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Every social networks savvy Nigerian understands Linda Ikeji, or should know her, and it is almost difficult to have a discussion centred on online media in Nigeria without her name turning up, one method or another.By embodying that renowned Nigerian can-do attitude, ex-model Linda succeeded in making her name a referral point whenever people in Nigeria think about an effective news site. For this woman from humble beginnings, starting a blog when her modelling profession began to unwind was something to do, for the love of it, never ever for money. This was some 6+ years earlier. Now, with the majority of the better-known business organisations in Nigeria competing for advert space on her blog site, Linda's passion has actually turned her into Nigeria's premier blog writer, and richest, by far.Over the years, Linda has actually set patterns, affected government policy and offered Nigerians lots of things to speak about. Fearing what a negative exposé on her blog would do their image or professions, 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 celebrity, and got to rub shoulders with those who declare ownership of the flashy world of glamour.

Maintaining a humble mien, Linda, initially, didn't seem to care much about all the glamour, but she did keep in mind how far she had come and never ever stopped working 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 regularly publishing on her simple style blogspot website, from the convenience of her bedroom.As part of an interview panel a few weeks ago, I heard interviewees gush about how much they appreciate Linda's work ethics and her ability to catch and own a segment. 'She's so excellent, she makes her blogging look like talking with your friends,' one exceptional aspiring writer gushed when asked what she thinks is the Linda Ikeji magic. I concurred with her. I think Linda Ikeji is sensational, in her consistency. As somebody who strives to the author tag, I understand direct how hard staying on track is.Advertisement

Some weeks earlier, Linda posted that she had actually gotten a brand new Range Rover 4X4 and social networks went abuzz. Lots of people wondered if spending 24 million on one automobile makes sense, especially if you already have two great vehicles in a nation where (as the IMF can't stop telling the world) the typical individual subsists on less than a dollar a day. However, there were those who felt it was a good relocation: 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

Perhaps it was the interest created by the purchase, however Nigerian social networks remains abuzz. Not with the news of the very vehicle, however around something that has actually dodged the lady's heels for many years: the concern of what lots of view as her rampant plagiarism.Now, you 'd need to visit Linda's blog to much better comprehend her style, but the truth is that, normally, beyond the two liners she adds, she can't claim ownership to the majority of the material. In the new age of very quick breaking news and countless personal blogs, copying and pasting is ending up being more rampant and, in locations such as Nigeria, is mistakenly being viewed as the norm.As quickly as the twitter furore over Linda's recent use of someone's material without attribution or consent began on October 4 2014, a lot of individuals quickly got on her case.22/ 32 Despite making tens of countless US$ each month from her site, @LindaIkeji chooses to willfully neglect ALL copyright holders,- Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) October 5, 2014
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Linda Ikeji takes posts and is called 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 advocates: I do not believe in 'haters'. I do not think it's disliking. I simply believe it's a refusal to accept her legitimacy. But it is there, strong.- Chude Jideonwo (@Chude) October 4, 2014Advertisement

Leave Linda Ikeji alone. Start your own blog. Run it the method you want. Then buy your own Range Rover.- Ohimai Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) October 4, 2014
When all is stated and done, the fact will remain as glaring as it is simple: The internet is seriously challenging the existing copyright laws and the large variety of violations makes most attempts at persecution an extremely high order. However, the reality likewise speaks of rights and wrongs: Stealing someone's copyright is incorrect and earning a profit out of it is even worse.As I have actually stated before, most content owners are OK with others utilizing part of their work (with attribution and a link back to the initial source) but are dissatisfied with the copy and paste journalists who think it is fair play to populate their websites with contents that are the fruit of someone's intense labour.Advertisement

I will not declare to be saintish. Nobody is. And I am sure there are a number of methods to excuse Linda's alleged transgressions, but those excuses fade in the light of the oft-repeated assertion that she ignores people who try to contact her when she infringes on their copyright.That's too bad. For somebody who is an inspiration to lots of youths here, she requires to understand that there is significant distinction in between a news release and an IP. For a news release, most content owners will be delighted that it is being reposted throughout the internet. As an incentive and role model, Linda needs to start teaching those who admire her that a piece like the one you read, as unappealing as it might appear, is someone's infant and like the majority of infants, you require to ask the moms and dad for before you take them on a trip far from home. And after, let me know where my infant is and how far she's taken a trip by sending out a message back home, with a track back.She needs to reveal that beyond the hype, she can up her game and set the ideal type of requirements.