<p dir="ltr">Mark, could you give examples of solutions you would propose. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 28, 2015 6:25 AM, "Mark Kipyegon via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div>Sir, while your cause is a noble one it is my opinion that the approach taken to counter digital piracy is wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Empirical evidence would suggest that measures such as ISP imposed blocks, domain takedowns and the threat of massive fines have failed in mature markets. </div><div><br></div><div>As a country we can do better than this and find a solution that works for the copyright holders without restricting the consumers' freedom to access the Internet.<br><br>--<div><a href="http://keybase.io/kipyegonmark" target="_blank">keybase.io/kipyegonmark</a></div></div><div><br>On 28 Apr 2015, at 00:09, "Bernard Kioko via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">A number of you took issue with my going to court to petition for ISPs to block piracy websites – by saying it would amount to restricting internet freedom. Well Nigeria seems be ahead on the same.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/ncc-proposes-bill-on-digital-piracy-to-impose-two-percent-levy-on-dvds-others/" target="_blank">http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/ncc-proposes-bill-on-digital-piracy-to-impose-two-percent-levy-on-dvds-others/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bernard<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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