S2 E4: The US – KE Free Trade Agreement Part 1: What’s on the table?
This is the first episode in a series on the US-Kenya FTA which is currently under negotiations. In this series, we hope to look at various aspects of what might be included in the final text of the FTA including IP, Digital Rights, and Data Governance. The host for this episode is Dr. Melissa Omino, […]
S2 E3: Thought Leaders or Bot Leaders? Astroturfing in the time of Covid-19
This episode is a foray into astroturfing – promoting ideas through bots intending to mislead the public – and what this means in the time of Covid -19 Links from the show Make Me Smart – Who’s organizing those anti-quarantine protests? https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart-with-kai-and-molly/whos organizing-those-anti-quarantine-protests/ The Digital Forensic Research Lab – the 12 ways to […]
S2 E2: Student Ventilators: Innovation during a global pandemic
This week’s episode tackles the question of Intellectual Property Rights for Ventilators developed by a group of students in Kenya, answering the question of how their rights, if any, can be secured. Links from the show MIT’s E-Vent program: https://e-vent.mit.edu/ Editing done on Audacity Music credits: Prelude in C (BWV 846) by Kevin MacLeod […]
S2 E1: The Friendly Troll in 2020
Today’s episode tackled the question of student innovations in the time of the corona virus and the implications on Intellectual Property Rights. We answer the questions- what rights, if any, do students have to their works? And how can we protect their innovations even in times of uncertainty such as the current pandemic You can […]