More music at Telakka and questions about privacy

Uz, Shiz and I just got back from two great performances at Telakka. The music groups: Vidar Skrede Dynamo Band, and Ville Kangas and Puuma.

"Music gives you wings" -Uzair

Since we have been discussing at length issues of piracy and proposed legislation against copyright infringement, we wanted to get the artists' take. What did they think about piracy? Has piracy hurt or benefited them? I thought this would also be a good opportunity to gain insight into Nordic music and folk music as a genre. And it was. I'll post more about that soon.

• Keynote address on the fight against bills like SOPA, WIPO, ACTA and other laws promoting restrictive copyright rules: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKUv_27swF0&feature=player_embedded

It's almost 3 a.m., and I have a four-hour lecture beginning at 10. So I'm going to hit the sheets. But before, I'll have one more cookie...

And post two pictures:



(Kids in Finland look like astronauts during the winter.)



(The sun actually came out for a while!)