Following the fiasco that has been circulating the cyber space for a while now regarding the alleged accusation of plagiarism by a certain Mr. @AyeDee, and which he claims he had reported her to Google and the company had taken his report into cognizance.
Google followed suit and took some of Linda Ikeji’s blogposts according to her but didn’t take the blog down. Assumably so, with the persistency of the attack that ensued after this development, the accuser wasn’t done with her just yet.
Today, however, Google took down the blog but reinstated it several minutes after before finally yanking it off totally, confirming that it was their policy before explanation.
The Blog is still alive though on the mobile platform, lindaikeji.mobi and the blogger is calling on her fans to continue there instead. Although it still has her regular posts and will be up for a while pending her full return, the site has received a lot of criticism on social network particularly Twitter. Users are complaining that it is just not the same as the one they are used to and would rather have that back.
We don't like this version: http://t.co/yo1CvNjxSD
— Somachi ChrisAsoluka (@SomaKudi) October 8, 2014 Meanwhile, Google's Manager for Communications and Public Affairs, Anglo-Phone West Africa, Taiwo Kolade-Ogunlade sent out a statement about the issue as published by Punch.
“To respect the rights of copyright holders, Google clearly spells out how users of its products and services can get permission to use someone else’s intellectual property such as text, songs, images and footages. Google is no respecter of anybody when it came to the issues of copyright infringement, copyright is a big deal.
“Google as an organisation takes issues of copyright seriously and belongs to a group of digital companies that respect copyrights.
“Copyright is a big deal and this is why you can’t just go and pick up another person’s intellectual property or content and lay claim to its ownership.
“That is why we have copyright guidance. I don’t know if Linda picked up any content and I don’t know what content is the bone of contention-neither have I looked into the complaints personally.
“But it is not a case of witch-hunting and has nothing to do with Linda Ikeji’s personality or anyone else because there is a process, and irrespective of who you are in the world, that process would apply to you.
“It has become imperative for online entrepreneurs to respect the rights of copyright holders noting that the Internet community should be built on mutual trust and general respect.
“Let’s respect other people’s rights and intellectual property. Making money off other people’s content without permission is wrong. Although the Internet is inanimate, it is the content on it that gives it life. These are the issues.
“Whenever owners of online contents come after you accusing you of using their content, it is because they have families to feed and businesses to sustain.
“People should also understand that copyrights does not only apply to text, but also extends to literary works, images and photographs, music files and MP3s, movies, movie trailers and videos as well as software.”
Linda on the other hand, This Morning:
Oh wow! Thanks guys for all the love and support. I'm overwhelmed. Trying to get a new site...please bear with me. Long live LIB. Kisses..
— Linda Ikeji (@lindaikeji) October 8, 2014
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