Rip: Kai Puolamäki
First I had this great half marathon, and then comes this inspiring debate! Once again, my belief to the bright side of the force returned. My job was to basically junk the arguments of the recording and movie industries. Which I did. I’m telling you they want to own our culture. John Lennon died in 1980, so it’s not about the artist salary. It’s about the salaries of the copyright industry lawyers and the others in suits. And my argument is that we still have the freedom to communicate and the right to privacy, both of which they now want to take away. We have the right to learn our popular culture. We have the right to copy and share our cultural experiences with our neighbours. And today our neighbourhood is the Internet. Rock belongs to us. Me and you. Not them.
After the debate Ville proposed I’d be the rightful chairman of Pirate Party in Finland – if anyone is ever going to found that.