Creative Commons Korea is a non-commercial organization supporting Open Culture in which each and every one can come together for creativity and sharing. And also CC Korea provides Creative Commons License as a free tool that lets authors, artists, scientists, educators, bloggers and ordinary online community members easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry and entitles them to share remix and reuse others work legally.
The Copyright Protection Center, a state-run organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, announced that it issued two reports titled "Clean Site Guidelines & Certification System Research" and "CCL & Clean Site Guidelines" on Feb 11, 2010.
The former included guidelines for and a detailed introduction on the assessment system of the "Clean Site" project, which is designed by the authorities to identify and recognize websites that are committed to promoting copyright protection. The government officially designates websites that can serve as models for protecting copyright as clean sites according to 18 assessment criteria.
"CCL and Clean Site Guidelines" includes various examples of adopting CC License and raise a need to incorporate CC License element into Clean Site Guidelines. It asserts that if the guidelines include how to offer CCL option in the menu so that users can choose CCL when they post and upload files, it will help reduce illegal uploads.
The two reports will be distributed to about 100 bodies including the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, copyright-related organizations, legal circles, schools, and online service providers.
Recently, discussions on government 2.0 are gaining momentum around the world. In an attempt to consider the possibility of adopting government 2.0 in Korea, a policy forum was held under the title of "How to adopt Government 2.0" in the National Assembly Library of Korea on January 15, 2010. Many experts were invited to participate from various fields from legal circles, public service, academia, technology, to the business sector. Judge Yoon Jong-su, project lead of CC Korea, also gave a presentation titled "Government 2.0 in Web 2.0 Era" and pointed out that while the basic concept of government 2.0 was found in Korea's legal system it was still far from being developed to a practical level. He also asserted that the government should be ready to transform itself into a platform to communicate with the public.
Meanwhile, the panels agreed on the fact that this idea involves issues such as risks of privacy invasion and reliability and authenticity of information. Some asserted that further policy measures are needed to improve the quality of the disclosed information and to secure the credibility of provided information. In addition, it was also pointed out that a change in the perception within the government about public participation, openness and sharing is a prerequisite in this endeavor.
Pandora TV, Korea's leading video sharing operator, reached an agreement with SBS, one of the nation's major terrestrial broadcasters, to allow the uploading of short video clips from SBS without prior permission. Under this agreement, users can upload edited or original SBS programs, no longer than three minutes in length, to Pandora website under CC licence (BY-NC-ND). Most programs including soap operas, entertainment and sports that have been aired this year are applicable except news programs. The uploaded contents are also allowed to be streamed on other community sites.
Both parties expect that while users would enjoy more and easier access to free video clips, this agreement will also offer a win-win solution for both video sharing operators such as Pandora TV and content providers especially in dealing with copyright infringement issues.
2009 CC Hope Day "CC Friends Party" was held at club TOOL in the Hongdae neighborhood on the chilly evening of December 17, 2009.
Every year around this time, CC Korea throws a party called 'CC HOPE Day' to celebrate Creative Commons' birthday and to reflect back on the year thus far by inviting CC supporters.
And this year's CC Hopeday was especially meaningful as we were joined by friends who believe in the value of sharing ideas; OCW, IgniteSeoul, TEDxSeoul, TEDxMyeongdong, and TEDxSookmyung cooperated to celebrate the 7th birthday of Creative Commons and wrap up the year 2009 by sharing their knowledge and experience.
Although the weather didn't cooperate with us with the bitter cold temperature and the party venue was too small to accommodate the many passionate attendees, the friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere of our commoners really made the place come alive.
We are sure that the year 2010 will also be another greate year for us to spread ideas and share knowledge and experience.
Thank you all for preparing this wonderful event and for sharing the great moments!
Open Culture meets Business -
How to Open Business Seminar to be held on Nov 13, 2009
Open culture can not only create public value but also generate business opportunities.
Aiming at providing a strategic approach to developing new open-based business models, Creative Commons Korea holds "How to Open Business" seminar in Seoul on November 13, 2009.
In the seminar, various open-based business models will be presented through examples while attendees will have the opportunity to identify new business models of their own.
The one-day event will start with the opening remarks by Prof. Jinsup Jung, chief of CC Korea, to be followed by the keynote speech by Sangki Steve Han, the Graduate School of Culture Technology of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
CC Korea staff Su-jeong Han will give a general introduction on open business strategies through practical examples and case studies.
The seminar will be highlighted by two well recognized international figures: Sylvain Zimmer, founder and CTO of Jamendo, and Chiaki Hayashi, founder and PMO of Loftwork, will share their valuable knowledge and experience about developing a viable and profitable business model based on open culture.
Double Deck, a Korean digital music performance group, will also rock the audience with their powerful live performance. Double Deck is one of the first Korean musicians who shared their works under creative commons licenses.
The final session of the event is "Open Business Speech," where anyone can present their open business ideas and be given the rare opportunity to receive consultation and business advice from established experts from various fields.
On the following day, the seminar presenters will also be joined by those who share the value of open culture in the CC Salon. Guests from different industries such as music, design, technology and business will share their views and experience on a variety of issues related to open culture and have in-depth discussions on open business models in various areas including music and art.
