Released on: October 26, 2008, 7:29 pm

Press Release Author: DotAsia Organisation

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: DotAsia and Creative Commons enter a partnership.

Press Release Body: Hong Kong, October 20, 2008 - The creativity of Asia's people
will be supported and shared thanks to a new long-term strategic partnership between
the DotAsia Organisation (DotAsia, www.registry.asia) and Creative Commons (CC).

DotAsia, the not-for-profit registry operator for the ".Asia" Internet top-level
domain, plans to commit US$100,000 to Creative Commons in support of its cause,
outreach and community efforts in Asia. In addition, DotAsia will contribute time
and effort into assisting in the coordination of events, activities of CC's regional
chapters and various other socio-technical initiatives, such as a next generation
copyright registry project.

The partnership will be announced by the CEO of Creative Commons, Mr. Joi Ito, and
Mr. Edmon Chung, the CEO of DotAsia, during the launch ceremony next Saturday
afternoon (Oct 25) for Creative Commons Hong Kong (CCHK) at the HKICC Lee Shau Kee
School of Creativity, Kowloon, Hong Kong. For more details about the launch event
visit: http://hk.creativecommons.org.

"We are thrilled to work with Joi and the brilliant team at Creative Commons", said
Edmon Chung, "the partnership matches the core mission of DotAsia to promote
Internet development and adoption in Asia. It also helps strengthen our connection
to the worldwide IPR community. Stay tuned on www.creativecommons.asia for CC
activities in Asia."

"The contribution from DotAsia is very meaningful to the development of Creative
Commons in Asia. Through our partnership with DotAsia," Joi Ito added. "CC can look
forward to building stronger rapport with the creative and cultural communities in
Greater China and Asia."

Earlier this year DotAsia and the International Federation Against Copyright Theft -
Greater China (IFACT-GC), representing the Motion Picture Association (MPA) in Hong
Kong, agreed to establish a cooperative mechanism for the online protection of
movies and to promote the proactive adoption of the .Asia domain by, and educational
programs for, the creative industries around Asia.

About DotAsia Organisation:

DotAsia Organisation (http://www.registry.asia) is a not-for-profit corporation with
a mission to promote Internet development and adoption in Asia. The organization
oversees the '.Asia' top-level Internet domain name, and is formed as an open
consortium of 20 official top-level-domain authorities around the region, including
.CN (China), .JP (Japan), .KR (Korea), .IN (India), .NZ (New Zealand), .PH
(Philippines), etc., and 5 regional Internet organizations including APNIC, APNG,
APCERT, PAN and APTLD. In the past two decades Asia has developed into a global
force in the commercial, political and cultural network. The .Asia domain aspires to
embrace this dynamism in the Asia Century to become a nucleus, intersection and
breeding ground for Internet activity and development in the region.

About Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 2001, that promotes
the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works, whether owned or in the
public domain. Through its free copyright licenses, Creative Commons offers authors,
artists, scientists, and educators the choice of a flexible range of protections and
freedoms that build upon the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright
to enable a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach. Creative Commons was built
with and is sustained by the generous support of organizations including the Center
for the Public Domain, Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller Foundation, The John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, as
well as members of the public. For more information about Creative Commons, visit
http://creativecommons.org


Web Site: http://www.registry.asia

Contact Details: Media Enquiries:

Pavan Budhrani: 37410015 (pavan@registry.asia)