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

[Bernard Kioko]

Its not far fetched. Its been done elsewhere and we believe its right.

 

Its not as complicated as it sounds. These sites are not being blocked from
geeks with hacking skills, they are being blocked from consumers who "prefer
to get it free" even when its available legally and at a fee.

 

BTW, the ISP license actually does require them to ensure that their
business does not involve facilitating illegal activies - from what I
remember reading.

 

 

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Of David Njuki via kictanet
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:04 PM
To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Music Copyright Owners sue ISPs for allowing Kenyans
to download content illegally

 

Bernard, 

 

I think targeting ISPs is a bit far fetched. They are service oriented as
opposed to content, which in this case is the contention. 

 

Technically it might also be a headache to task them to implement this
locally, for example, maintaining a list on sites/IPs which serve
copyrighted vs uncopirighted material.

 

Regards,

@njukey

 

 

On 29 January 2015 at 17:50, Dennis Kioko via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

In fact, copyright owners are to blame themselves for piracy, you guys are
familiar with, "This content is not available in your country." 

Netflix charges people for licensed content yet copyright holders are
pushing Netflix to restrict content in countries outside the US. 

People who can afford content will mostly pay, if it's convenient and not
via loops. 


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