<html><head></head><body 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>keybase.io/kipyegonmark</div></div><div><br>On 28 Apr 2015, at 00:09, "Bernard Kioko via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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/">http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/04/ncc-proposes-bill-on-digital-piracy-to-impose-two-percent-levy-on-dvds-others/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bernard<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div></div></body></html>