IIS opened the site "Creative Commons Russia"

    Suddenly, without declaring war on [copyrights] on May 1, Creative Commons Russia website opened at creativecommons.ru , i.e. "Hurrah! It happened! ” The site was developed by the Institute for the Development of the Information Society (IIS) , an autonomous non-profit organization founded on September 7, 1998. IIS has been the official representative of Creative Commons in Russia since March 15, 2010 . It gave IIS files and documents Sib Greneveld (Syb Groeneveld) before left Russia, so I think the successor to Mr. Grenevelda IIS. What's interesting is available on the site? First, read the complicated and confusing story of Creative Commons in Russia



    . Secondly, read the list of famous people and sites using Creative Commons licenses in Russia . Thirdly, another version of the CC-BY translation into Russian . Fourth, the result of a legal review of Creative Commons licenses . We will dwell on this in more detail.

    Elena Voinikanis (Ph.D., assistant professor of Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov, executive secretary of the Expert Council under the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications) analyzed the text of Creative Commons licenses for compliance with Russian legislation and came to the conclusion that Creative Commons licenses comply with the civil code, as required. Who still does not believe, read the document yourself. The legality of licenses is also confirmed by experts of the Pravo.ru company . You can also find frequently asked questions with answers on the validity of Creative Commons licenses from the links on this page.

    It is finally becoming clear that those who have no reason (because they don’t give reasons, they simply shout out “illegal” and immediately hide in the bushes) rumors about the illegality of licenses in Russia are spread by illicit copywriters who are afraid of competition from a free culture and want to eliminate it uncompetitive methods, acting with disinformation on the court, which theoretically may take place in the future and which they want to mislead in advance. Please do not succumb to provocations and always remember that Creative Commons licenses can be legally used in Russia.

    For journalists: IIS contacts . This text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License .



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