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<br>Every social media savvy Nigerian understands Linda Ikeji, or need to understand her, and it is nearly difficult to have a discussion centred on online media in Nigeria without her name popping up, one way or another.By embodying that famous Nigerian can-do mindset, ex-model Linda prospered in making her name a referral point whenever individuals in Nigeria think about an effective news site. For this woman from simple beginnings, starting a blog site when her modelling career started to unwind 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 business organisations in Nigeria vying for advert space on her blog site, Linda’s passion has actually turned her into Nigeria’s premier blog writer, and wealthiest, by far.Over the years, Linda has set trends, affected government policy and provided Nigerians lots of things to talk about. Fearing what a negative exposé on her blog 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 celeb, and got to rub shoulders with those who declare ownership of the glitzy world of glamour.<br>
<br>Maintaining a simple mien, Linda, at first, didn’t seem to care much about all the glamour, but she did keep in mind how far she had come and never failed to tell the world how she moved from not having a thousand Naira in her savings account a couple of years ago to getting to where she is today: all from having and consistently publishing on her basic design blogspot site, from the comfort of her bedroom.As part of an interview panel a couple of weeks back, I heard interviewees gush about how much they admire Linda’s work ethics and her capability to record and own a segment. ‘She’s so good, she makes her blogging seem like talking with your friends,’ one impressive hopeful author gushed when asked what she thinks is the Linda Ikeji magic. I agreed with her. I think Linda Ikeji is extraordinary, in her consistency. As someone who desires the writer tag, I understand direct how challenging staying on track is.Advertisement<br>
<br>Some weeks back, Linda posted that she had actually gotten a brand name brand-new Range Rover 4X4 and social media went abuzz. Many individuals wondered if costs 24 million on one automobile makes good sense, specifically if you currently have two extremely excellent cars and trucks in a country 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 move: a grand announcement that the blog writer had actually signed up with the world of the extremely rich.Linda Ikeji displays her wheels. Photo: Linda Ikeji’s Blog<br>
<br>Perhaps it was the interest generated by the purchase, however Nigerian social networks remains abuzz. Not with the news of the incredibly vehicle, but around something that has actually evaded the woman’s heels for several years: the question of what numerous see as her rampant plagiarism.Now, you ‘d require to go to Linda’s blog site to much better understand her design, however the fact is that, typically, beyond the 2 liners she adds, she can’t claim ownership to the majority of the content. In the brand-new age of very quick breaking news and millions of individual blogs, copying and pasting is ending up being more rampant and, in locations such as Nigeria, is incorrectly being perceived as the norm.As quickly as the twitter furore over Linda’s current use of somebody’s product without attribution or started on October 4 2014, a great deal of individuals quickly got on her case.22/ 32 Despite making 10s of thousands of US$ each month from her website, @LindaIkeji selects to willfully ignore ALL copyright holders,- Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) October 5, 2014
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<br>Linda Ikeji steals articles and is called successful. If you call her out, it’s beef. This is why political leaders take our wealth & are hailed.- Ikenna Ronald Nzimora (@ronaldnzimora) October 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/518772004540153856But, Linda is not without her advocates: I do not believe in ‘haters’. I don’t think it’s disliking. I just believe it’s a rejection 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 site. Run it the way you want. Then purchase your own Range Rover.- Ohimai Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) October 4, 2014
When all is said and done, the fact will remain as glaring as it is easy: The internet is seriously challenging the existing copyright laws and the large number of infringements makes most efforts at persecution a really high order. However, the fact likewise speaks of rights and wrongs: Stealing somebody’s intellectual residential or commercial property is wrong and making an earnings out of it is even worse.As I have actually said previously, most content owners are OK with others using part of their work (with attribution and a link back to the initial source) but are unhappy with the copy and paste journalists who think it is fair play to occupy their websites with contents that are the fruit of someone’s intense labour.Advertisement<br>
<br>I will not declare to be saintish. Nobody is. And I make sure there are numerous ways to excuse Linda’s supposed disobediences, however those reasons pale in the light of the oft-repeated assertion that she neglects individuals who try to contact her when she infringes on their copyright.That’s too bad. For somebody who is a motivation to numerous youths here, she needs to know that there is marked difference in between a news release and an IP. For a news release, most content owners will enjoy that it is being reposted across the web. As an incentive and function model, Linda needs to start teaching those who look up to her that a piece like the one you read, as unattractive as it may appear, is somebody’s baby and like most infants, you require to ask the parent for consent before you take them on a trip away from home. And after, let me understand where my infant is and how far she’s travelled by sending a message back home, with a track back.She needs to show that beyond the hype, she can up her game and set the best kind of standards.<br>
