[kictanet] Netflix to be regulated by KFCB in Kenya

Tue Jan 12 10:57:11 EAT 2016

It's a pipe dream - how do you regulate the internet? Netflix is simply
another streaming service - like YouTube...

Who advises them?

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 3:18 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
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> Ngigi
>
> Well put. I'm writing this with a smile because even if they wanted to
> they just simply don't have the capacity to stop innovating Kenyans
> accessing any content available online. Short of North Korean style
> firewalls and censorship.
>
> By the way just so that we know lots of  Kenyans were already accessing
> Netflix by simply cheating the IP Readers that they were in the US. This
> formal announcement was just for those of us who were not savvy enough to
> know about it.
>
> KFCB is just trying to make itself relevant in a digital world they just
> simply don't comprehend.
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> On 11 Jan 2016, at 7:35 PM, Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> Mwendwa,
>
> Does the law classify content based on where it is played, viewed or both?
>
> Can a Kenyan in Kenya access adult sites based in US?
> Can an American in Kenya access adult sites based in the US?
> Can a Kenyan in Kenya access adult sites in Kenya
> Can an American in Kenya access adult sites in Kenya?
>
> Before we talk regulation, these have to be very clearly defined and
> understood across the board.
>
> Also, KFSB rushing to regulate Netflix is like banning Uganda FM stations
> in Busia... Is it practical?
>
> Short of mass surveillance and content blocking at our Internet Gateways,
> something that puts us in the league of countries like North Korea & Saudi
> Arabia, how would this work in practice?
>
> IMO, any content (...The following movie is rated Adults Only)...will
> always be available for those who are really interested in getting it. The
> only way we could regulate ourselves is from our Society Norms not by
> policing...
>
> The only area that I see as a possible regulation ground is where the
> public is involved... e.g Cinemas, Music Concerts but this should not
> extend to our houses.
>
> Rgds
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> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 5:06 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <
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>> On Jan 11, 2016 11:55 AM, "James Wamathai via kictanet" <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't think they know how Netflix works and in any case the service
>> is compliant in that it gives the user the ability to create a kids account
>> where there will only be kids content.
>> >
>>
>> Wamaitha, No. The service is not compliant becase the law specifically
>> classifies content that all of us should not access. Some Content that is
>> acceptable by US standards is not acceptable by Kenyan standards.
>>
>> > But even if we were talk regulation, I don't see how they would do
>> that. Interested to see how this plays out.
>> >
>> > -----
>>
>> Netflix would simply ask KFCB to give them a list of content to block,
>> and you would not be able to access that content using a Kenyan account.
>> This is where VPN services rake in the money.
>>
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