As I have said before, theft is the taking of someone elses property without their permission, and you are not denying this is what you do.
You say, and I believe you that this theft is legal in this country and that only in nice fluffy societies (in other words most of the rest of the world) is this type of theft illegal. Surely then we should be trying to make this country conform to the rest of the world (BTW Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda are all signatories to the Berne convention so this is most definitely illegal in those countries). On 9 August 2010 13:03, Badru Ntege (MPP) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> >> Well I repeat, let us see the evidence that the radio stations are >> stealing, but again if they are it doesn't justify others in doing it. >> Many people steal cars, so does that justify me taking yours? >> > Show me a local artist with payment from any FM station for playing their > music. I think evidence for payment will be better. Luck of that evidence > will be affirmation of my statement. > > > >> The right point is for people to respect other peoples property, but >> maybe I am wrong :-) >> > > You are not wrong but if only life was that simple, we would have this nice > fluffy society where everyone loves everyone and they are no bad people at > all .......etc. Ooops wakey wakey it is not that simple and that is why we > have laws that are designed to protect us against each other. And in this > respect the laws of the land are not sufficient which is why we need to have > them modified and updated to enable us to co-exist and not stifle growth and > development because some archaic law still exists and does not fit well in > the changed world that we live in today. > > > So today the musicians might not be able to get payments from the stations > for their works however it promotes their work and means that they get > invited to private performances that give them a good earning. Somewhere > down the line the two parties have reached a compromise that works. However > no express permission is given to the stations night clubs etc to play the > music. Is this enough ??? No As we work towards a ugandan copyright and > IPR position we need to capture some of this and draft a current law that > works with the changed times. > > regards > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > -- WebERP Africa Ltd +447710427049 +256752963327 +255784602561 www.weberpafrica.com _______________________________________________ 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). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
