[kictanet] Fwd: [Skunkworks] Do commercial web portals andsitesfall into Content Service Provider category?

[robert yawe]

Hi,

It is good to see that there are many people out there who are developing content I feel we need to form a platform where we can share information of what we are doing to reduce duplication and create opportunities for collaboration.

But what we are fighting for right now is to have this punitive licensing fees for those who would like to charge for their content.  

Dr. Ndemo gave a process for how we should make money from advertising after the content has been offered for free, but what about those who want to pay for the content without being bombarded with advertising? 

Why do we want to have the developers start off with a 100,000/- deficit that has gone towards licensing yet it would have been better utilised in product development? 

It is encouraging that the PS has indicated he is more than willing to walk with us to have this licensing charges lowered or waived on a case by case basis.  So lets look at the media act and any other that might be acting as bottlenecks to developing content and any other ICT issues.

Regards

Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696


--- On Tue, 22/9/09, aki <aki275 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> From: aki <aki275 at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [Skunkworks] Do commercial web portals andsitesfall into Content Service Provider category?
> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009, 9:45 PM
> I'd like to share some thoughts and
> please note this is my techie opinion. After reading the
> contribution about domains hosting etc, I'd like to
> introduce into the discussion about some work that some of
> us have been pushing through its incubation and testing
> since late last year. Though I wanted to avoid listing it at
> the moment until ready, I think the issues are no longer
> about simple things like domains nor mail hosting. 
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> The next generation of services to come will be based
> on what is commonly known as Content Delivery Networks. (
> CDN ) CDN will be a platform that will allow kenyans not a
> miss a moment of any important events in their lives. Using
> the internet to deliver services like Live streaming and
> Video on Demand, the stage is set for the next important
> development cycle in technology for our sector. While not
> complete, it has taken many months of various tests, setups
> and simulations to come up with a working model and costs
> dynamics. but due to unavoidable reasons ( not technical
> ones ), I expect the next few months to have something that
> will show case this. If others are thinking along the same
> axis, that's brilliant and shows we are much ahead than
> in the development cycle.
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> Please bear with the example below, which now deals
> with a real life event that bring rich social content into
> people's lives :
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> - Imagine a wedding scenario where the wedding will
> take place in Nairobi. You have very close relatives in
> Mombasa, Kisumu, The US, The UK and Australia. To
> provide air travel or stay expenses would break the bank.
> And those relatives who can travel are restricted due to
> employment or work commitments. As the bride or groom, you
> wish they could be present during your special event.
> Well......big problem!  
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> Well, actually not. Using content delivery, they will
> be able to capture their wedding live as it happens and
> stream it to any part of the world that has internet access.
> So while the marriage event takes place in Nairobi, all
> those who were not present can watch it on their computers
> in the UK, US or Australia and share in the happy
> moments....
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> There are many applications to the technology and the
> social content that it can carry. It all depends on many
> factors that make projects successful and as innovations
> go, success is not usually a guarantee but a step towards
> development. I hope serious providers will be looking into
> this, else we may catchup to them. :-)
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