IIS opened the site "Creative Commons Russia"

Suddenly, without a declaration of war [to the copywriters], on May 1, the Creative Commons Russia website opened at creativecommons.ru , i.e. "Hooray! It is finished!

The site was developed by the Institute 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 was IIS who transferred the cases and documents of Sib Greneweld (Syb Groeneveld) before leaving Russia, therefore consider the IIS the successor of Mr Greneweld.

What interesting is available on the site? First, read the complicated and complicated history of Creative Commons in Russia . Secondly, read the list of famous people and sites that use Creative Commons licenses in Russia . Thirdly, another version of the translation of CC-BY into Russian . Fourth, the result of legal review of licenses Creative Commons . On this dwell a little more.
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Elena Voinikanis (Ph.D., associate professor of Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov, executive secretary of the Expert Council under the Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications) analyzed the text of Creative Commons licenses for compliance with the laws of Russia 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 the licenses is confirmed by the experts of the company Pravo.ru . Also, frequently asked questions with answers about the legitimacy of Creative Commons licenses can be found at the links on this page.

It becomes finally clear that the unreasonable (because they don’t name the reasons, they just shout "illegal" and then hide in the bushes) rumors about the illegality of licenses in Russia are spread by adversaries who fear competition from free culture and want to eliminate it uncompetitive. methods, acting on misinformation on the court, which theoretically could take place in the future and which they want to mislead in advance. Please do not fall for provocations and always remember that Creative Commons licenses can legally be used in Russia.

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