<div dir="ltr">Worth reading..<div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Digital Business Models Should Have to Follow the Law, Too</b><br><div><br></div><div>A timeless maxim suggests that it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission. Nowhere is that more prominent than in the current crop of digital businesses, which tend to skirt laws they find inconvenient. Though these services and their innovative business models win acclaim from consumers and investors, their approach to the law is troubling — both for its implications for civil society and in its contagious influence on other firms in turn pressured to skirt legal requirements.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://hbr.org/2015/01/digital-business-models-should-have-to-follow-the-law-too">https://hbr.org/2015/01/digital-business-models-should-have-to-follow-the-law-too</a> <br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Victor Kapiyo</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></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 January 2015 at 12:57, Daniel Otieno Omondi via isoc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">isoc@lists.my.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:24px"><div>Ali,</div><div dir="ltr"> I agree with you for sure we need to make ourselves understand and care about Internet Governance Policies.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Regards</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Daniel Omondi</div><div dir="ltr">VC</div><div dir="ltr">ISOC-KE<br></div><div><span></span></div><br>  <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:24px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1">  <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Ali Hussein via isoc <<a href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">isoc@lists.my.co.ke</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>; "<a href="mailto:ISOC@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">ISOC@lists.my.co.ke</a>" <<a href="mailto:ISOC@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">ISOC@lists.my.co.ke</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 2, 2015 10:47 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [isoc_ke] Youtube to be sued for $1 billion for songs<br> </font> </div> <div><div><div class="h5"><br><div><div><div>Listers</div><div><br></div><div>I suspect this is a topic that will increasingly become pertinent. The Internet Governance system is something few understand and care about. </div><div><br></div><div>That is about to change. </div><div><br></div><div>Very quickly. </div><div><br></div><div>Terms like Third Party Liability, Permission based Marketing, Privacy, Net Neutrality will be something that you will need to bring yourself upto speed with. </div><div><br></div><div>Test your Internet Governance Literacy. How many of the above terms are you family with? Who do you think 'controls' the net? </div><div><br></div><div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/youtube-1-billion-piracy-lawsuit/" target="_blank">http://www.digitaltrends.com/music/youtube-1-billion-piracy-lawsuit/</a></div><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>Skype: abu-jomo</span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span>LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"></span></a></span></div><span><font></font></span><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"></div><font><span>Blog: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>isoc mailing list<br><a href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke" target="_blank">isoc@lists.my.co.ke</a><br><a href="http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc" target="_blank">http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc</a><br><br></div> </div> </div>  </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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