<div dir="ltr">Mr Mutua trying to regulate/ block OTT's by developing "Blocking software A" will spur an innovation "frenzy" from developers trying to out muscle and out wit KFCB, thus creating a never ending cycle, i like the response by Netflix "<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Trebuchet MS",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.4px;line-height:21.6px"> services delivered over the Internet present all sorts of novel questions for policymakers.</span> " I tend to think that this is a high level policy issue rather than an operational one. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:51 AM, Ali Hussein 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 dir="auto"><div>A case of misreporting?<br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.<wbr>com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On 24 Aug 2016, at 10:30 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<div dir="ltr"><b>Previously and not too long ago...</b><br><br>The CA Monday said Netflix will not be asked to apply for a local
broadcasting licence, meaning the US firm is exempt from local
broadcasting regulations that are part of the licensing conditions. <br><br>Francis Wangusi, the CA director- general, told the <em>Business Daily</em>
that Netflix falls in the category of content providers that do not
control transmission of their material - commonly referred to as
over-the-top (OTT) -- and are unlike cable companies that transmit own
content over managed networks, making it impossible to license them
locally or regulate their content. <a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators-clash-over-plan-to-censor-Netflix-online-movies/539550-3029548-eroxncz/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>businessdailyafrica.com/<wbr>Corporate-News/Regulators-<wbr>clash-over-plan-to-censor-<wbr>Netflix-online-movies/539550-<wbr>3029548-eroxncz/index.html</a><br><br><br><div><hr>Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:21:37 +0300<br>Subject: [kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix<br>From: <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:nmutungu@gmail.com" target="_blank">nmutungu@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a><br><br><p dir="ltr">And then this:</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We have been looking at how to regulate over-the-top providers possibly through the 2016 ICT Policy document or through additional amendments to the Communications Act,” Wangusi said. The plan to regulate the streaming service comes a few months after another Government agency warned Netflix that it would block the service if it aired inappropriate content.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-regulate-youtube-and-netflix" target="_blank">http://www.standardmedia.co.<wbr>ke/mobile/article/2000213158/<wbr>kenyan-state-to-regulate-<wbr>youtube-and-netflix</a></font></p>
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