Events/Creative Commons India launch

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Wikimedia India, CIS and Acharya Narendra Dev College invite you for the launch of Creative Commons India in New Delhi on 12 November 2013 with Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr Shashi Tharoor as Chief Guest.

Registration

 * Please register here to attend the event: http://ccindia.doattend.com/. Registration is free and open to to the public.


 * Please carry a soft or hard copy of the confirmation email to the venue.


 * Entry/Seating will be on first come first served basis. Rights of admission reserved.

Venue and time

 * Venue: India Islamic Cultural Centre Auditorium: 87 - 88, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
 * Date: 12 November 2013
 * Time: 4 PM to 6 PM (Followed by High Tea)
 * Map:

What is Creative Commons??
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States, devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.

In simple words, Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world.

Ever wondered what "Some Rights Reserved" means?
Copyright grants to creators a bundle of exclusive rights over their creative works, which generally include the right to reproduce, distribute, display, make adaptations, perform, sell and so on. The phrase “All Rights Reserved” is often used by owners to indicate that they reserve all of the rights granted to them under the law. When copyright expires, the work enters the public domain, and the rightsholder can no longer stop others from engaging in those activities under copyright, with the exception of moral rights reserved to creators in some jurisdictions. Creative Commons licenses offer creators a spectrum of choices between retaining all rights and relinquishing all rights (public domain), an approach we call "Some Rights Reserved."

Is Creative Commons against copyright?
Absolutely not. CC has responded to claims to the contrary. CC licenses are copyright licenses, and depend on the existence of copyright to work. CC licenses are legal tools that creators and other rightsholders can use to offer certain usage rights to the public, while reserving other rights. Those who want to make their work available to the public for limited kinds of uses while preserving their copyright may want to consider using CC licenses. Others who want to reserve all of their rights under copyright law should not use CC licenses.

Program
Dr. Savithri Singh, Principal, Acharya Narendra Dev College will be the Master of Ceremony and the Moderator for the sessions: Time	Detail
 * 16.00 - 16.30 	Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India: Initiatives of MHRD around Openly Licensed Content
 * 16.30 - 16.45 	Question and Answer Session
 * 16.45 - 17.00 	Sam Pitroda (TBC), Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations: Creative Commons and Open Government Data
 * 17.00 - 17.05 	Question and Answer Session
 * 17.05 - 17.25 	Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Pratham Books: Creative Commons and Pratham Books Case Study (Including Question and Answer Session)
 * 17.25 - 17.40 	Moksh Juneja, President, Executive Committee, Wikimedia India Chapter: Creative Commons and Wikipedia (Including Question and Answer Session)
 * 17.40 - 18.00 	Lawrence Liang, Co-founder of Alternative Law Forum: Creative Commons and Open Access to Scholarly Journals (Including Question and Answer Session)
 * 18.00 	Tea

Social Media
Follow for updates:


 * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommonsIndia


 * Twitter: https://twitter.com/commonsindia

Invite
Formal invite (If you have registered on doattend you do not need to RSVP)



News from the event

 * Very Comprehensive report on the Creative Commons License launch in India http://www.medianama.com/2013/11/223-creative-commons-india/ @chupchap of @medianama
 * http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/pB9Jexbdv69o2XHexE6r8M/YouTube-is-the-answer-to-what-has-changed-in-India.html - Mint Newspaper - Livemint.com
 * History of Creative Commons in India - http://cis-india.org/a2k/blog/history-of-creative-commons-in-india on CIS Blog