This month, Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand (CCANZ) is running a PledgeMe
crowdfunding campaign to finance a print run of their upcoming book, A Quiet Revolution:
Growing Creative Commons in Aotearoa.
Creative Commons is a global movement that seeks to realise the
potential of the internet: nothing less than free, open and universal access to
the world's research, educational resources, data and culture. CCANZ provides
free copyright licences that are fully compliant with NZ law, plus a suite of
free resources written specially for the education and heritage sectors in
Aotearoa.
Over the past few years, CCANZ has been part of a quiet revolution in
Aotearoa. Creative Commons open copyright licensing is being adopted across
many sectors of NZ society: government, research, schools, arts, heritage, and
data. Many thousands of works are being shared and taonga are being opened up
for New Zealanders to learn from, build on and be inspired by.
A Quiet Revolution: Growing Creative Commons in Aotearoa sets out the
development of these important changes, what's happening now, and what it
means; including case studies from all over the country and essays from experts
in the various fields.
CCANZ Communications Lead Elizabeth Heritage has been managing the
publication of the book, assisted by students from the Whitireia publishing
programme.
“A Quiet Revolution showcases just a few of the wonderful things
that are happening when Kiwis start using open CC licensing: from saving time
and money, to being inspired to create new artworks - and even building houses
from a 3D printer! We are really proud to have been a part of this and look
forward to even greater things in 2016.”
Pledgers can choose to have a copy of the book for their own, or to
donate one to a Kiwi library. Print books will not be for sale anywhere and are
only available via this PledgeMe campaign. Special rewards of beautiful art
prints by artists Dylan Horrocks and Jem Yoshioka are also available to a lucky
few pledgers.
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