Philippine Commons

The launch of Creative Commons Philippine jurisdictional licenses have been amply covered by Philippine media.

Interviews with Atty. Soriano by GMA-7 and RPN-9 were aired. Articles on broadsheets, such as in the Manila Bulletin (page E3) and the Daily Mirror (page A3), both 17 January 2008 issues, were published. The Manila Bulletin article was written by Mindy of WikiPilipinas.org.

Atty. Soriano is scheduled for an interview, on Creative Commons, in another TV network after he returns to Manila after the ACIA conference.

The Creative Commons Philippine jurisdictional licenses and the Philippine Commons have been successfully launched on Monday, 14 January 2008.

The series of talks, entitled “Strides towards Philippine Commons,” were warmly received by the participants, with ample inquiries thrown the way of the speakers. Prof. Engels Antonio,¹ of Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation, ² provided the talk on “Linux and FOSS,” distinguishing the models of proprietary software, free software, and open source software, and emphasizing the community that develops in this kind of initiative. Prof. Leandre Andres S. Dacanay,³ President of the Philippine e-Learning Society,⁴ provided the talk on “Teaching and Learning through e-Learning.” He provided the full details in pursuing e-Learning systems, and the challenges and the solutions in meeting those challenges. Atty. Michael Vernon M. Guerrero, deputy project lead of Creative Commons Philippines, provided a small orientation on the thrust of the “Philippine Commons” and emphasized the need for collaboration among stakeholders, and persuading the participants to take the opportunity to develop the network of those, initially, who are present to grace the event. Participants were from various sectors. Besides the organizations represented by the speakers, representatives from the International Rice Research Institute, the Asian Institute of Management, the National Book Development Board of the Department of Education, Filipiniana.net / Wikipilipinas.org, Bayanihan Books, the Foundation for Media Alternatives, legal practitioners, and law students, among others, were present.

The launch proper was conducted in the Review Hall of the Arellano University School of Law. The Arellano Law Singers opened the launch with rendition of the invocation and the National Anthem. Atty. Erik Lazo provided the opening remarks. Three videos explaining the origin and the rationale of Creative Commons were presented. Atty. Guerrero explained the rationale for the porting process. Atty. Jaime Soriano, Atty. Gabriel dela Pena of the Arellano Law Foundation, and Dr. Florentino Cayco III of the Arellano University system proceeded with the launching of the CC-PH licenses and CC-PH related projects. The Arellano Law Singers sang two of the songs (”Lawyers’ Oath” and “Bill of Rights”) they have released under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Philippine licenses. Subsequently, Atty. de la Pena explained the role of the Arellano Law Foundation and the law school in Creative Commons. Dr. Cayco expressed the continuing support of the Arellano community in the endeavors of CC Philippines. Atty. Soriano closed, explaining further the Creative Commons’ mission and recognizing those who have attended the ceremony.

Seven bands performed during the CC Concert. Almost all the rock music pieces performed that night were originals of the bands, emphasizing the capacity of the Philippine youth to generate their own creative musical content. Eugene Marfil, of New Born Audio and a member of the popular Philippine band “True Faith” also sang two of his original works. The affair ended at 10:30 in the evening.

Photos and videos to follow.

1. Engels started playing with Linux® in 1991 and obtained his Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Examiner (RHCX) certifications in 2002. He is in charge of Total Linux®, Linux Kernel Internals®, Perl & Python Programming, and Extreme PHP curriculum and instruction development of Bluepoint Foundation since 1999. Engels is also a Fedora Ambassador and an OpenVZ developer. [↩]
2. Bluepoint is a non-profit Open Source education and development center. It is the first organization in the Philippines that focuses on Linux and Open Source training [↩]
3. Andre finished his undergraduate degree from the University of Santo Tomas in Education, major in Computer Technology, and now pursuing his masteral studies on educational management. Currently, he is the Internal Project Manager of the Educational Technology Center, eLearning Access Program, also from the University of Santo Tomas.

   Serving as President of the Philippine eLearning Society (PeLS), he has been a participant in a number of international eLearning trainings. From the California Virtual Campus, USA, APEC eLearning Training by the Institute of APEC Collaborative Education in Pusan National University in Busan, Korea and eLearning Development and Implementation (eLDI), this time with the Global Campus 21 InWent-Germany.

   He was the conference chair of the recently concluded 6th National eLearning Conference with the theme “Learning About Technology, eLearning with technology for the Academe and Industry” last October 2007. His interests include educational technology, e-Learning and project management. [↩]

4. The Philippine eLearning Society (PeLS) was founded on July 30, 2003 in Manila with the objective of promoting substantive content, appropriate pedagogy, and appropriate use of technology for eLearning, guided by ongoing research activities. PeLS serves as a venue for: Promoting research on the effective use of eLearning, sharing of eLearning experiences, developing standards of excellence, promoting interoperability of eLearning systems, encouraging collaboration in the development of substantive content, cooperating with international eLearning groups, and promoting public awareness and appreciation of the nature and uses of eLearning. [↩]

San Francisco, CA, USA and Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines — January 14, 2008

Following the unveiling of the Philippine localized Creative Commons licenses in December, citizens of the archipelago will gather today in Manila to celebrate in full the public launch of its completed licenses and the country’s strides towards fostering the global commons movement.

Attorney Jaime N. Soriano, Creative Commons Philippines Project Lead and Executive Director of the e-Law Center, announces that the launch activities are scheduled to take place on January 14, 2008 from 1:00pm to 9:00pm at the Arellano University School of Law.

The event will consist of three parts: 1) an orientation to projects by stakeholders in the Philippine Commons, with the aim of developing a local collaboration promoting alternative licensing, free and open source software, open education, and free culture; 2) the public presentation of the CC Philippine Licensing Suite Version 3.0, which has been available online since its soft launch December 15, 2007; and 3) the CC Philippines Concert featuring more than six local rock bands.

Atty. Soriano and Atty. Michael Vernon M. Guerrero, Deputy Project Lead of CC Philippines, are both pleased to also announce the public launching of the Philippine Commons website, available at www.philippinecommons.org, and the adaption of a CC license to the LawPhil Project, the most popular and comprehensive website on Philippine law and jurisprudence.

The localized CC licenses will also be applied to the Arellano Law and Policy Review; the law school’s IT Law Journal, whose first quarter issue features all articles devoted to Creative Commons; and the original works of the Arellano Law Singers. These materials will be presented and shared at ACIA: International Workshop on Asia and Commons in the Information Age, held on January 19-20 in Taipei, Taiwan.

About Arellano University School of Law

The law school Arellano University School of Law, a non-stock non-profit institution, is named after the First Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, Cayetano S. Arellano, and established in 1938. Today it boasts more than six decades of providing quality legal education. The foremost objective of the school is to create global lawyers: practitioners who are deeply educated in the law, practice-ready, and devoted to service not only in the local but also the international community. Arellano Law prides itself for being one of the most populous law schools in the Philippines with faculty members who have distinguished themselves in law practice, the judiciary, government service, and the academe. The law school furthermore is one of the few schools in the Philippines that produces the most number of lawyers in the annual bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court.

For more information, please visit http://www.arellanolaw.edu/.

About the e-Law Center at Arellano University School of Law

The e-Law Center was founded in November 2002 under the auspices of the Arellano University School of Law, following the launching of the school’s LAWPHiL Project, which is considered one of the most popular on-line and electronic databases of Philippine law and jurisprudence that is accessible for free to the general public. The Center is pursuing projects in research, publication, policy initiatives and advocacy, capability building, academic support, and linkages in the field of information and communication technology as it affects the Philippine legal system.

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, 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, the 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, Creative Commons
catharina@creativecommons.org

Press Kit
http://creativecommons.org/presskit
http://creativecommons.org/international/ph/

Image: “Remix.” © 2008. Berne Guerrero. Some Rights Reserved. Except when otherwise noted , this work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Philippines. This was built upon the works of [1] Beth Kanter (cambodia4kidsorg). “What A Second Grader Knows About Creative Commons.” CC BY 2.0 Generic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2042494952/; [2] Peter Shanks (BotheredByBees). “CC swag XI”. CC BY 2.0 Generic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/botheredbybees/2101568605; [3] Emil Alviola. “scratch-this”. CC BY 2.0 Generic. http://www.flickr.com/photos/21328364@N06/2070594652/, and [4] Creative Commons “About” text. CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/about/

Confirmed early afternoon talks, dubbed “Strides towards the Philippine Commons”, on 14 January 2008, are:

• 1300-1400: “Linux and Free and Open Source Software.” Prof. Engels Antonio, Bluepoint Institute of Higher Technology Foundation.
• 1400-1500: “Learning and Teaching through eLearning.” Prof. Andre Dacanay, Philippine e-Learning Society (PELS)
• 1500-1530: “Collaborating Commoners: Towards a Philippine Commons” Atty. Michael Vernon Guerrero. Deputy Project Lead, Creative Commons Philippines.

Venue: MMS Rooms 3-4, 2/F, Mariano Magsalin Sr. Hall, Arellano University School of Law

If you are interested to attend, email guerrero AT mydestiny DOT net, or provide a comment below.

Confirmed bands, for the mini-concert during the early evening of 14 January 2008, are:

• LexAdvox
• Hotsi Patootsi
• SOTC
• Kahel
• Prodigal
• Mortadella
• Sopiz

Venue: Al Fresco, G/F Mariano Magsalin Sr. Hall, Arellano University School of Law.

This portion of the program was coordinated with SpeedofSound360 Productions, and N- Tech Lights & Sounds (sounds R us).

• Invocation: Arellano Law Singers
• National Anthem:
• Opening Remarks:
• Introduction to the Creative Commons Philippine licenses
  • What is Creative Commons: Atty. Jaime N. Soriano, CPA, MNSA
  • Presentation of CC Philippine License: Atty. Michael Vernon Guerrero
• Launching Rites of CC Philippine License
  • Launching Message: Atty. Gabriel de la Peña
  • Presentation of CC Philippines Projects
    • The Philippine Commons Website
    • The LawPhil Project
    • The Law School Publications
    • The Arellano Law Singers CC Sound Track
• Closing Remarks
• Cocktails

Venue: Review Room, Arellano University School of Law
Attire: Semi-formal

Creative Commons Philippine jurisdictional licenses launching, etc.
14 January 2008
Arellano University School of Law
Taft Avenue, Pasay City

The general programme structure will be:

• 1300-1530
  • Strides towards the Philippine Commons: Talks on Free Open Source Software, Legal Commons, Creative Commons, Free Culture, Open Education or Access to Knowledge, etc. (2/F, Mariano S. Magsalin Sr. Hall, AUSL)
• 1530-1600: Break
• 1600-1800
  • Launching: Formal launch of the Creative Commons Philippine jurisdictional licenses, and the Philippine Commons, among others. (Bar Review Hall,
    AUSL)
• 1800+
  • Entertainment, socials, etc. (Al Fresco, G/F Mariano Magsalin Sr. Hall, AUSL)

The details of the programme shall be provided as soon as presenters, performers, etc. are confirmed.

If you or your organization would like to present in the 1-3 pm talk (if you are into those advocacies and movements), or perform in the 6pm + timeframe (if your are a band), do send an email to guerrero at mydestiny dot net, with links to your website(s). Thank you.

Catch the Live Stream on the Global CC Birthday Parties! You can view the action live by visiting www.n3tv.it or www.mogulus.com/n3tv, or “do-it-yourself” by embedding the player in your own blog or website by copy/pasting the following script:

<script src=” http://www.mogulus.com/scripts/playerchromeless.js?channel=n3tv&bgcolor=0×000000&showviewers=true&width=454&height=389&on=true ” type=”text/javascript”></script>

Global CC Birthday Parties: Catch the Live Stream!. CC-BY 3.0 by Michelle Thorne at Creative Commons International

PHILIPPINES INTRODUCES LOCALLY PORTED CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES

December 15, 2007 — San Francisco, CA, USA and Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Today in Pasay City, the 42nd locally ported Creative Commons licensing suite will be launched for the Philippines. The Creative Commons licenses, now legally adapted to Philippine law, enable authors, artists, scientists, and educators the choice of a flexible range of protections and freedoms in efforts to promote a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach to copyright.

The Creative Commons team members in the Philippines, lead by Atty. Jaime N. Soriano, have worked under the auspices of the e-Law Center at the Arellano University School of Law and in collaboration with Creative Commons to port the licenses to their national jurisdiction.

In a prelude to a larger celebration planned in January 2008, CC Philippines will unveil the licenses today at 2pm PST at an event held in Arellano University’s School of Law. Atty. Michael Vernon M. Guerrero, jurisdiction deputy project lead of CC Philippines, will introduce the licenses, followed by the inauguration of the Philippine Commons, a collaboration fostering alternative licensing, free and open source software, open education, and free culture in the region.

Dr. Catharina Maracke, Director of Creative Commons International, thanks the CC Philippines Team for all their efforts, and she remarks, “The licensing project in the Philippines is a strong step towards strengthening and cultivating the global commons. The Philippines joins neighboring Malaysia, launched two years ago, in offering completed localized CC licenses. With upcoming jurisdictions in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, this region within Asia will continue to thrive and enjoy its vibrant remix-reuse community.”

The launch event in Pasay City will continue later in the evening as a birthday party for Creative Commons, as part of a series of synchronized celebrations worldwide to commemorate Creative Commons’ fifth year.

About AUSL

The law school, Arellano University School of Law, a non-stock non-profit institution, is named after the First Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court, Cayetano S. Arellano, and established in 1938. Today it boasts more than six decades of providing quality legal education. The foremost objective of the school is to create global lawyers: practitioners who are deeply educated in the law, practice-ready, and devoted to service not only in the local but also the international community. Arellano Law prides itself for being one of the most populous law schools in the Philippines with faculty members who have distinguished themselves in law practice, the judiciary, government service, and the academe. The law school furthermore is one of the few schools in the Philippines that produces the most number of lawyers in the annual bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court.

For more information, please visit http://www.arellanolaw.edu/.

About the e-Law Center at Arellano University School of Law

The e-Law Center was founded in November 2002 under the auspices of the Arellano University School of Law, following the launching of the school’s LAWPHiL Project, which is considered one of the most popular on-line and electronic databases of Philippine law and jurisprudence that is accessible for free to the general public. The Center is pursuing projects in research, publication, policy initiatives and advocacy, capability building, academic support, and linkages in the field of information and communication technology as it affects the Philippine legal system.

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, 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 is sustained by the generous support of organizations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller 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, Creative Commons
catharina@creativecommons.org
+49.30.280.93.909

Press Kit

http://creativecommons.org/presskit
http://creativecommons.org/international/ph/