[kictanet] Google loses round one of court battle with Waiguru

Wed Dec 10 16:15:47 EAT 2014

We have taken somewhat similar action around music piracy.
On Dec 10, 2014 4:10 PM, "Victor Kapiyo via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Interesting times, i must say.
>
> It would be prudent if CAK and other agencies started looking at
> legislation on this area, as should they fail, the courts will make the law.
>
> Victor
>
> Victor Kapiyo
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> On 10 December 2014 at 14:10, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Grace
>>
>> Interesting to see that the issue of Internet Governance, specifically
>> Third Party Liability, is coming into play in our courts. What is worrying
>> is that I'm not seeing any policy direction on this issue.
>>
>> This was a key discussion point during WCIT12. Again, the issue of where
>> we stand on this particularly important treaty is left for us to guess..
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
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>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will
>> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Dec 10, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> The Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court, sitting
>> in Nairobi, declined to grant Google Kenya’s prayers to be struck out of
>> the case in which Ms Waiguru has sued Google Kenya and its mother company
>> Google Incorporated.
>>
>> Google Kenya had made the application in response to a suit the Cabinet
>> Secretary had filed against it and Google Inc. as part of her fight with a
>> Kenyan website Daily Post over publication of a story she claims was
>> defamatory.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Google-loses-first-round-battle-against-Waiguru/-/539546/2550536/-/item/0/-/y9ryi1z/-/index.html
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