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

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- July 9, 2025 at 11:21 #73090 Reply
 
 leopoldohardin0
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 Every social networks savvy Nigerian knows Linda Ikeji, or should 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 famous Nigerian can-do mindset, ex-model Linda was successful in making her name a recommendation point whenever people in Nigeria consider a successful news site. For this lady from humble beginnings, starting a blog site when her modelling career began to wind down was something to do, for the love of it, never ever for money. 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 site, Linda’s enthusiasm has turned her into Nigeria’s premier blogger, and richest, by far.Over the years, Linda has set patterns, affected federal government policy and gave 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 be stated to be that high flying, ended up being a celebrity, and got to rub shoulders with those who claim ownership of the glitzy world of glamour. 
 Maintaining a humble mien, Linda, at first, didn’t seem to care much about all the glamour, but she did remember how far she had come and never failed to inform the world how she moved from not having a thousand Naira in her checking account a couple of years ago to getting to where she is today: all from having and regularly publishing on her basic design blogspot website, from the convenience of her bedroom.As part of an interview panel a few weeks earlier, I heard interviewees gush about how much they admire Linda’s work ethics and her to record and own a segment. ‘She’s so good, she makes her blogging appear like talking with your friends,’ one remarkable aspiring writer gushed when asked what she thinks is the Linda Ikeji magic. I concurred with her. I think Linda Ikeji is remarkable, in her consistency. As somebody who desires the author tag, I understand firsthand how tough staying on track is.Advertisement 
 Some weeks earlier, Linda posted that she had actually gotten a brand 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 currently have two very good cars in a country where (as the IMF can’t stop telling the world) the average person 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 incredibly rich.Linda Ikeji displays her wheels. Photo: Linda Ikeji’s Blog 
 Perhaps it was the interest produced by the purchase, however Nigerian social media remains abuzz. Not with the news of the very automobile, but around something that has dodged the girl’s heels for several years: the concern of what numerous view as her widespread plagiarism.Now, you ‘d require to go to Linda’s blog to much better comprehend her design, however the fact is that, usually, beyond the two liners she adds, she can’t declare ownership to many of the material. In the brand-new age of incredibly quick breaking news and millions of individual blogs, copying and pasting is ending up being more widespread and, in places such as Nigeria, is incorrectly being viewed as the norm.As soon as the twitter furore over Linda’s recent usage of somebody’s material without attribution or approval began on October 4 2014, a lot of individuals quickly got on her case.22/ 32 Despite making tens of thousands of US$ each month from her site, @LindaIkeji selects to willfully neglect ALL copyright holders,- Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) October 5, 2014
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 Linda Ikeji steals posts and is described effective. If you call her out, it’s beef. This is why politicians take 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 hating. I simply think it’s a rejection to accept her legitimacy. But it is there, strong.- Chude Jideonwo (@Chude) October 4, 2014Advertisement 
 Leave Linda Ikeji alone. Start your own blog site. 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 reality will remain as glaring as it is easy: The web is seriously challenging the existing copyright laws and the large number of violations makes most attempts at persecution a really high order. However, the reality also mentions rights and wrongs: Stealing someone’s intellectual property is wrong and making a profit out of it is even worse.As I have actually said before, most content owners are OK with others using part of their work (with attribution and a link back to the original source) however are dissatisfied with the copy and paste reporters who believe it is reasonable play to occupy their sites with contents that are the fruit of someone’s extreme labour.Advertisement 
 I won’t claim to be saintish. Nobody is. And I make certain there are a number of methods to excuse Linda’s alleged transgressions, however those reasons fade in the light of the oft-repeated assertion that she overlooks individuals who try to call her when she infringes on their copyright.That’s too bad. For someone who is an inspiration to many young people here, she requires to know that there is significant difference between a press release and an IP. For a news release, most content owners will be delighted that it is being reposted across the web. As an incentive and function design, Linda needs to begin teaching those who appreciate her that a piece like the one you read, as unattractive as it might appear, is someone’s child and like a lot of children, you need to ask the moms and dad for consent before you take them on a trip far from home. And after, let me know where my child is and how far she’s taken a trip by sending a message back home, with a track back.She requires to reveal that beyond the hype, she can up her video game and set the best type of requirements.
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