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

[Brian L]

Yours is a case of napster vs the music industry, block one url/provider
and another source will pop up. example(limewire, torrents)

Best try your best to encourage people to buy music rather than illegally
download it (apple did it), I'm sure Kenyans don't mind supporting the
likes of Abbas who has his music on amazon. Pricing & Quality match..who
wants to download and pay for a track where people say "ukitaka nye nye nye"

The Guy Fawkes mask will continue to haunt you.

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Piracy takes many forms and it's almost impossible to wipe out, but that
> doesn't mean the IP owners shouls just sit and do nothing.
>
> Dennis, I am one of those who took up the issue with you, but I do
> remember you did out out your case quite clearly. I also know you know all
> about what other listers are talking about.
>
> All I can say -- go ahead and do what you can.
>
> For instance, I have seen, from last week that kickass.to, a popular
> torrent site appears to be blocked by some ISPs. Such a step is what will
> help protect the IP.
>
>
> On 28 April 2015 at 09:48, Mark Kipyegon via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Off the top of my head, better consumer education on legitimate sources
>> of digital content would be a good place to start.
>>
>> We have the advantage of learning from other countries where punitive
>> legislation such as the DMCA has been a failure at stopping digital piracy.
>>
>> --
>> keybase.io/kipyegonmark
>>
>> On 28 Apr 2015, at 09:21, "Bernard Kioko via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Mark, could you give examples of solutions you would propose.
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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