Creative Commons Innovation in Queensland?

Next up we're hearing from the Queensland State Government about their involvement with creative innovation - Tony McGrady, Minister for State Development and Innovation, couldn't make it at the last minute and is therefore represented by his parliamentary secretary Linda Lavarch (who handily also happens to be the wife of QUT Dean of Law, Michael Lavarch).

From her remarks it looks like the State Government did have a major shift in thinking through its involvement with the Creative Commons project. It's already been very supportive of creative innovation and the creative industries, and the creative commons provides another important element in this context. All this is part of its overall Smart State agenda, of course.

As a State Government, of course, the economic side of such developments remains important - innovation and development are also always aiming to develop and strengthen Queensland's competitiveness in a national and international context. (It will be interesting to see how this connects with the CC project, which - while of course not denying the possibility of economic exploitation - often tends to focus more on the free sharing of content than its commercial use…)