Editors --- "Case Studies" [2007] SydUPLawBk 43; in Fitzgerald, Brian; Coates, Jessica and Lewis, Suzanne (eds), "Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons" (Sydney University Press, 2007) 115

Case Studies

Open Content Licensing Initiatives AEShareNET Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) Youth Internet Radio Network (YIRN) Australian Creative Resources Online (ACRO)

PROFESSOR ARUN SHARMA, CAROL FRIPP, DENNIS MCNAMARA, DR RENATO IANELLA, JEAN BURGESS, MARK FALLU AND DAVE ROONEY

Open Content Licensing Initiatives This section focuses on some specific instances of people working on projects related to Open Content Licensing. The Chair for this session at the conference was Professor Arun Sharma, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research at QUT. AESharenet Carol Fripp and Dennis McNamara discuss the AESharenet open licensing project for educational institutions and material. Open Digital Rights Language Dr Renato Ianella looks at the use of Rights Expression Language in Digital Rights Management Technologies, and in particular the Open Digital Rights Language and its use in relation to the Creative Commons licences. YIRN: Youth Internet Radio Network This section, prepared by Jean Burgess and Mark Fallu, focuses on the case study YIRN: Youth Internet Radio Network, which aims to establish an online network of young content providers across Queensland. ACRO: Australian Creative Resources Online Dave Rooney discusses Australian Creative Resources Online (ACRO) an online database of multi-media objects. Professor Brian Fitzgerald (Head, QUT Law School)