Workshop on Asia and Commons

Keynote — Solutions to the copyright crisis
William Fisher (Harvard Law School)

Chair: Der Tsai Lee (Academia Sinica)

Tools for creativity, collaboration, and communication
Chair: Mike Linksvayer (Cerative Commons)

• The making of a totally open phone Sean Moss-Pultz (OpenMoko)
• Asus Eee PC ecosystem enabling – for open source & open content Ellis Wang (Asus)
• Sony eyeVio – User generated media meets Creative Commons Takeshi Honma (Sony)
• Making Creative Commons Common in Asia: Effectively scaling Creative Commons community and business development strategies internationally in 2008 Jon Phillips (Creative Commons)
• Jamming with Machines: Collaborating on music with technology and through technology Jean Marais (MoShang.net)

Content, community, and commerce (panel)
Moderator: Mike Linksvayer (Cerative Commons)

Panelists: Takeshi Honma (Sony), Jean Marais (MoShang.net), Sean Moss-Pultz (OpenMoko), Jon Phillips (Creative Commons), Ellis Wang (Asus).

Authorship, copyrights, and public licensing (panel)
Moderator: Ching-Yi Liu (National Taiwan University)

• To Surpass or to conform – What do we want public licenses for? Shun-ling Chen (Harvard Law School)
• Playing well with others: Increasing compatibility between commons licenses Jessica Coates (Queensland University of Technology)
• Authorship in the commons: Should rights exist in freedom? Alina Ng (Mississippi College School of Law)
• Managing copyright in a digital world Chunyan Wang (Law School of Renmin University of China)

Commons: Cultural Perspectives from Asia (panel)
Moderator: Leticia Fang (National Chengchi University)

• Remarks on the cultural implications of "Creative Commons" in a Chinese context Jo-shui Chen (National Taiwan University)
• How does an Asian Commons mean Lawrence Liang (Alternative Law Forum)
• From "Pubic" to "Social": The origins of partisan culture in Taiwan Ding Tzann Lii (National Tsing-hua University)
• Some reflective thoughts on the privatization of knowledge from the perspective of an Asian educator Shiaw-shin Lin (Hungkuang University)

Closing Seminar — From res nullius to res communis – The changing phases of property
Chu-Cheng Huang (National Tsing-hua University)

Chair: Tyng-Ruey Chuang (Academia Sinica)

Concert — CC Asia Mega Mix!
at Riverside Cafe

• Monbaza and friends start the night
• Pig Head Skin and friends perform Jesus Rocks! and more
• MoShang, Kuo Chou Ching, Chang Jui-chuan, and André van Rensburg rejoin for Asian Variations
• Bust This by the hip hop performance DJ duo, Byeongjun Joo and Sangjun Jang
• Influence brought from Sudev Bangah.
• Composition and performance by Lisa Diy

Kick-off — Free Culture and Free Speech: Why strong and vibrant free culture communities are important for freedom of expression
Rebecca MacKinnon (The University of Hong Kong)

Chair: Shieu-chi Weng (National Chengchi University)

Case studies and project showcases
Chair: Catharina Maracke (Creative Commons International)

• Creative Commons Licenses for Digital Cultural Heritage: A case study of the National Digital Archives Program Shu-Jiun (Sophy) Chen (Academia Sinica)
• Open legal content and Creative Commons Jimmy N. Soriano and Bernie Guerrero (Arellano University School of Law)
• Introduction to Vietnam OpenCourseWare Do Ngoc Minh (Vietnam Education Foundation)
• CC Real Mixter: An experimental performance inspired by creative commons Wonyoung So and Hyojung Sun (Creative Commons Korea)
• CC projects in Japan Klaus Gresbrand (Creative Commons Japan)
• Licensing attitudes in Asia and (mis)perceptions of free culture Giorgos Cheliotis (Singapore Management University)
• Toward useful Creative Commons adoption metrics Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons)