[kictanet] [isoc_ke] Youtube to be sued for $1 billion for songs

[Victor Kapiyo]

Worth reading..

*Digital Business Models Should Have to Follow the Law, Too*

A timeless maxim suggests that it's better to ask forgiveness than
permission. Nowhere is that more prominent than in the current crop of
digital businesses, which tend to skirt laws they find inconvenient. Though
these services and their innovative business models win acclaim from
consumers and investors, their approach to the law is troubling -- both for
its implications for civil society and in its contagious influence on other
firms in turn pressured to skirt legal requirements.

https://hbr.org/2015/01/digital-business-models-should-have-to-follow-the-law-too


Victor Kapiyo

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*"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude" Zig
Ziglar*

On 3 January 2015 at 12:57, Daniel Otieno Omondi via isoc <
isoc at lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

> Ali,
>  I agree with you for sure we need to make ourselves understand and care
> about Internet Governance Policies.
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel Omondi
> VC
> ISOC-KE
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Ali Hussein via isoc <isoc at lists.my.co.ke>
> *To:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>; "
> ISOC at lists.my.co.ke" <ISOC at lists.my.co.ke>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 2, 2015 10:47 AM
> *Subject:* [isoc_ke] Youtube to be sued for $1 billion for songs
>
> Listers
>
> I suspect this is a topic that will increasingly become pertinent. The
> Internet Governance system is something few understand and care about.
>
> That is about to change.
>
> Very quickly.
>
> Terms like Third Party Liability, Permission based Marketing, Privacy, Net
> Neutrality will be something that you will need to bring yourself upto
> speed with.
>
> Test your Internet Governance Literacy. How many of the above terms are
> you family with? Who do you think 'controls' the net?
>
> http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/youtube-1-billion-piracy-lawsuit/
>
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> have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
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