“The aim of the event is to present a set of simple, practical and readily-available solutions to make the European copyright regime more consumer-friendly, in particular with regards uses of copyrighted works which are generally tolerated but not legal in all the member States (e.g. format shifting of videos, fan fiction and YouTube mash-ups).”

The question we will try to help to answer is: Users and creators must be able to use copyrighted material to produce a new compound work for non-commercial purposes without needing a license?

We are always happy to hear your opinions, so if you have any remarks about the issue we will be talking about, please, do comment under this lines or contact directly writing to community (at) safecreative.org

Thanks!

In addition to the file representing the work to be of sufficient quality to identify the work upon which to build the evidence, it is essential that user’s personal data is complete, accurate and up to date.

If we do not put the full name or last name, only use initials, there are typos or information is out of date, future certificates, taking the default information available at the time of registration, will also be generated incomplete and perhaps even wrong. This may involve a number of problems especially if you want to use the evidence authorship independently from Safe Creative.

So the more and better information you fill in, the better it will be to make the most out of the evidence generated in Safe Creative. So remember to fill out with the best and accurate information. Those who already have done it, periodically verify that the email, your address and any other information is perfectly updated and without errors.

To enter or verify the existing information, go to “My Account” “Personal Data”:

Safe Creative is a registry that allows to record the license associated to a work and any changes thereof. Many users ask us to advise them on which licenses to choose for their works, and so we are going to give you some advise, not really about which license to pick, but how to choose it by yourself.

1. Note that the choice of a license or a form of protection is a very personal decision of the creator, which can necessarily involve other rights holders.

2. As the author, and owner of the rights of your work, remember that you can change its license at any time. But you must keep in mind that according to the chosen license, its validity for those who have already accessed to your work can be for an indefinite time. So, its duration could be limited only as provided by each jurisdiction law.

3. Think what you want to happen with your work and which might be the best method to achieve it. Do you want to give default permissions or do you prefer users to contact you before making any use of your work?

4. You should weigh up the pros and cons of different license types and forms of protection. These are decisions that can’t be made lightly. Think what you’d like to be done with your work, imagine possible scenarios, and basing on that choose a more or less restrictive license.

5. Some times you will have to resort to a lawyer to write you a license, negotiating point by point so that it suits your actual needs.

6. What other authors choose doesn’t have why to be necessarily good for you. Analyze your work and your circumstances instead of imitating others. It is good to be guided and take advice, but you have to assess your personal situation first.

7. Different types of content may be better suited to different types of licenses. There’s much difference between a blog article and a film for intance.

8. Browse specialized forums and take your time to read and get informed. The experiences of other users of the type of license you are interested in will help you to make a decision.

9. Analyze what “success” means to you. This is related to point 3. What do you want to achieve? To sell books, to be known, to catch someone’s attention for a contract?

10. Be consistent with your final choice (do not forget point 2).

Safe Creative improves the registration certificate, transforming it into a technically irrefutable true registration evidence, which validity, based on the technology used, is independent even from Safe Creative.

The Spanish company, which pioneered the Copyright Registration on the Internet offers, starting December 13th, a twofold registration full evidence that together with the original file consists of:

1) The proof of identification and integrity of the work, consisting of a triple fingerprint identification system (MD5, SHA1 and SHA512).

2) An equally strong proof of the date and time at which this work was registered with a separated double time stamp for each work: by a certification authority approved by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, and the certification authority of Safe Creative.

In the words of Juan Palacio, CEO of Safe Creative: “These changes represent a quantum leap for our users, who increasingly value for their creations the security, autonomy and independence a technology based registration service can provide. In short, a sound system for the digital reality. “

Here some pictures taken at the event:

Maria Pallante head of the US. Copyright Office

Carlos Rubiano opening the panel

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Borja Adsuara, Of Counsel, Safe Creative, highlighting some of the main features and proposals of Safe Creative, the leading company committed to create the best solutions for creators to inform about their copyrights and generate legally sustainable authorship evidence in the XXI century:

We’ve simplified the home page with a new design that leads you directly to the basic information about Safe Creative. It is a clearer home with less distractions that provides an easier way to access important information.

Faster and easier than ever! You can already see it on http://www.safecreative.org

We also want to remind you that we have added the USA jurisdiction to our legal services.

This new service will allow Safe Creative users to ask their doubts to legal experts and consult our website’s knowledge database to find information about the jurisdiction of copyright in the United States. This service can be added from any professional or corporate account, or contracted at the same time with these accounts.

Another important news, which demonstrates the seriousness and commitment of Safe Creative to helping all creators to generate strong evidence of authorship, is that Safe Creative is attending, invited by WIPO, to the Conference on Copyright Documentation and Infrastructure.

The World Intellectual Property Organization is organizing this conference to raise awareness among Member States of the importance of documentation systems and management of copyright in the digital age, as well as to highlight some of the leading private registers nowadays. The event will take place in Geneva during the 13th and 14th October. Borja Adsuara, of counsel of Safe Creative, will attend on behalf of the register.