The trouble with this whole business is that everyone fondly believes their idea is unique and has never been thought of before. Most of the time this is simply not the case.

You cannot protect your idea. There are 6 billion+ other brains on this planet. Chances of someone else thinking of the same thing are very high.

What you can protect however is your execution.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Nicholas Mutinda <mutindah@gmail.com> wrote:
@maina martin check out www.humanipo.com. They put investors and people with ideas together to bring these ideas to life. No stealing of ideas, just an agreement on equity for the funders.

They actually held a meet at strathmore some time back under the title IPO48.


On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Nicholas Mutinda <mutindah@gmail.com> wrote:
@kris

Let me give you a quick overview about Nairobi Law. My partner in business approached citizen with an idea for a law programme in which real kenyan cases will be dramatised on TV. well, while my friend was waiting for feedback he saw nairobi law on TV!!! which was a hurried and poorly done version of what he had proposed. 
He later did be the judge which aired on KTN and everyone thought he was the dubbist.

So here we see a genuine idea that was copied and the creator of the idea not compensated.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:59 AM, kris njoroge <krsnjo@gmail.com> wrote:
Question is, what constitutes an original idea? Is it something that has never been done in Kenya or the world? For example the mobile payment systems that all the mobile companies use in Kenya had you stepped up to Queen B and they told you blah blah they do it and the others copy it with modifications or enhancements to your idea is that theft?

There are guys who have spent some time out of the country and have seen shows on TV that they come and try and sell as there ideas what would be the outcome then if they did it but did not pay up?


On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Ken Teyie <kenteyie@gmail.com> wrote:
"Why can't we. a Group of Like minded individuals who have our
differences come together and recreate what this society is?"

@Watchman, just elaborate how this would begin. Queen Bee et al can
afford to copy paste right left and center. with an Utado attitude!

On 11/23/10, Watchman <skunkingrahim@gmail.com> wrote:
> @Goeff.
>
> "This is Kenya" Simply says you've given up. I say let's get our asses
> working on what we want Kenya to be! stop being having a defeatist attitude.
>
>
> If the rest of Kenya can perform without us, why can't we perform without
> them?
>
> Why can't we. a Group of Like minded individuals who have our differences
> come together and recreate what this society is?
>
> Watchman.
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, geoffrey gitagia
> <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> in my view this is kenya , first dont trust anyone secondly make sure when
>> you are sharing an idea make the other party be ware they can benefit from
>> your idea but they need to give you a kick back.... else the solution will
>> be copyrighting your ideas...but hey once again this is kenya where the
>> heck
>> do you do that!!!?
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, a certain university Dean is credited with a wonderful idea of
>>> starting a university radio station, As he wenta round shaking diplomats
>>> hands, the Student who came up with the idea was still holed up in his
>>> room
>>> with the initial radio equipment he made from scratch.
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