On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/08/2010, Mike Barnard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > to throw one big spanner in the works... almost all telcos have playback > > ringtones now. You will find music from as far back as The Bee Gees when > you > > call someone, playing back to you. You will not find that in the states > or > > europe without someone paying some royalties to an artist. That is not > > happening here. As has been said before, this gives us grounds to explore > > what we need to provide for in the law. Again Tim seems to miss that > part. > > > > > > Well Mike you seem to think that Uganda can go ahead and ignore the > rest of the world on this issue. Trust me that will not happen. > Eventually Uganda will have to come to the rest of the world not the > other way round. > > On the contrary, I do support ones right to his property fully. What I have been trying to point out is, much as you are right that there is theft of ones intellectual property in Uganda and it is not right, we have laws that govern us. If there is no law that caters for it, then it will go on being accepted by the majority. The world to some extent has forced Uganda to take charge and fully enforce copyright laws. What I have said and will continue to say is this, we cannot stifle development and ingenuity under the guise of infringing this or that as per another countries laws. Let us get innovative all the while pointing out what needs to be worked on to protect others. Kenya has got very stringent IPR and Copyright laws, which came about due to the growth of their industry, whether artistic or in the engineering field. They were not there before and I for one know that got Eric Wanaina;'s music in the wrong way, now, its a different story. This process of change is needed in Uganda. You cannot ignore that people in this country are ignorant of such acts as being theft. There is no where in our laws where it is spelt. We are not trying to get the world round to accept Uganda's status on IPR and Copyright laws, but we need to grow to understand that these laws are needed and implement them. In the mean time, should we stop being innovative and ingenious because our laws do not cater for something that the laws in Kenya cater for????? -- Mike Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a million chances happen 99% of the time. ------------------------------------------------------------
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