On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Brandie Martin <blm5350@psu.edu> wrote:

Thank you to Ali Hussein, Mwendwa Kivuva, Barrack Otieno, Toepista Nabusoba, John Kariuki, and Grace Githaiga for contributing to this discussion on intermediary liability.

With gratitude,
Brandie L. Martin

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Ali and Kivuva for continuing discussion on this thread.

You both caution on the need to be careful in how intermediary liability is handled in terms legislation lest we restrict innovation. And yes Kivuva. Users are not exactly innocent since they are capable of making the right decisions on what to post.

Please feel free to continue debate on this same thread.
Rgds
GG

> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:09:24 +0300
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Shooting the messenger?
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