Diane Peters of Creative Commons gave a presentation at a conference in Santiago, Chile about enhancing the public domain through tools like CC0 and public domain assertions. CC0 allows authors to surrender their copyright, effectively dedicating works to the public domain. While not a true legal zero, CC0 aims to allow works to be reliably built upon without fear of later infringement claims. Peters also discussed a public domain dedication that could help identify works as being in the public domain.

1. Accessing and Enhancing the Public Domain Latam Conference Santiago de Chile 21 Nov 2008 Diane Peters, General Counsel Creative Commons Presentation dedicated to the Public Domain .

2. Supply: Enhancing PD CC0 = “ I surrender my copyright to my work”

3. Supply: Enhancing PD CC0 = “ I surrender my copyright to my work” Access: Marking the PD Public Domain = “I know certain facts about a work…” Assertion

5. Ambitious and Imperfect * true “zero” impossible * expression of intent, not literal * effect will vary amongst jurisdictions

6. Could CC0’s greatest value be its imperfection ?

7. CC0 1.0 Universal Statement of Purpose “… the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural and scientific works (“Commons”) that the public can reliably and without fear of later claims of infringement build upon, modify, incorporate in other works, reuse and redistribute as freely as possible in any form whatsoever and for any purposes…

8. PD Assertion (a redesign of the Public Domain Dedication)

9. Author - Diane Peters, CC [email_address] .org Presentation dedicated to the Public Domain