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Michael Smith delivers Frameworks 2007 Keynote

 

Michael Smith, TerraTech founder, giving his keynote to the early rising audience at the 2007 Frameworks conference in Bethesda, MD. Michael spoke about opportunities for the community to contribute to improving the CF Fusebox framework as well as what the current composition of the Fusebox community looks like from various perspectives including geography, tools and level of experience.

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The battle for Fair Use

Recent weeks have produced a barrage of news and legal decisions regarding copyright law and issues of fair use. Hopefully, clear heads appear to prevail in our US lawmaking bodies regarding the cultural changes going on in media. Also important to watch, Google is overcoming hurdles on the path towards their Book project. Stanford University professor Lawence Lessig is perhaps the most prolific commentator on copyright law and it’s worth checking out his blog.