Below is the announcement of an optional workshop on creative commons, it is very practical and can help you to get in touch with the trend on the development of Internet culture and practice.

Since most of you haven’t been very active in class discussion, for those who have joined this workshop, will gain 10% of the class participation bonus. Otherwise, you have to be more active in class and blog participation for catching up.

Use of Creative Commons Materials:

A Practical Workshop

Workshop content brief: Creative Commons licenses are copyright licenses that let everyone in the world easily mark their work to be free from the “All Rights Reserved” terms and share it with others. People can also remix and reuse creative works under Creative Commons licenses legally, without the fear of infringing others copyright.

In this workshop, you will learn about:

1) What is Creative Commons, how it works, and what is the value of Creative Commons for Hong Kong, and its policy implications.

2) Tips, tools and practical skills of using Creative Commons licenses – how to use Creative Commons licensed work, and how to publish your work under Creative Commons license.

Organizer: Centre for Development and Resources for Students of The University of Hong Kong

Date: 24 November 2007 (Sat)

Time: 9:30 – 12:30am

Venue: Rm 603, HKU SPACE Admiralty Learning Centre

Speakers:

Rebecca Mackinnon – Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong

Charles Mok – Chairman of Internet Society, Hong Kong Chapter (ISOC HK)

Registration:

Please send your name and contact details to email: mklwong@hkucc.hku.hk, or phone: (852) 2857-8383 (Ms Melissa Wong) *Seats are Limited

more details and map: http://cc.workshop.hk.googlepages.com/