April 2, 2009 — Bangkok, Thailand and Berlin, Germany
Creative Commons Thailand has adapted the Creative Commons licenses to
Thai law. The localized licenses, launching April 2, enable Thai
creators to easily share creative works by lowering legal barriers and
prohibitive transaction costs.
The Thai team, led by Mr. Phichai Phuechmongkol of Dharmniti Law Office (DLO),
conducted the porting and public discussion of the Thai licenses with
local and international legal experts. These efforts draw upon partners
working pro-bono on the project from DLO, Change Fusion Institute, Thammasat University, and Prince of Songkla University, with generous support from the Thai Health Promotion Foundation’s ICT Plan for Online Health and Partner Support.
The localized licenses, the fifty-first completed worldwide, are the result of close collaboration with Creative Commons International, the coordinator of Creative Commons’ global projects.
“Adoption of the six core Thai licenses will lead to a cordial climate
for sharing knowledge and creative works. This climate is especially
desirable in a developing nation such as Thailand, whose citizens are
dedicated to a culturally sustainable society that is also open to
integration and cooperation. The Creative Commons licenses will help
Thai society achieve these goals by enabling practical and reasonable
copyright protection, while facilitating the sharing, distribution,
use, and adaption of creative works both existing and newly-created.”
April 2 from 1:00-4:00pm. It will feature a seminar on Free Culture and
Open Models of Digital Distribution and a CC showcase. Project Leads
Phichai Phuechmongkol and Sunit Shrestha will conduct opening remarks,
followed by speeches from key supporters: Wanchat Padungrat (Pantip.com), Supap Rimthepathip (Creative New Media Network), and award-winning author Prabda Yoon.
mark the end of our efforts. Rather, it is the beginning of an
ambitious campaign to promote the licenses for Thai creators. Our
network will reach out to diverse content providers and present them
with the concept of free and open culture. We hope to eventually
persuade them to revisit their licensing policies and consider more
flexible, reasonable solutions like Creative Commons.”
About Dharmniti Law Office
Khandhawit in 1978, the Dharmniti Law Office Co., Ltd. (DLO) has become
one of the most well-respected law offices in Thailand, providing
quality legal services for both local and international clients. DLO
offers a full range of legal services with a staff of over 100 persons
including over 50 talented lawyers.
For more information about Dharmniti Law Office, visit
http://www.thailandlawoffice.
About Creative Commons
that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works,
whether owned or in the public domain. Through its free copyright
licenses, Creative Commons offers authors, artists, scientists, and
educators the choice of a flexible range of protections and freedoms
that build upon the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional
copyright to enable a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach.
Creative Commons was built with and is sustained by the generous
support of organizations including the Center for the Public Domain,
Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller Foundation, The John D. and Catherine
T. MacArthur Foundation, and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
as well as members of the public.
For more information about Creative Commons, visit
http://creativecommons.org.
Contact
Dr. Catharina Maracke
Director
Creative Commons International
catharina@creativecommons.org
Press Kit
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