[kictanet] copyright infringment / theft vs local content value

[Badru Ntege]

Hi All

 

I'm posting this on both I-network (UG) and Kictanet (KE) to continue and
expand dialogue that has been going on within the Linux User group mailing
list in UG.

 

A few weeks ago I shared a website that we have been working on as an
experiment on local content.  This website presents an archive of broadcast
content from about 16 local radio stations going back to the beginning of
2010.  http://www.yradio.ug/  

 

I firmly believe that Africa's local content will be mainly multi-media as
opposed to the written word.   This goes back to our heritage where our
history has been mainly through story telling passed down from generation to
generation as opposed to our European cousins,  where the written word goes
back for many generations.

 

However the multimedia might fly in the face of what I call historical IPR
and Copyright legislation.  I do believe that this legislation needs to be
reviewed in favour of the current times where the traditional methods are
unenforceable.

 

On the international scene African nations are being forced to adopt some of
this legislation which I do believe will stifle innovation and growth.

 

For Kenya I understand that  Kenya Music Copy Right Association  has been in
place and collects from those who play music from local artists.  I would
like us to look at what has happened to that industry in the last few years
since this was put in force.   In the late 90's  early 2000's Kenya local
music was  dominant in the region.  However the industry has not grown as it
should have and has been overtaken by other markets like Uganda where strict
enforcement does not exist and the most frequently played music is local
ugandan music.

 

Some have said that what yradio is doing is theft.   I would like to here
more views on this and also on the notion that our future content for the
continent will mainly be Multi-media.

 

Regards

 

Badru

 

 

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