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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I guess I understand your resistance to this kind of a law and as a self confessed pirate I would happily want you blocked from accessing those sites.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cdohnio [mailto:cdohnio@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 29, 2015 3:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bernard Kioko<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Music Copyright Owners sue ISPs for allowing Kenyans to download content illegally<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Oh I pirate music, movies... All of it foreign though. Software, not really.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you asked me why I do it, well I'm not going to pay 1000bob for something I'll only use once. And if I wanted to pay that 1000bob I would have to find a distributor, one that wasn't pirating too and it's so easy to find those and physically hand over my money. I just don't have time for that<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>princelySid<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:12.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'>Twitter:</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'> @princelySid | <b>Website: </b><a href="http://cdohnio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">cdohnio.blogspot.com</a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Bernard Kioko <<a href="mailto:bkioko@bernsoft.com" target="_blank">bkioko@bernsoft.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p>Hehehe.... Mpesa was to say anything is possible. If u don't pirate music this petition won't affect you surely? N by that i mean anyone. If a law is passed that affects thieves and you are not one... Shouldn't you let the law be... <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 29, 2015 3:21 PM, "cdohnio via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Benard,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Did you just used Mpesa as an example that there may be a way to block websites?:D<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There are several ways, the problem is do you want to turn us into China and have our own great firewall and violate our rights up and down the spectrum? How do we trust anyone not to use such a system to block free speech or even their competition?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>princelySid<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr style='height:12.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'>Twitter:</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'> @princelySid | <b>Website: </b><a href="http://cdohnio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">cdohnio.blogspot.com</a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333D47'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bkioko%40bernsoft.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bkioko%40bernsoft.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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