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

Thu Jan 29 17:26:24 EAT 2015

There are many platforms legally offering content. On top of my head:

1.      Safaricom.com – Downloads

2.      Mdundo.com – Downloads

3.      Mziki.net – Download  and Streaming

4.      Waabeh.com – Download and Streaming

5.      Tetemesha.com – Downloads

6.      Bonyeza 

7.      PewaHewa.com

This list is long.

And if consumer can buy content legally – or is the only way, other businesses will invest in creating outlets because there is ROI.

The mentality now is why buy this song by artists x when I can get it free here.

FYI – The mobile operators in Kenya are charging data revenue for each song downloaded illegally so someone is earning money somewhere – just not the artist.

Regard

From: Brian Ngure [mailto:brian.ngure at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:15 PM
To: Bernard Kioko; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Music Copyright Owners sue ISPs for allowing Kenyans to download content illegally

So assuming that you succeed. What measures have you put in place to ensure that consumers who still want these "services" can access them legally? Or were you planning on leaving an empty void?

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Bernard Kioko via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

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.

From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko <mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Bbkioko> =bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf 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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