"CCL & Clean Site Guidelines" Published |

Feb 11, 2010

The Copyright Protection Center, a state-run organization under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, announced that it issued two reports titled "Clean Site Guidelines & Certification System Research" and "CCL & Clean Site Guidelines" on Feb 11, 2010.

The former included guidelines for and a detailed introduction on the assessment system of the "Clean Site" project, which is designed by the authorities to identify and recognize websites that are committed to promoting copyright protection. The government officially designates websites that can serve as models for protecting copyright as clean sites according to 18 assessment criteria.

"CCL and Clean Site Guidelines" includes various examples of adopting CC License and raise a need to incorporate CC License element into Clean Site Guidelines. It asserts that if the guidelines include how to offer CCL option in the menu so that users can choose CCL when they post and upload files, it will help reduce illegal uploads.

The two reports will be distributed to about 100 bodies including the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, copyright-related organizations, legal circles, schools, and online service providers.