Fake ‘Otonglo Time’ DVD Being Sold On the Streets

Yeah, the hustle is real but truth be told, piracy is killing the film industry and must be put to an end. It’s not only a menace in Kenya but world over because it strips the global film industry of billions of dollars every year, costing people their jobs and making it harder for movie studios to make the movies they think we want to see.

You all remember ‘Otonglo Time’, yeah? If you don’t, let me jog your memory by directing you HERE. Now, it appears that a section of “hardworking” Kenyans have become “smart” and decided to ride on the narrative’s coattails to fortune. This is after the narrative was lauded recently not just by the judges during this year’s National Drama Festivals, but also the Head of State himself.

A copy of the pirated narrative

Realizing how they would make a killing out of it, they went on YouTube and downloaded the narrative then shamelessly put it up for sell on the streets. Walking in downtown Nairobi, you will bear witness to this growing trend among movie vendors.

While some people would argue that downloading a cam-corded movie could be compared to downloading a low quality bootleg of a concert, such a trend is not only infringing on the patent rights of an actor and the producer of the film considering it eats way their genuine income.