[kictanet] On line debate Agenda for 2012 Kenya IGF commences tomorrow June 14, 2012
Ali Hussein
ali at hussein.me.ke
Fri Jun 15 12:17:16 EAT 2012
Kivuva
I don't think Government doesn't understand the value.
Its never too late to right this...
Ali Hussein
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:
> Ali Hussein, it's sad that kenyaairways.com is owned by a different
> entity, but it is easy for it's legal team to claim the domain through
> litigation.
>
> For Kenya.com, I think the government can
> actually spearhead its acquisition and bringing it back home. Why don't we
> lobby the relevant body to ask the government to kickstart the operation.
> Ministry of Information, Directorate of e-gov, e.t.c
>
> Kenya.com can be a very good way for vision 2030 advertising Kenya as a
> commercial hub. Kenya Tourism board can also use it for advertising our
> great tourism attraction sites.
>
> Anybody from government listening? What government will want to know is
> how it will benefiting from the domain acquisition! The greatest answer
> would be eyeballs. The content hosted there gets a lot of eyeballs
> worldwide, which is "FREE" advertisement for the government.
>
>
> Regards
> 10rdmwesh
>
> On 14 June 2012 18:04, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>
>> Kivuva
>>
>> In fact there is precedence to this. In 2000 WIPO ( World Intellectual
>> Property Organization ordered the owners of Barcelona.com to surrender
>> the domain to the Barcelona City Council.
>>
>> More on that:
>>
>> http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/1053/who-has-the-rights-in-geographical-domain-names.aspx
>>
>> The million dollar question is who can champion this. Or who has
>> jurisdiction and more importantly the appetite for this?
>>
>> I remember a few years back when I was handling the Kenya Airways web
>> properties urging KQ to secure all iterations of their name online. Do you
>> know KQ still doesn't own kenyaairways.com? A few years ago it was being
>> used as a blog to diss KQ. Now it's a landing page being used for
>> monetization. And the list goes on..
>>
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>>
>> +254 773/713 601113
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone®
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ali Hussein, can we have a basis to ask ICANN/Verisign to surrender the
>> name kenya.com to the republic? If its possible then that would be a
>> landmark case. We have more examples like uganda.com that is clearly
>> owned by a speculator. Other countries are not better off, with even
>> southafrica.com controlled remotely from the west.
>>
>> On 13 June 2012 17:10, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Good question Kivuva. In Internet time that was eons ago. Question is
>>> how about now. What can we do? Cyber squatting is still very prevalent.
>>>
>>> Ali Hussein
>>>
>>> +254 773/713 601113
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone®
>>>
>>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 5:04 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ali Hussein, kenya.com was registered in 1995 when domain squatting was
>>> taking root. I wonder how many of us knew what a domain is.
>>>
>>> On 13 June 2012 16:33, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alice
>>>>
>>>> I agree. What is more interesting is that there are only 3 Geographic
>>>> names. Africa, dotAfrica and Durban. These are real concerns that will need
>>>> to be addressed. Even more interesting is that the rest are basically South
>>>> African through DSTV.
>>>>
>>>> The implications of cost, national pride etc arise.
>>>>
>>>> For example a quick search for Kenya.com brings up
>>>>
>>>> Registrant
>>>> Abstract Holdings International Ltd.
>>>> Alex Royf
>>>> The Business Centre
>>>> Upton, St. Michael (BB)
>>>> BB11103
>>>>
>>>> Administrative Contact
>>>>
>>>> Abstract Holdings International Ltd.
>>>> Alex Royf
>>>> The Business Centre
>>>> Upton, St. Michael (BB)
>>>> BB11103
>>>> @abstractholdings.com
>>>> +1.(246)436 8600
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Technical Contact
>>>>
>>>> Abstract Holdings International Ltd.
>>>> Alex Royf
>>>> The Business Centre
>>>> Upton, St. Michael (BB)
>>>> BB11103
>>>> @abstractholdings.com
>>>> +1.(246)436 8600
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
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