As was stated this is an experiment on a number of fronts.
The technological fronts are easy to approach and what can be done or not done with yradio are really based on the limits of the imagination. The legal aspect as seen within the laws of the land are still interesting since we have been for a number of years asking for proper intellectual Property rights and copyright laws. Most if not all discussants are basing their input on international standards which all will not stand in a uganda court of law. Others are basing the comments on morals however morality is subjective and thus very rarely has weight in a court of law unless supported by some legal statute. On whether I intend to make money from this project again here there is a very thin line. I was at an interesting presentation on Friday where the presenter said something very interesting. The most successful brand in the world today which is Google, gives 90% of its content and services for free. So here again I might want to make money out of this service but might not charge for it. We need to engage more on this and not limit what we do to whether it fits into some law or not. If it offers a service that was not envisaged when the said law was drafted then lets challenge this and have the relevant amendments. Since we started this thread I still think as far as uganda is concerned we have a void. Whether what we are doing is morally right or wrong is subjective lets engage on what is legally right or wrong and lets not start and stop on Yradio. Do we have a framework that covers all the stakeholders. We all listen to the FM stations playing music from our favorite local artists. The question is have they been covered and do the FM stations respect their IPR and copyright rights. The fact is no. So as we move forward and many of us push the envelope on creating local content we also need to fully participate in the policy process. regards From: Mike Barnard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 10:13 AM To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: Re: [LUG] Experiment on Content (Yesterday's radio) On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: Sorry to come to this thread late, but it is clearly breaching copyright. You are seeking to make money by using someone elses work. This has to be morally wrong as well as legally. The argument that you are archiving (for archiving read copying) is nonsense. If I "archive" the Harry Potter books, is it then ok for me to sell them? hmmm.. Badru, is there intention of you making money out of this archiving project? I posted an extract from the Copyright and Neighbourig Rights Act of 2006, Act 19. I'll post an extract from it again..... 7. Public benefit works not protected. (1) The right to protection of copyrights under this Act shall not extend to the following works- ... ... ... (d) news of the day namely reports of fresh events or current information by the media whether published in a written form, broadcast, internet or communicated to the public by any other means. You may get Badru on the archiving of someones music in a particular broadcast, and charging for one listening to it, but as far as Uganda's laws are concerned, there is no copyright issue with Badru's archiving any radio stations broadcast. The law is subject to ones interpretation and application to a given scenario. Again, Badru, are there intentions on you charging for someone to listen to Alicia keys as played by Sanyu FM on one Sunday afternoon? There are some conclusions that people have drawn over the initial post by you. I am an open source developer of many years, so copyright is very important to me. I am surprised anyone involved with open source could condone this. hmmmm -- 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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