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<br>Every social networks savvy Nigerian understands Linda Ikeji, or must understand her, and it is almost difficult to have a discussion centred on online media in Nigeria without her name popping up, one way or another.By embodying that renowned Nigerian can-do mindset, ex-model Linda was successful in making her name a referral point whenever individuals in Nigeria believe about an effective news website. For this woman from humble starts, starting a blog when her modelling profession started to wind down was something to do, for the love of it, never ever for cash. This was some 6+ years back. Now, with the majority of the better-known corporate organisations in Nigeria contending for advert area on her blog, Linda’s enthusiasm has turned her into Nigeria’s premier blogger, and richest, by far.Over the years, Linda has set patterns, impacted federal government policy and gave Nigerians lots of things to speak about. Fearing what an unfavorable 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 ever be stated to be that high flying, ended up being a star, and got to rub shoulders with those who declare ownership of the flashy world of glamour.<br>
<br>Maintaining a simple mien, Linda, at first, didn’t seem to care much about all the glamour, however she did remember how far she had come and never failed to tell 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 on her easy design blogspot website, from the comfort of her bedroom.As part of an interview panel a few weeks ago, I heard interviewees gush about just how much they admire Linda’s work ethics and her capability to catch and own a section. ‘She’s so great, she makes her blogging appear like chatting with your pals,’ one exceptional ambitious writer gushed when asked what she thinks is the Linda Ikeji magic. I agreed with her. I think Linda Ikeji is incredible, in her consistency. As someone who aspires to the author tag, I understand direct how hard staying on track is.Advertisement<br>
<br>Some weeks back, Linda published that she had actually obtained a brand new Range Rover 4X4 and social networks went abuzz. Many people wondered if spending 24 million on one cars and truck makes good sense, specifically if you currently have two great automobiles in a nation where (as the IMF can’t stop informing the world) the typical person subsists on less than a dollar a day. However, there were those who felt it was a great relocation: a grand announcement that the blogger had joined the world of the incredibly 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 networks stays abuzz. Not with the news of the extremely car, but around something that has actually evaded the woman’s heels for several years: the question of what lots of see as her rampant plagiarism.Now, you ‘d require to check out Linda’s blog to better comprehend her style, but the truth is that, generally, beyond the two liners she adds, she can’t declare ownership to most of the material. In the brand-new age of super fast breaking news and millions of individual blogs, copying and pasting is becoming more widespread and, in locations such as Nigeria, is erroneously being viewed as the norm.As soon as the twitter furore over Linda’s current usage of somebody’s product without attribution or approval started on October 4 2014, a lot of people quickly got on her case.22/ 32 Despite making tens of thousands of US$ monthly from her site, @LindaIkeji selects to willfully disregard ALL copyright holders,- Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) October 5, 2014
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<br>Linda Ikeji takes posts and is termed effective. If you call her out, it’s beef. This is why political leaders steal our wealth & are hailed.- Ikenna Ronald Nzimora (@ronaldnzimora) October 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/518772004540153856But, Linda is not without her fans: I do not believe in ‘haters’. I do not believe it’s disliking. I simply think it’s a refusal to accept her authenticity. But it is there, strong.- Chude Jideonwo (@Chude) October 4, 2014Advertisement<br>
<br>Leave Linda Ikeji alone. Start your own blog. Run it the way you want. Then buy your own Range Rover.- Ohimai Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) October 4, 2014
When all is stated and done, the reality will remain as glaring as it is simple: The internet is seriously challenging the existing copyright laws and the large number of infringements makes most attempts at persecution a very tall order. However, the fact also mentions rights and wrongs: Stealing somebody’s intellectual property is wrong and earning a profit out of it is even worse.As I have actually stated previously, most content owners are OK with others using part of their work (with attribution and a link back to the original source) but are dissatisfied with the copy and paste journalists who believe it is reasonable play to occupy their websites with contents that are the fruit of someone’s extreme labour.Advertisement<br>
<br>I will not claim to be saintish. Nobody is. And I am sure there are several ways to excuse Linda’s supposed disobediences, but those excuses pale in the light of the oft-repeated assertion that she neglects individuals who attempt to contact her when she infringes on their copyright.That’s regrettable. For someone who is an inspiration to lots of young people here, she requires to know that there is marked difference between a news release and an IP. For a press release, most content owners will more than happy that it is being reposted across the internet. As an incentive and function design, Linda needs to start teaching those who look up to her that a piece like the one you read, as unappealing as it might appear, is somebody’s infant and like most children, you need to ask the parent for permission before you take them on a journey far from home. And after, let me know where my infant is and how far she’s travelled by sending out a message back home, with a track back.She needs to reveal that beyond the hype, she can up her video game and set the ideal kind of standards.<br>
