PT Journal
AU Maracke, C
TI Creative Commons International The International License Porting Project
SO JIPITEC
PY 2010
BP 4
EP 18
VL 1
IS 1
AB When Creative Commons (CC) was founded in 2001, the core Creative Commons licenseswere drafted according to United States Copyright Law. Since their first introduction in December 2002,Creative Commons licenses have been enthusiastically adopted by many creators, authors, and othercontent producers – not only in the United States, but in many other jurisdictions as well.Global interest in the CC licenses prompted a discussion about the need for national versions of theCC licenses. To best address this need, the international license porting project (“Creative CommonsInternational” – formerly known as “International Commons”) was launched in 2003. Creative CommonsInternational works to port the core Creative Commons licenses to different copyright legislations aroundthe world. The porting process includes both linguistically translating the licenses and legally adaptingthe licenses to a particular jurisdiction such that they are comprehensible in the local jurisdiction andlegally enforceable but concurrently retain the same key elements.Since its inception, Creative Commons International has found many supporters all over the world.With Finland, Brazil, and Japan as the first completed jurisdiction projects, experts around the globehave followed their lead and joined the international collaboration with Creative Commons to adapt thelicenses to their local copyright. This article aims to present an overview of the international portingprocess, explain and clarify the international license architecture, its legal and promotional aspects, aswell as its most recent challenges.
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