LAGOS – A non-profit organisation, Creative Commons (CC), on Saturday in Lagos, began a five-week workshop on the application of the internet in the digital age.
A representative of CC, Mr Kayode Yusuf, said that the organisation was dedicated to supporting an open and accessible internet, enriched with free knowledge and creative resources for people around the world.
Yusuf told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that knowledge is free and people around the world should be able to use, share and cultivate it so the internet should be made accessible to everyone.
“Open knowledge helps to break the barriers of knowledge sharing.
“We don’t have to be rich before we can access university education,” he said.
Yusuf said that CC was interested in creating an open government whereby citizens could interact freely with their leaders using the internet as a medium.
“If I want to pay tax, for example, I don’t have to go to the tax office. I can do that using the internet.
“The internet is a veritable tool for social change, Nigerians must key into it,” he said.
He said that through CC’s concept of open sharing and licenses, people could reduce the obstacles posed by copyright laws.
Yusuf noted that CC licenses allowed one to give people the right to share, use, and even build upon a work he had created .
“A CC license lets you decide which rights you would like to keep, and it clearly conveys to those using your work how they are permitted to use your work without asking you in advance. [eap_ad_1] “CC licenses let you change your copyright terms from the default of ‘all rights reserved’ to some rights reserved.’
“Millions of people use CC licenses on some of the world’s most popular platforms for user-generated content.
“When you use a CC license to share photos, videos, or blog, your creation joins a globally accessible pool of resources that include the work of artists, educators, scientists and governments,’’ he said.
CC is a global community of volunteers providing free online courses, face- to face workshops, and innovation training programs on the meaning, application and impact of ‘’openness’’ in the digital age.
NAN reports that the September edition of the workshop, tagged ‘the school of open’ is being launched in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and South Africa.
The workshop is organised by CC in partnership with Mozilla Foundation, Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIAL) and Linux technologies.
It is to train people on Creative Commons Licensing, Intellectual property protection, open society concepts and the Linux operating systems. (NAN)
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