Tim, Sadly the reality is that artists in the other EA countries are envious of their counterparts in Uganda. Skewed as the law and the situation may be.
Simon On 10/08/2010, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > Well Mike, all the time sites like Badru's are used to stifle > innovation in the creative arts, this country will remain in the back > woods. My argument is simple, we should take the lead in encouraging > creative arts, in encouraging innovation. Not simply to say that theft > of copyright is common place so lets all do it. > > If I was a performing artist in Uganda I would move to Kenya, or > Tanzania, or Rwanda, where my rights are respected. > > But I am never going to convince you guys of this. I think the fact is > I am a creator of copyright material, whereas you are users of > copyright material and this gives us different perspectives on the > issue. > > On 10/08/2010, Mike Barnard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > On 10/08/2010, Mike Barnard <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > 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. >> > > -- >> > > Mike >> > > >> > >> > I believe you have this the wrong way around. Kenya has a strong >> > artistic industry because they have the laws in place to protect the >> > rights of the artists, not the other way around. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> I say this and stand by it because I was there, physically when these laws >> were made, dealt with the riots by kiosk owners whose CD's were set ablaze >> and them not understanding that what they had done was wrong. They came up >> as a result of what we are experiencing in Uganda. The laws were NOT there >> before, they were drafted only after people, like you and I, woke up and >> lobbied the house to enact laws that protect their work. This is what we >> have been *screaming* about here. The industry across the border continued >> to grow despite the piracy. When it had the muscle to make the noise, it >> did >> and laws were put in place. >> >> Allow the industry in Uganda to grow as we make *noise* about enacting >> laws >> that will protect the works being produced. It makes no sense for us to >> first stop coming up and implementing brilliant ideas such as Badru's >> while >> we wait for a law to be enacted, which may take a long time. >> >> Please note that while we may have signed treaties to ensure that certain >> copyright laws are upheld from a foreign nation, our priority remains, as >> a >> sovereign nation, with our laws. If no one from the MPAA comes to Uganda >> to >> complain about the 40 movies in 1 CD being sold in Kisementi, no one in >> Uganda will because it is NOT a law here yet. This is NOT condoning the >> abuse of ones rights, its just that we do not have it in our laws yet. >> >> Tim, I'd like to clarify something, no one is disagreeing with you on IPR >> and copyrights. What we are trying to point out is this, we do not have >> any >> such laws in Uganda that will work like you want them to. We are still >> developing them. While we develop these laws, we cannot and should not >> stifle ideas on this basis. We *must* encourage growth of our industry as >> we >> work out the laws. >> >> I want my ideas and IP to be protected, but I know very well that with our >> current laws, there is little (much improved from the 1964 act) that will >> protect me. I *must* continue to have these ideas produced as I and many >> others lobby for better laws to be enacted. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike >> >> Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in >> a million chances happen 99% of the time. >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). 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