Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices jots down her impressions from the International Workshop on Asia and Commons in the Information Age that recently took place in Taipei, Taiwan.

Rebecca's post on her blog was pointed out by Subbiah Arunachalam and made for a really interesting read. I wanted this to reach a wider audience and hence figured it would make sense re-posting excerpts from her post.

"Here's the thing. Creative Commons has become a global movement, with the licenses localized all over the world. But as an organization founded in the U.S., with its international arm based in Europe, the language and approach of "Commons" tends to be heavily legalistic and discussed mainly from the standpoint of Western legal and philosophical frameworks.

Many people attending the meeting in Taipei wondered whether Creative Commons in Asia is likely to be more successful as a social movement than as a set of copyright licenses (as Peter Yu has pointed out in the past). There was also a feeling that in order to be truly relevant to the globe, the CC movement's central message needs to undergo a shift that would incorporate more non-Western approaches to the idea of "commons," content creation, and sharing."

The full post can be read here. A recommended read.

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