[kictanet] Music Copyright Owners sue ISPs for allowing Kenyans to download content illegally

[Davis Onsakia]

Will be an interesting case to keep the eye on.

What is not in doubt is that the final ruling will set a very serious
precedent on how to deal with copyright issues when it comes to the Online
World.

Best Regards,
Davis M Onsakia
"One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the
shore for a very long time."

On 29 January 2015 at 13:46, Bernard Kioko via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Reading from the article it says there is a list.
> On Jan 29, 2015 1:23 PM, "Dennis Kioko" <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does Kenya have necessary laws, and do the copyright holders have a list
>> of infringing sites?
>>
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:04 Bernard Kioko <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2014/11/uk-high-court-forces-big-isps-block-56-new-internet-piracy-websites.html
>>> On Jan 29, 2015 12:51 PM, "Dennis Kioko via kictanet" <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>>>> Interesting case, though I wonder how ISPs allow people to allow
>>>> content illegally. Any one with some insight?
>>>> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Music-copyright-owners-illegal-downloads/-/539550/2605386/-/na4mbsz/-/index.html
>>>>
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