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\nLarry Lessig opened Bloggercon<\/a> with a useful statement:<\/p>\n

In normal times, people come to univerisities to learn things, these are extraordinary times: Universities (such as) Chicago, Harvard, Northwestern don’t have a clue – we need to go out and find things, bring people here who are doing interesting things. (I’m paraphrasing) <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had the great pleasure of participating in his lively Law section. Lessig provided a very useful overview, including a color coded slide of the current copyright morass and mentioned Creative Commons<\/a> as an alternative universe for creative folks. He also mentioned that our “fair use” rights from the RIAA<\/a>\/MPAA<\/a> perspective generally means that we have the right to hire a lawyer (!). The session also included some very informative comments from Hummer Winblad’s Hank Berry<\/a>, an active participant in the Washington lobbying wars, including the recent induce act madness<\/a>.
\nBerry mentioned the following points (check out the video (127MB<\/a> – about 60% of the session) and listen to the forthcoming mp3’s for more details)<\/p>\n