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

Thu Jan 29 17:03:05 EAT 2015

John ++

On Thursday, January 29, 2015, John Gitau via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Oh wow now i am curious.
>
> This can only be good for the lawyers. And maybe some awareness creation
> tv time etc.
>
> I don't know a single isp  (okay there is one) that won't have to re work
> their infrastructure if instructed to block sites such as the ones listed
> and someone finds a way to enforce a ruling against such isp's.
>
> Doing so requires some unrecoverable capex.
>
> Trying to police sites without changing the very nature /design of the
> Internet is in my opinion a waste of time and money. (Granted some entities
> will make money maube even create jobs but I digress).
>
> As usual with technology anything is possible. I'm not sure we have laws
> to sort this sort of thing out. But hey who said we can't try...
> .funn fun times ahead
>
> JG
> On 29 Jan 2015 13:47, "Bernard Kioko via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke');>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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