Though my understanding of amateur radio and the underlying tech is very limit still, I can't help but see the "literally having a license to experiment with radio technology" aspect of it as itself being a form of disintermediation.

Dewayne Hendricks does in fact mention amateur radio in the Q&A section of Eben Moglen's speech when he makes an appearance at 1:18:17. "With the license class I have, I can put a communications platform in orbit without asking the FCC for permission. That is powerful."

Also, Amateur Television sounds like an incredibly fascinating new territory!