue importante señalar cuáles eran los objetivos actuales de la estrategia global porque nuestro país ya había tenido un capítulo inaugurado en el 2006, que se desactualizó tras la Cumbre de Singapur, por lo que nuestra misión como capítulo era continuar promoviendo el espíritu de colaboración de la estrategia global y aprender del capítulo anterior, como resaltó Diego de la Cruz. 

Finalmente, pasamos a la tercera parte: conformar un capítulo local. Para ellos, repasamos cuál era el procedimiento para formar un capítulo nacional, cómo se estructuraría este capítulo, cómo sumarse a la red global, qué formas tendríamos de comunicarnos y cómo trabajaría el capítulo en Perú.

Comunicación interna

Señalamos como canales de comunicación prioritarios el canal #cc-peru en el espacio de trabajo en Slack de Creative Commons, explicando cómo funcionaba, y presentamos la web creativecommons.pe que el equipo impulsor ya había habilitado previamente.

Liderazgos

Miguel Morachimo fue propuesto para la representación frente a la Red Global y Clara Cubas para el liderazgo local, ambos se presentaron y sus roles fueron aprobados mediante entusiastas comentarios en el chat. Se propuso que los roles de Líder Local y de representante ante la Red Global tengan una duración anual y que el objetivo principal del primer año sería fortalecer al capítulo naciente. 

Estructura del capítulo

Al registrarse en el formulario de asistencia, notamos que eran prioridad local los temas de academia y educación, Gobernanza, Plataformas de sociedad civil y GLAM. Cada tema dependerá del interés y el trabajo voluntario de quienes lo impulsen, articulados en un capítulo nacional. Estos grupos de interés y sus planes de trabajo a corto plazo se definirían en la próxima reunión, tras un tiempo prudencial para socializar este primer encuentro e invitar a más personas. Con esto, tras la foto final, cerró la primera reunión de Creative Commons Perú.

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