<div dir="ltr">Piracy takes many forms and it's almost impossible to wipe out, but that doesn't mean the IP owners shouls just sit and do nothing.<div><br></div><div>Dennis, I am one of those who took up the issue with you, but I do remember you did out out your case quite clearly. I also know you know all about what other listers are talking about.</div><div><br></div><div>All I can say -- go ahead and do what you can.</div><div><br></div><div>For instance, I have seen, from last week that <a href="http://kickass.to">kickass.to</a>, a popular torrent site appears to be blocked by some ISPs. Such a step is what will help protect the IP.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 April 2015 at 09:48, Mark Kipyegon via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Off the top of my head, better consumer education on legitimate sources of digital content would be a good place to start. </div><div><br></div><div>We have the advantage of learning from other countries where punitive legislation such as the DMCA has been a failure at stopping digital piracy.</div><div><br>--<div><a href="http://keybase.io/kipyegonmark" target="_blank">keybase.io/kipyegonmark</a></div></div><span class=""><div><br>On 28 Apr 2015, at 09:21, "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></span><blockquote type="cite"><div><span class=""><p dir="ltr">Mark, could you give examples of solutions you would propose. </p>
</span><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Apr 28, 2015 6:25 AM, "Mark Kipyegon via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span class=""><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></span><div><br><span class="">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></span></div><span class=""><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"><br></p></div></div></blockquote></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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