[Facil] Fw: [escape_l] Accord Microsoft - Creative Commons

Mer 21 Juin 11:57:08 EDT 2006

Salut à tous,

il n'y a plus besoin de troller sur CC. La messe est dite...
Voyez le commentaire tout en bas si vous ne désirez pas vous attaquer à cette fastidieuse lecture.

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Marco

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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:00:52 +0200
From: Florent Latrive <flo at latrive.net>
To: escape_l at freescape.eu.org, escape_actu_l at freescape.eu.org
Subject: [escape_l] Accord Microsoft - Creative Commons

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  Microsoft and Creative Commons Release Tool for Copyright Licensing

    The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in
    that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses.

*REDMOND, Wash., and SAN FRANCISCO — June 20, 2006 —* Microsoft Corp. 
and Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that offers flexible 
copyright licenses for creative works, have teamed up to release a 
copyright licensing tool that enables the easy addition of Creative 
Commons licensing information for works in popular Microsoft^® Office 
applications. The copyright licensing tool will be available free of 
charge at Microsoft Office Online, http://office.microsoft.com, and 
CreativeCommons.org. The tool will enable the 400 million users of 
Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel^® and Microsoft Office 
PowerPoint^® to select one of several Creative Commons licenses from 
within the specific application.

“We’re delighted to work with Creative Commons to bring fresh and 
collaborative thinking on copyright licensing to authors and artists of 
all kinds,” said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at 
Microsoft. “We are honored that creative thinkers everywhere choose to 
use Microsoft tools to give shape to their ideas. We’re committed to 
removing barriers to the sharing of ideas across borders and cultures, 
and are offering this copyright tool in that spirit.”

“The goal of Creative Commons is to provide authors and artists with 
simple tools to mark their creative work with the freedom they intend it 
to carry,” said Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford Law School 
and founder of Creative Commons. “We’re incredibly excited to work with 
Microsoft to make that ability easily available to the hundreds of 
millions of users of Microsoft Office.”

“It’s thrilling to see big companies like Microsoft working with 
nonprofits to make it easier for artists and creators to distribute 
their works,” said Gilberto Gil, cultural minister of Brazil, host 
nation for the Creative Commons iSummit in Rio de Janeiro June 23 
through 25, where the copyright licensing tool will be featured. Gil, 
who will keynote at the iSummit, has released one of the first documents 
using the Creative Commons add-in for Microsoft Office.

The goal of the Creative Commons licenses is to give an author a clearer 
ability to express his or her intentions regarding the use of the work. 
The Microsoft Office tool allows users to choose from a variety of 
Creative Commons licenses that enable an author to retain copyright 
ownership, yet permit the work to be copied and distributed with certain 
possible restrictions, such as whether or not the work can be used 
commercially and whether or not modifications can be made to the work. 
The full list of licenses available from Creative Commons is available 
online at http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses. 
The tool also provides a way for users to dedicate a work to the public 
domain.

“Microsoft’s openness in working with the Creative Commons is a very 
exciting because an author can now easily embed licenses to creative 
works during the process of innovation,” said Ian Angell, professor of 
Information Systems at the London School of Economics (LSE). “This is an 
important step in ensuring that each individual becomes aware of his or 
her own intellectual property rights — and those of others. We at the 
LSE are keen to work with Microsoft toward empowering the ‘creators of 
intellectual wealth’ to become more involved in its commercial use.” The 
LSE partners with Creative Commons to drive Creative Commons license 
adoption and awareness in England and Wales.

“Creative Commons licenses are essential for protecting my creative work 
and for sharing it with others. They help with copyright issues, which 
frees me to do my job: making movies. I’m glad Microsoft Office users 
can now so easily use Creative Commons’ tools,” said Davis Guggenheim, 
director of the documentaries “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Teach” and 
member of the board of directors of Creative Commons.

“The collaboration of Microsoft and Creative Commons to bring Creative 
Commons licenses to Microsoft Office applications underscores how 
for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations can work together to 
bring innovative ideas and tools to the public,” said Alan Yates, 
general manager of the Information Worker Division at Microsoft.

Microsoft and Creative Commons partnered with 3sharp LLC, a 
Redmond-based independent solution provider to develop and test the 
copyright licensing tool.

*About Creative Commons*

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that 
promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works — 
whether owned or in the public domain. Creative Commons licenses provide 
a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists and 
educators that build upon the “all rights reserved” concept of 
traditional copyright to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” 
approach. It is sustained by the generous support of various foundations 
including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar 
Network Fund, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation as 
well as members of the public. For general information, visit 
http://creativecommons.org <http://creativecommons.org/>.

*About Microsoft*

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in 
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize 
their full potential.

Microsoft, Excel and PowerPoint are either registered trademarks or 
trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the 
trademarks of their respective owners.

/Note to editors:/ If you are interested in viewing additional 
information on Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft Web page at 
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass on Microsoft’s corporate information 
pages. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of 
publication, but may since have changed. For additional assistance, 
journalists and analysts may contact Microsoft’s Rapid Response Team or 
other appropriate contacts listed at

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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:03:31 +0200
From: Antoine <antoine at pitrou.net>
Cc: escape_l at freescape.eu.org
Subject: Re: [escape_l] Accord Microsoft - Creative Commons

Ma première réaction face au titre du mail fut de croire à un poisson
d'avril en retard (ou à un canular monté par un anti-Creative Commons).

Sortir un communiqué de presse aussi long et enthousiaste (selon les
règles du genre, je l'admets) sans soulever une seule fois l'énorme
problème des formats fermés imposés par Microsoft Office, ça montre que
Creative Commons a arrêté un peu trop tôt sa réflexion sur ce
qu'impliquait la notion de "Commons" dans le numérique. Dommage.

Les logiciels propriétaires ont leur place dans l'écosystème
informatique, mais les formats fermés sont à bannir.

(bon, ce qui est marrant c'est qu'ils aient demandé à une entreprise
tierce de réaliser l'outil, alors qu'il y a déjà un projet logiciel
libre pour marquer les oeuvres sous CC :
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Developer)

a+

Antoine.

Le mercredi 21 juin 2006 à 10:00 +0200, Florent Latrive a écrit : 
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>   Microsoft and Creative Commons Release Tool for Copyright Licensing
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>     The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in
>     that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses.
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