Definitely Law Students, although early last year it felt like law student for FC.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 6, 2007 5:43 PM, Elizabeth Stark <<a href="mailto:emstark@gmail.com">emstark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Congrats!!! We also now have a sub-group of Harvard Free Culture<br>called HLS for Free Culture (we're still deciding whether to seek
<br>separate recognition from the law school).<br><br>Just out of curiosity, are you guys called Law Student or Law Students<br>for Free Culture?<br><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On Dec 6, 2007 7:28 PM, Brian Rowe <
<a href="mailto:brian@freedomforip.org">brian@freedomforip.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Seattle University Law Student for Free Culture Officially Recognized by<br>> Student Bar Association<br>><br>> The SU Law Student for Free Culture (SFFC) chapter has been actively
<br>> pursuing official status for almost a year. We started recruiting last<br>> spring at the incoming 1L student organization fair and continued the<br>> process throughout this fall. We currently have 15 members and 4 active
<br>> board members. This last week we received official status as a student<br>> organization.<br>><br>> This official status is important for three reasons:<br>><br>> First it demonstrates the schools involvement on social justice issues that
<br>> are unique to the Information Age.<br>><br>> Second the official status allows us a greater opportunity to voice our<br>> concerns on issues of relevance to legal scholarship and open access.<br>><br>
> Third the official status will allow us to use the law school to host<br>> forums or educational events around issues like fair use, privacy and<br>> ethics, maybe even a Continuing Legal Education Seminar.<br>
><br>> I would like to give strong thanks to the other founding board members who<br>> spent serious time and effort drafting our charter, our mission statement,<br>> and navigating the politics of the Student Bar Association (SBA).
<br>> Anne Marie Marra 2L<br>> Jessica Creager 2L<br>> Shane Robinson 3L<br>><br>> Our Official Mission Statement:<br>><br>> Seattle University Law Students for Free Culture aim to place the tools of
<br>> creation, distribution, communication and collaboration, teaching and<br>> learning into the hands of everyone through the democratizing power of<br>> digital technology and the Internet.<br>><br>> In promoting a culture of participation, accompanied with such technology,
<br>> a new paradigm of creation is possible, where anyone can succeed on their<br>> merit.<br>><br>> Our goals are to:<br>> seek a balance of intellectual property rights, where other rights of the<br>> individual and social policy are not encroached by trends to over-expand
<br>> intellectual property rights.<br>> bring attention to how the digital industry ironically clings to obsolete<br>> modes of distribution through bad legislation, and call out repressive<br>> legislation that stifles innovation.
<br>> oppose monitoring technology that prevents users from exercising dominion<br>> and control over their privately owned hardware, and their own intellectual<br>> property.<br>> seize opportunities presented by the Internet and digital technology before
<br>> such opportunities become irretrievable.<br>><br>> The future is in our hands; we choose to promote a technological and<br>> cultural movement to defend the digital commons.<br>> --<br>> Brian Rowe
<br>> <a href="mailto:Brian@freedomforip.org">Brian@freedomforip.org</a><br>> (206) 335-8577 (Cell)<br>><br>> Access To Justice Technology Principles<br>> <a href="http://www.ATJWeb.org" target="_blank">www.ATJWeb.org
</a><br>><br>> Freedom for IP<br>> <a href="http://www.FreedomforIP.org" target="_blank">www.FreedomforIP.org</a><br></div></div>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:Discuss@freeculture.org">Discuss@freeculture.org</a><br>> <a href="http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a>
<br>><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Discuss@freeculture.org">Discuss@freeculture.org</a><br><a href="http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">
http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Brian Rowe<br><a href="mailto:Brian@freedomforip.org">Brian@freedomforip.org</a><br>(206) 335-8577 (Cell)<br>
<br>Access To Justice Technology Principles<br><a href="http://www.ATJWeb.org">www.ATJWeb.org</a><br><br>Freedom for IP <br><a href="http://www.FreedomforIP.org">www.FreedomforIP.org</a>