<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>The demonstration by Wikipedia is the beginning of the end of free internet access, if I was Dr. Ndemo I would make sure that the open data is brought back home asap otherwise we shall either be paying to access our own data or have it blocked away from us.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT
Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 9:19<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1374788431">Hey Listers,<div><br></div><div>Wikipedia has blacked out its English Website as part of a campaign to stop the US House of Representatives and Senate from passing legislation (SOPA and PROTECT IT respectively) which may <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; ">harm the free and open Internet and inhibit people's access to information online.</span></div>
<div> <br clear="all"><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>It is interesting to note that while the US has been at the forefront of opposing Chinese censorship of the internet, it is now considering legislation that makes it not so different from the Chinese. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; ">Victor Kapiyo, LL.B</span></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><br>====================================================<br>
<i>“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar</i></font><br><br>
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