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Barriers to Sharing Lowered by Creative Commons Licenses in Thailand

Santibhap Ussavasodhi NNT 03.04.2009 13:10
Barriers to Sharing Lowered by Creative Commons Licenses in Thailand - Thailand - Business - law


Creative Commons Thailand has adapted the Creative Commons licenses to Thai law. The localised licenses, launched 2 April [2009], enable Thai creators to easily share creative works by lowering legal barriers and prohibitive transaction costs.



The Thai team, led by Mr Phichai Phuechmongkol of Dharmniti Law Office (DLO), conducted the porting and public discussion of the Thai licenses with local and international legal experts. These efforts draw upon partners working pro-bono on the project from DLO, Change Fusion Institute, Thammasat University, and Prince of Songkla University, with generous support from the Thai Health Promotion Foundation’s ICT Plan for Online Health and Partner Support. The localised licenses, the fifty-first completed worldwide, are the result of close collaboration with Creative Commons International, the coordinator of Creative Commons’ global projects. In a statement on the launch’s importance, CC Thailand explains, “Adoption of the six core Thai licenses will lead to a cordial climate for sharing knowledge and creative works. This climate is especially desirable in a developing nation such as Thailand, whose citizens are dedicated to a culturally sustainable society that is also open to integration and cooperation. The Creative Commons licenses will help Thai society achieve these goals by enabling practical and reasonable copyright protection, while facilitating the sharing, distribution, use, and adoption of creative works both existing and newly-created.”

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