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legend|#98c807|licenses being portedCreative Commons International , or CCi, is a "port" forCreative Commons Licenses to differentcopyright legislations around the world.Creative Commons started in theUS , and initially established non-localisedCreative Commons Licenses with the US legal system in mind.Creative Commons International was founded to port various licenses accommodating local copyright andprivate law .The CCi is lead by director
Catharina Maracke and volunteer teams work in eachjurisdiction (in most casescountries ornation states ).The work of the CCi
The porting process involves both linguistically translating the licenses and legally adapting them to particular
jurisdictions .Country teams
Country teams introduce
Creative Commons to theircountry and facilitate extensive consultations and discussion with members of the public and keystakeholders in an effort to adapt theCreative Commons Licenses to local circumstances, i.e. theirjurisdiction .Country teams usually have a Project Lead and may have their own website in addition to their Country website on the CCi website. Country teams may be supported by organisations, for CCi Ireland is a collaboration betweenCreative Commons and theUniversity College Cork .Creative Commons Licenses per Juristiction
The CCi has developed
Creative Commons Licenses for the following jurisdictions:
*Argentina
*Australia
*Austria
*Belgium
*Brazil
*Bulgaria
*Canada
*Chile
*China
*Colombia
*Croatia
*Denmark
*Ecuador
*Finland
*France
*Germany
*Greece
*Hungary
*India
*Israel
*Italy
*Japan
*Luxembourg
*Macedonia
*Malaysia
*Malta
*Mexico
*Netherlands
*New Zealand
*Norway
*Peru
*Philippines
*Poland
*Portugal
*Puerto Rico
*Romania
*Serbia
*Slovenia
*South Africa
*South Korea
*Spain
*Sweden
*Switzerland
*Taiwan
*UK:England and Wales
*UK:Scotland
*United States Creative Commons Licenses Projects
The CCi has started the process of developing
Creative Commons Licenses in the following jurisdictions:*
Guatemala
*Hong Kong
*Ireland
*Jordan
*Nigeria
*Singapore
*Thailand
*Ukraine See Also
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Creative Commons
*Creative Commons Licenses External Links
* [http://creativecommons.org/international/ Creative Commons International]
* [http://creativecommons.ca/ Canadian Creative Commons site]
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