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<br>Every social media savvy Nigerian knows Linda Ikeji, or should know her, and it is nearly difficult to have a conversation centred on online media in Nigeria without her name turning up, one way or another.By embodying that renowned Nigerian can-do mindset, ex-model Linda prospered in making her name a reference point whenever people in Nigeria think of an effective news site. For this girl from humble beginnings, 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 most of the better-known corporate organisations in Nigeria competing for advert space on her blog, Linda’s enthusiasm has actually turned her into Nigeria’s blogger, and wealthiest, by far.Over the years, Linda has actually set trends, affected federal government policy and provided Nigerians loads of things to discuss. 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 career would never ever be said to be that high flying, became a celebrity, and got to rub shoulders with those who claim ownership of the glitzy world of glamour.<br>
<br>Maintaining a humble mien, Linda, at first, didn’t seem to care much about all the glamour, but she did keep in mind how far she had actually come and never stopped working 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 posting on her easy design blogspot site, from the comfort of her bedroom.As part of an interview panel a couple of weeks earlier, I heard interviewees gush about how much they admire Linda’s work ethics and her ability to capture and own a section. ‘She’s so excellent, she makes her blogging look like chatting with your good friends,’ one remarkable aspiring writer gushed when asked what she believes is the Linda Ikeji magic. I concurred with her. I think Linda Ikeji is sensational, in her consistency. As someone who desires the author tag, I know direct how challenging staying on track is.Advertisement<br>
<br>Some weeks back, Linda posted that she had actually gotten a brand new Range Rover 4X4 and social networks went abuzz. Lots of people questioned if costs 24 million on one automobile makes sense, especially if you already have two great cars 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 good relocation: a grand statement that the blog writer had actually joined the world of the super rich.Linda Ikeji flaunts her wheels. Photo: Linda Ikeji’s Blog<br>
<br>Perhaps it was the interest created by the purchase, but Nigerian social media stays abuzz. Not with the news of the very automobile, however around something that has dodged the girl’s heels for several years: the concern of what many view as her rampant plagiarism.Now, you ‘d require to go to Linda’s blog to better understand her design, but the truth is that, usually, beyond the two liners she includes, she can’t declare ownership to the majority of the content. In the brand-new age of incredibly fast breaking news and countless personal blogs, copying and pasting is becoming more rampant and, in places such as Nigeria, is mistakenly being perceived as the norm.As soon as the twitter furore over Linda’s recent usage of someone’s material without attribution or consent started on October 4 2014, a great deal of people quickly got on her case.22/ 32 Despite making 10s of thousands of US$ on a monthly basis from her website, @LindaIkeji picks to willfully neglect ALL copyright holders,- Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) October 5, 2014
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<br>Linda Ikeji takes short articles and is described 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 don’t think in ‘haters’. I don’t believe it’s hating. I simply think it’s a refusal to accept her legitimacy. But it exists, solid.- 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 stated and done, the truth will remain as glaring as it is basic: The web is seriously challenging the existing copyright laws and the large number of infringements makes most efforts at persecution an extremely high order. However, the reality also speaks of rights and wrongs: Stealing somebody’s intellectual property is wrong and earning a profit out of it is even worse.As I’ve said previously, most content owners are OK with others utilizing part of their work (with attribution and a link back to the initial source) however are unhappy with the copy and paste journalists who think it is fair play to populate their sites with contents that are the fruit of somebody’s extreme labour.Advertisement<br>
<br>I will not declare to be saintish. No one is. And I make sure there are numerous methods to excuse Linda’s alleged disobediences, however those reasons fade in the light of the oft-repeated assertion that she overlooks people who try to contact her when she infringes on their copyright.That’s regrettable. For someone who is a motivation to numerous youths here, she needs to understand that there is marked 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 web. As a motivator and function design, Linda needs to start teaching those who admire her that a piece like the one you’re checking out, as unappealing as it might appear, is somebody’s child and like the majority of babies, you require to ask the moms and dad for permission before you take them on a journey far from home. And after, let me understand where my baby is and how far she’s taken a trip by sending out a message back home, with a track back.She needs to show that beyond the hype, she can up her video game and set the best sort of standards.<br>0