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Kenya targets websites in new copyright law

NAIROBI: Internet service providers (ISPs) might soon face fines or prison terms as the Government clamps down on content piracy in a move to protect earnings in the country’s fledgling film industry.

This is part of a push to have Kenyan local content earn a larger foothold on Kenya’s airwaves currently dominated by Nigerian and Latin American programming.

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