[kictanet] Digital Piracy - Nigeria Copyright Proposed Bill in Parliament

[Liz Orembo]

While I also support your cause against digital piracy, I am more concerned
with the approach you you're going to take.

Have you considered putting in place appeal mechanisms for unfair blocking?
Will the ISP have the full responsibility to police internet content? How
can we ensure transparency in this course?
On Apr 28, 2015 6:25 AM, "Mark Kipyegon via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Sir, while your cause is a noble one it is my opinion that the approach
> taken to counter digital piracy is wrong.
>
> Empirical evidence would suggest that measures such as ISP imposed blocks,
> domain takedowns and the threat of massive fines have failed in mature
> markets.
>
> As a country we can do better than this and find a solution that works for
> the copyright holders without restricting the consumers' freedom to access
> the Internet.
>
> --
> keybase.io/kipyegonmark
>
> On 28 Apr 2015, at 00:09, "Bernard Kioko via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> A number of you took issue with my going to court to petition for ISPs to
> block piracy websites - by saying it would amount to restricting internet
> freedom. Well Nigeria seems be ahead on the same.
>
>
>
>
> http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/ncc-proposes-bill-on-digital-piracy-to-impose-two-percent-levy-on-dvds-others/
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>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Bernard
>
>
>
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