A Tale of Plagiarism one too many For Nigeria’s Linda Ikeji

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<br>Every social media savvy Nigerian knows Linda Ikeji, or need to understand her, and it is almost impossible to have a discussion centred on online media in Nigeria without her name popping up, one method or another.By embodying that well known Nigerian can-do attitude, ex-model Linda was successful in making her name a reference point whenever people in Nigeria consider an effective news site. For this lady from simple beginnings, beginning a blog site when her modelling career began to wind down was something to do, for the love of it, never for money. This was some 6+ years earlier. Now, with the majority of the better-known corporate organisations in Nigeria competing for advert space on her blog site, Linda’s enthusiasm has actually turned her into Nigeria’s premier blogger, and wealthiest, by far.Over the years, Linda has set patterns, affected federal government policy and provided Nigerians lots of things to discuss. Fearing what a negative exposé on her blog site would do their image or careers, stars of all kinds gravitated to her, and Linda, whose modelling profession would never be stated to be that high flying, became a celebrity, and got to rub shoulders with those who declare ownership of the flashy world of glamour.<br>
<br>Maintaining a modest mien, Linda, initially, didn’t seem to care much about all the glamour, however she did keep in mind how far she had come and never ever failed to inform the world how she moved from not having a thousand Naira in her bank account a couple of years ago to getting to where she is today: all from having and regularly publishing on her easy design blogspot website, from the convenience of her bedroom.As part of an interview panel a few weeks earlier, I heard interviewees gush about just how much they admire Linda’s work principles and her ability to capture and own a section. ‘She’s so excellent, she makes her blogging seem like talking with your good friends,’ one exceptional hopeful author gushed when asked what she believes is the Linda Ikeji magic. I agreed with her. I think Linda Ikeji is incredible, in her consistency. As someone who desires the writer tag, I know firsthand how hard staying on track is.Advertisement<br>
<br>Some weeks back, Linda posted that she had gotten a brand new Range Rover 4X4 and social media went abuzz. Many people questioned if spending 24 million on one cars and truck makes good sense, particularly if you already have 2 great cars and trucks in a country where (as the IMF can’t stop informing the world) the typical individual subsists on less than a dollar a day. However, there were those who felt it was a good move: a grand announcement that the blog writer had signed up with the world of the extremely rich.Linda Ikeji flaunts her wheels. Photo: Linda Ikeji’s Blog<br>
<br>Perhaps it was the interest created by the purchase, however Nigerian social media remains abuzz. Not with the news of the extremely cars and truck, but around something that has dodged the lady’s heels for years: the question of what numerous view as her rampant plagiarism.Now, you ‘d need to go to Linda’s blog site to much better comprehend her style, however the fact is that, typically, beyond the two liners she includes, she can’t declare ownership to the majority of the material. In the new age of extremely fast breaking news and millions of individual blogs, copying and pasting is ending up being more rampant and, in places such as Nigeria, is incorrectly being perceived as the norm.As quickly as the twitter furore over Linda’s current usage of someone’s material without attribution or approval began on October 4 2014, a lot of people rapidly got on her case.22/ 32 Despite making 10s of countless US$ every month from her site, @LindaIkeji selects to willfully ignore ALL copyright holders,- Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) October 5, 2014
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<br>Linda Ikeji takes short articles and is termed successful. If you call her out, it’s beef. This is why politicians steal our wealth & are hailed.- Ikenna Ronald Nzimora (@ronaldnzimora) October 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/518772004540153856But, Linda is not without her supporters: I don’t think in ‘haters’. I do not think it’s disliking. I just think it’s a refusal to accept her legitimacy. But it exists, strong.- Chude Jideonwo (@Chude) October 4, 2014Advertisement<br>
<br>Leave Linda Ikeji alone. Start your own blog. Run it the way you desire. Then buy your own Range Rover.- Ohimai Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) October 4, 2014
When all is said and done, the fact will stay as glaring as it is easy: The internet is seriously challenging the existing copyright laws and the sheer number of violations makes most efforts at persecution a very tall order. However, the reality also speaks of rights and wrongs: Stealing somebody’s copyright is incorrect and earning a profit out of it is even worse.As I have actually said previously, most content owners are OK with others utilizing part of their work (with attribution and a link back to the original source) but are dissatisfied with the copy and paste journalists who think it is reasonable play to populate their websites with contents that are the fruit of someone’s extreme labour.Advertisement<br>
<br>I will not claim to be saintish. No one is. And I make certain there are numerous methods to excuse Linda’s alleged disobediences, but those excuses fade in the light of the oft-repeated assertion that she overlooks individuals who try to contact her when she infringes on their copyright.That’s too bad. For somebody who is a motivation to many youths here, she requires to know that there is significant difference in between a and an IP. For a news release, most content owners will enjoy that it is being reposted across the internet. As a motivator and good example, Linda needs to begin teaching those who appreciate her that a piece like the one you’re checking out, as unappealing as it may appear, is someone’s infant and like many babies, you require to ask the parent for approval before you take them on a trip far from home. And after, let me know where my baby is and how far she’s travelled by sending out a message back home, with a track back.She requires to show that beyond the buzz, she can up her game and set the best type of standards.<br>

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