[kictanet] Piracy websites targeted in new law

[Bernard Kioko]

We discussed this matter here few years ago and then PS at Ministry of Information (Dr. Ndemo) recommended we proceed to court. The government would support. If you search the archive you will see the communication.

 

We filed a petition last year. Although Business Daily didn’t capture all our pleadings when reporting here ->  (http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Music-copyright-owners-illegal-downloads/-/539550/2605386/-/na4mbsz/-/index.html) the petition had several pleas to the court. One of the them was for KECOBO and CA to work together to create a law to help reduce online piracy.

 

I am happy to see this happening.

 

Although some of us here are dismissing this, please remember M-PESA is hugely successful in Kenya and not so in any other country. I hear, not sure, Vodafone makes crazy profits in Kenya unlike any other country. I also heard, not sure, Airtel makes losses in Kenya unlike the other regions. Is it 65% of the people accessing internet are using mobile devices in Kenya?

 

We are unique country that needs unique solutions. Our creative industry is unable to grow because people are stealing content through the internet.

 

Regards

 

From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of cdohnio via kictanet
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 7:55 PM
To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
Cc: cdohnio
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Piracy websites targeted in new law

 

While we may be dismissive of this because we have the technical skills to by pass anything the govenment tries doesn't mean this is not a bad law, what happens if someone shares a video or audio to FB or Twitter? The implications for free speech could be huge. 

 

I think this is coming of the back of the Music Policy? I wrote about the implications for tech on my blog(http://cdohnio.blogspot.co.ke/2015/05/what-you-didnt-know-about-national.html) highlighting exactly this problem and a couple of others.

 

Let's not brush this off listers

 

All the best,

princelySid



Twitter: @princelySid | Website: cdohnio.blogspot.com <http://cdohnio.blogspot.com/> 

 


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