[kictanet] Blocking of Domain Names and Legal Frameworks sorrounding the domain name industry..

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers,

Considering the fact that ICT plays a critical role in our present
environment, we are likely to see an increase in the number or
websites and domain names that will be registered this is likely to
bring about a myriad of issues. My concern is we may see an upsurge
similar to what happened in the mobile phone industry, the question i
have therefore is are we prepared from a legal perspective for
possible conflicts that may arise should there be such an upsurge ?
are our courts prepared for this kind of cases or shall we resort to
out of court settlements, what lessons can we learn from the recent
issue between google and mocality as an industry, i know it was easy
to point fingers and blame but again is it possible that the staff
involved engaged in malpractices our of ignorance which may have been
due to the fact that there is no law, or statute for data protection
and no clear dispute resolution mechanism , if  this were enshrined in
the law, it could be  to educate the masses on the same. I will
appreciate your thoughts..

Barrack O. Otieno
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