Posts Tagged Singapore

CC Singapore

September 22, 2008 at 4:59 pm · Filed under Community, News ·Tagged ,

We recently announced the launch of Creative Commons in Singapore, at an event hosted by the ISEA conference at NTU and through an official press release from Creative Commons.

This means that soon Singapore-based authors/creators/institutions with an interest in sharing their content more openly with the rest of the world will be able to use Creative Commons licenses tailored to the legal tradition and language of Singapore, so as to ensure that the license terms will be easier to understand and interpret correctly. It also means that we have one more reason now to start building a community of like-minded people with a common interest in the role of ownership, intellectual property and “openness” on the Internet and more specifically in the context of Singapore and the region. 

Now the CC Singapore licenses are not online yet due to some technical issues, which we hope to resolve very soon. But in the meantime, Ivan Chew, whom I met at a recent event of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation at SMU, has taken the initiative to create a much needed blog for CC Singapore, a place to post announcements, meet and discuss CC in the context of Singapore. The blog is already off to a great start, so do take a look at it and post any questions or comments relating to Creative Commons in general, and its introduction in Singapore in particular. See you there!

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CC Singapore launch is nigh!

July 24, 2008 at 11:28 pm · Filed under Community, Conference, News ·Tagged , ,

More great news this week. Creative Commons Singapore will finally launch localized versions of the CC licenses, and the official launch event will take place this Sunday, July 27, at the School of Art, Design and Media of NTU (map), at 1:30pm. Make no mistake, this is not just about the licenses and not just for lawyers. This is the first opportunity to promote a wider dialogue on the value of intellectual property and how digital distribution and Creative Commons are changing the game, giving more power and options to both established, ‘old-school’ creators of new media content as well as the millions of amateurs and pro-ams who post music, video, text and photos on the Social Web. So, do make the long trip to NTU and join us in our effort to get Singapore on the CC bandwagon. 

The event will take place under the auspices of ISEA 2008, a huge digital arts event and conference taking place in Singapore this year, and although the conference is for registered participants only, the CC launch (and the ensuing panel on copyright) will be open to the public. Just come to the ADM School at NTU and you will be guided from there, to find the exact venue. I do not know for sure which room the event will take place in and what the capacity will be, so if you want to get a seat it might be wise to come a bit early. 

More specifically, the launch of the Singapore CC licensing suite will take place at 1.30 to 1.45 pm, and will be graced by the presence of Creative Commons father (and for all who know him, an awesome speaker), Lawrence Lessig. The launch will be followed by a panel on Copyright and the Creative Commons, organized by CAPTEL and the CC Singapore team (which includes yours truly). The panel will end at 3:15 pm, at which point we will have to leave the premises probably as the rest of ISEA is, as I already mentioned, not open to the public (unless you have a ticket). Lessig will give a keynote later in the day for the ISEA conference, but to attend that you would need to have a ticket for the day for ISEA – you may be able to get one from their website if you want to get more Lessig (and I’m told the entire ISEA conference will be extremely interesting, so it’s probably worth it anyhow. 

See you there!!!

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Singapore’s drive for… IDM?

July 3, 2007 at 1:35 am · Filed under Conference ·Tagged , ,

Soon everyone in Singapore will know what IDM stands for… Interactive and Digital Media. Singapore’s multi-million-dollar IDM initiative aims to grow the industry in Singapore and turn the country into a digital media hub in the region, and perhaps… the world. An ambitious goal indeed, given that Singapore is not exactly known for its strengths in this sector. However, based on what I’ve seen and heard in my few months in Singapore there is the will and there is talent, so I’m hopeful that things will happen.

Singapore Media Fusion is a portal to all that is IDM in Singapore. Neat site, original design and concept. I could watch these bubbles for hours! Eventually of course the whole initiative will be judged on results, not on web design.

Recently the MDA (Singapore’s Media Development Authority) organized a premier business event titled New Media @ Arts House, which I helped prepare but sadly missed as I didn’t make it in time for my connecting flight in London, on my way back from the iSummit (thanks a lot BA)! Impressions from the event can be found on the iJAM blog. The Arts House looks very fancy (photo copied from the iJAM blog), though I’m wondering how one could follow the entire event without getting a stiff neck from having to look sideways all the time towards the panelists! Of course this seating would be ideal for discussion among participants, so I guess this was the intention.

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Based on what I hear my feeling is that the event didn’t entirely live up to the admittedly very high expectations of the organizers. But hey, it was a start. There will be much more to come and it’s exciting times for all of us who are passionate about this field.

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