(1) Section 12 makes it an offense for any person to distribute, supply or display any article that is intended to encourage or enable a child to be engaged on in sexual act; (2) Section 14 prohibits child pornography which involves distribution and receiving profits from distribution of obscene materials to a child; (3) Section 19 criminalizes the publishing of information intended to promote or facilitate conduct that would constitute a sexual offense against a person living with disabilities.
(1) Section 26 describes the nature of copyright in literary, audio-visual and musical or artistic works. It provides for the exclusive right of copyright holder to control reproduction and distribution of their works to the public; (2) Section 35 defines and describes what constitutes copyright infringement and imposes criminal liability for distribution or making available to the public protected works without a license; (3) Section 38 lists the offences and penalties for copyright infringement including the making and distribution of protected works without a license. (4) Neither the Copyright Act nor other legislation imposes specific penalties on service providers for failing to block or remove infringing content. However, the continued existence of copyright material on a website, can be construed as a continuing...
Intermediary Liability in Africa Research Papers No. 2 Independent research commissioned by the Association for Progressive Communications and supported by the Open Society Foundation and Google Africa
Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) at Strathmore Law School in Nairobi, Kenya, http://www.cipit.org < Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet), http://www.kictanet.or.ke
(prepared by Swiss Institute of Comparative Law for Council of Europe)
This is one of series of country reports prepared for the Council of Europe in 2015. Other countries' reports, and responses from national governments, are available here. The studies undertake to present the laws and, in so far as information is easily available, the practices concerning the filtering, blocking and takedown of illegal content on the internet.
(prepared by Swiss Institute of Comparative Law for Council of Europe)
This is one of series of country reports prepared for the Council of Europe in 2015. Other countries' reports, and responses from national governments, are available here. The studies undertake to present the laws and, in so far as information is easily available, the practices concerning the filtering, blocking and takedown of illegal content on the internet.