Treatment of Kenya’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) under the Kenya Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2017

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dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/27532en_ZA
dc.citation.epage11en_ZA
dc.citation.issue23en_ZA
dc.citation.spage1en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWalubengo, John
dc.contributor.authorMutemi, Mercy
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T23:09:00Z
dc.date.available2019-06-27T23:09:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-28
dc.description.abstractKenya’s Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2017, is nearing its final stage of consideration by Parliament. In this article, we provide a review of the Bill’s provisions in respect of its treatment of internet intermediaries, specifically internet service providers (ISPs). We seek to establish the impact that the intermediary liability provisions in the Bill could have on ISPs’ operations if the Bill is passed into law in its present form. We applaud the Bill’s provision for a “safe harbours” regime, whereby ISPs would incur no liability, or limited liability, for certain specific intermediary actions. However, we also note that the framing of the Bill’s notice-and-takedown provisions would require quasi-judicial skills on the part of ISPs, which may not be appropriate. We conclude by providing recommendations for how legislators could address the weaknesses in the Bill’s treatment of ISPs.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianCA2019en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWalubengo, J., & Mutemi, M. (2019). Treatment of Kenya’s internet service providers (ISPs) under the Kenya Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 23, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/27532en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2077-7213 (online version)
dc.identifier.issn2077-7205 (print version)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/27532
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/27532
dc.journal.linkhttps://www.wits.ac.za/linkcentre/ajicen_ZA
dc.journal.titleThe African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.idWalubengo: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8278-1792; Mutemi: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9983-3170en_ZA
dc.publisherLINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectcopyright, copyright infringements, internet services providers (ISPs), internet intermediaries, intermediary liability, safe harbours, notice-and-takedown, Kenya, Copyright Act, Copyright (Amendment) Billen_ZA
dc.titleTreatment of Kenya’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) under the Kenya Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2017en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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