PIJIP Director Michael Carroll to Speak About Creative Commons at the Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit
On October 5, 2010, the Future of Music Coalition's 10th Anniversary Policy Summit will feature a panel on creative commons licensing featuring PIJIP Director Michael Carroll. The panel will run from 1:45 to 3:00 at Georgetown Univeristy.
Professor Carroll sits on the Board of
Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers a variety of
licenses to creators that work alongside existing copyright laws. The
licenses act like sets of instructions that are attached to a
copyrighted work; the copyright owner can use CC licenses to allow
"downstream" users to use the work in certain ways without having to get
the author's permission first. Different CC licenses lead to different
uses; some allow derivative works, others non-commercial uses, while
still others designate "some rights reserved". Some legal scholars,
however, see CC licenses as a tricky path that can lead to artists
relinquishing rights in a way that makes them impossible to
re-acquire. In this panel we will talk with copyright experts about the
value and risks associated with Creative Commons licenses, and the
larger problem of facilitating the dissemination and use of copyrighted
works in a digital, global environment.
