Open Content Licensing: A Review of the Licensing Infrastructure & Experience of Creative Commons
with
Mia Garlick
General Counsel, Creative Commons
Monday November 21, 2005
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 280A
Stanford Law School
Open to All
Lunch Served
Open content licensing borrows much of its licensing structure from the free and open software movements but, as implemented by Creative Commons, has been implemented in a different and distinctive manner. This presentation will give an overview of the legal and technical infrastructure of Creative Commons' open content licensing as well as the experience of license adoption to date.
Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation, started in 2002 by, among others, Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig. Creative Commons is based in San Francisco and offers free licenses and tools designed to enable creators to get their works out there more easily and on more flexible terms to enable their wider use and reuse. Come learn more about Creative Commons and how you can get involved.As General Counsel, Mia oversees the implementation of the domestic and international legal strategy for Creative Commons and advises on ongoing legal issues that arise in relation to Creative Commons licenses and activities. Mia joined Creative Commons after working in the Silicon Valley office of the law firm Simpson Thatcher and Bartlett on a range of shareholder and securities, antitrust and intellectual property litigation matters. Prior this, Mia
completed a Masters of Law at Stanford, specializing in Law, Science, and Technology, to deepen her knowledge of IP and technology issues. Before her Stanford studies, Mia worked as an IP associate in the Sydney office of Gilbert & Tobin Lawyers. Throughout her legal career, Mia has regularly acted on a pro bono basis for individual creators, giving them legal advice on IP and related issues. Mia has also written numerous articles on current issues in IP and technology law and presented frequently on these issues. Mia received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales in 1998 and her Masters of Law from Stanford Law School in 2003.
She is admitted to practice in New South Wales, Australia, and in California, US.