Presentation by Diane Peters at CC Global Summit 2020 on plans for internationalizing the Open COVID Pledge, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

1. INTERNATIONALIZING THE OPEN COVID
PLEDGE
Creative Commons Global Summit 2020
October 21, 2020

2. Notices
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• Related
■ Join “Open Questions in a Warming World” (https://sched.co/ef4l)
Thursday • 13:00 - 14:00 UTC.
■ See presentation and from“Intro to the Open COVID Pledge”
(https://sched.co/efA5)
■ And “The People’s Vaccine” (https://sched.co/efCk), that transpired
just before this session.
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Diane Peters, JD
General Counsel
Co-Chair, OCP Advisory Council
Eric Steuer
Creative Director & Director of Comms
Co-Chair, OCP Advisory Council
Julia Brungs
Network Manager
CC Open COVID Pledge Team
CC Open COVID Pledge Advisory Council
(https://opencovidpledge.org/about/)
Claudio Ruiz
Director of Ecosystem
Strategy

4. ● About the Pledge (Diane)
● The CCGN ecosystem and goals for enhancing the Commons (Claudio)
● Grassroot opportunities and expertise (Julia)
● Making impact through translation and story-telling (Eric)
● What’s already underway or planned (Diane)
● Brainstorming and idea exchange (all)
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Today’s discussion

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About the Pledge

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“We therefore pledge to make our intellectual property available
free of charge for use in ending the COVID-19 pandemic and
minimizing the impact of the disease.”
(April 7, 2020)
https://opencovidpledge.org/
Translations at https://opencovidpledge.org/the-pledge/
The Open COVID Pledge

7. Governance
● Stewarded by Creative Commons
● Guided by the OCP Advisory Council
● Charter, Diane and Eric serve as Co-Chairs
● Scientists, researchers, lawyers
● Original founders and co-drafters of the Pledge
● Soon to be expanded, nominations will open in Q1
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8. Primary Goals
● Have global impact
● Expand pool of those who share and contribute to the Commons
● Accelerate the conversation about responsible use of IP in the public interest
● Serve as a model for other sharing efforts (e.g., climate change, natural disasters)
Internationalization
● Organizing a collective effort to solve a global problem
● Enlisting and seeking out those with expertise and knowledge to share
● identifying appropriate and effective tools
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Creative Commons Global Network
Enhancing the Ecosystem

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OCP enhances the Commons
● Different, novel tools
● Expands opportunities for community
● Embraces new ways of sharing

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CCGN and Grassroot Opportunities
● Expertise of local members
■ Advocacy with policy makers, governments, universities and institutions
■ Community building
■ Legal
■ Story-telling
● Opportunity to expand network and membership
● Heavy lift -- let’s discuss what CC can help to support work at local level

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Creating Impact and Real Change

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Impact through translations
● Reaching pledgors and reusers where they are, in their language
■ Translations into 6 official languages of the United Nations
■ Opening process post summit
○ Simple, lightweight; not legal code and not the licenses

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Impact through story-telling
Identifying local Pledgors with relevant IP and creating awareness
https://opencovidpledge.org/2020/05/20/bow-
market/
https://opencovidpledge.org/2020/05/20/drive-
up-booth-for-safer-covid-19-testing/ https://opencovidpledge.org/
2020/08/07/mitsubishi-
electric-wireless-localization-
for-contact-tracing/
For all OCP Featured IP: https://opencovidpledge.org/partner-ip/

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What’s Underway or Planned
• Website (https://opencovidpledge.org/)
• FAQs (https://opencovidpledge.org/faqs/)
• Dedicated OCP Slack channel (https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/)
• Translations of the Pledge
■ Process for adding new languages forthcoming!
• Expansion of the Advisory Council in Q1 of 2020
• Educational webinar is in planning stages, for those wanting deeper dive
• Addition to existing CC Certificate courses

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Ideas: what’s useful that we can build
together
• Educational materials about the Pledge, and translation of materials
• Advocacy guidelines and support for outreach
• Identification of relevant IP holders and needs in your countries
• Identification of relevant technologies within those who have already pledged
• Writing stories of outcomes from sharing of IP
● Featured on blogs, website, etc.

17. Photo by PhotoAtelier, CC BY
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Share Your Ideas and Questions

18. ocpinfo@creativecommons.org
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19. More Resources
Reading and Resources: https://opencovidpledge.org/about/
General Information: https://opencovidpledge.org/
News: https://opencovidpledge.org/category/news/
FAQs: https://opencovidpledge.org/faqs/
Connect
Follow on Twitter: #opencovidpledge
Join OCP on Slack: https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/
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