jmoore:
They have spoken.

"My people perish for lack of knowledge"

$20 for a domain name per year + around $1,200 for hosting(dedicated server) per year she can't spend.

am really sorry for her, but she shot herself on the foot.
If she had run her own .com domain, the worst Google can do her is
ban her from Adsense and delist her site from Google search.

She would have been able to pick herself up.
She didn't even have an office after over 7 years as a pro blogger.

Lesson to learn:
Never build your online business on a company like Google.
They can break your heart at anytime, no matter who you are or how popular your website is.

I suffered from them in the past, but now thank God, am back, bigger and better
running a business i have full control over.

Dinzelflash:
just to add, from what I know Cybersquatting is defined as a criminal act
that entails the illegal and unlawful holding
of a domain name in an unethical fashion.
Typically, Cyber-squatters, those who
engage in the act of Cybersquatting, do so
with the intent of bullying prospective
purchasers who require a domain name
into meeting the financial demands
expressed by the cyber-squatter. This is
done in lieu of a productive and ethical
commercial endeavor in which the domain
name owned is used for commercial value. the dude Mr aydee has been sued by Volkswagen for cybersquatting, he is also cybersquatting the domain name "lindaikeji.net". which is an offense tho..not saying that I'm in support of Linda's plagiarism but his hands ain't clean too.. #justsaying

If I may ask, is there any law that state that the name"Lindaikeji" must belong to one person?


Volkswagen will loose that case because that name has been in existence before the company was set up.


Normal law is quite different from the cyber ones. Nigeria is still new to that field.



Linda should learn from Seun the owner of Nairaland and get her own site.

possibly na linda relative or SO dey google sef, abeg next story plz.

Rilamaka:
Complete BULLSHIT. Mr Aydee or whatever , I hope you can now buy your own Range Rover? Yeye dey smell

Product of a failed educational system.

I'm sure you can't even comprehend what the guy said.

badmrkt:
what mess? The one she created or what?

which ever one...mess is mess!

Ochillary:
Wow!! Making front page is not easy at all oo

if u want to be hitting front page like anything just have ur nairaland app

Should it still be called plagiarism if she gives credit to the sources she's quoting from? Cos there are several of her posts I've read where she gives reference to the original sources, which most of the time are other big blogs and news websites. Cnn, tmz, BBC, etc all quote their sources when required. So I don't see the big deal. All I see is a desperate and pathetic guy who's trying to gain cheap publicity for himself and his sites I never even knew before now.

bigt2:
That's a bad one from google.

how is it bad? That they are enforcing anti-plagiarism rules??

But me dont see anything spectacular in Linda's blog. I rely on Seun Nairaland than Linda.

Mybe if the Girl has been the low profile one, she would not have been in this mess.

Well, I wis her well and hope she gets over this as quick as possible.

Life is full of challenges.

Aida13:


People just shout 'lawsuit' anyhow. And millions of dollars? For what? Is he John Grisham? How much does he stand to lose for being plagiariazed of say a few thousand words? Don't make me laugh. Shutting her down is the worst they could do. No one is awarding anyone close to even a fraction of the amount you're spewing up there.

These people stole just 12 pictures from Getty images, see what happened to them and how they got sued for $321,000. Linda stole over 1,000 images from this same company. Google initially deleted a few posts from Lindaikeji but deleted her blog when they realised she had stolen and plagiarised more than 10,000 times from Getty images, Mr Ayedun and SEVERAL people/organisations combined. So imagine what would happen if Getty images decide to sue her


Right now she needs your prayers, not for you people to be calling her victims haters and she needs to employ a Business Manager, PR personnel, Lawyers, Computer Programmers, Journalists, Photographers, get an office, etc...

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@Mr Oyb fall in...thats enough for you to fill in the gap...or you can get the rest of the info off the dude's twitter handle

The Google rep that commented on the issue did not mention that she committed plagiarism, he only cited that it could be the possible cause... There are other reasons that can cause the suspension of a blog....lots of jugdes on NL.... Who did mr. Seun offended when nairaland got hacked... Am not saying she is guilty or not... Let google do there thorough search.... Am sure they are making money from her blogs ... The africa google rep shud also investigate other than jst making reference to terms and contidition of blogger.com

Notable Lawsuits:

1) Q: What’s lamer than a crappy photo of Nebraska? A: Having to pay $8,000 in copyright infringement penalties for it. This is a lesson we recently learned the hard way, and if you have (or contribute to) a blog you might want to read about our story so that you never, ever make the same mistake we did.

Read more at: http://www.contentfac.com/copyright-infringement-penalties-are-scary/

2) Lil Kim Sued For LP Artwork & Other Celebs Sued For Copyright Infringement

Read more at: http://realestate.aol.com/blog/videos/real-estate/518076051/
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10 Reasons that Cause Blogger Blog Deleted By Google

Read more at: https://www.mybloggerworld.com/2014/02/10-reasons-that-cause--blog.html
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As the blogging phenomenon expands, copyright concerns become quite important. Technology makes it really easy to copy, modify and share information, whether we talk about text, images, audio or video.

Read more at: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/copyright-law-12-dos-and-donts/
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Bloggers are getting in trouble for their posts? You have probably heard that a lot of times. Bloggers are citizen journalist that publishes sensitive issues that they are not aware of the consequences.

Read more at: http://copyright.laws.com/copyright-infringement/bloggers-guide-to-avoid-copyright-violation
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Thanks to the internet that makes ideas and opinions easily and quickly get published. But there is big responsibility as a consequence to the development. Blogging with attitude can be tricky.

See more at: http://copyright.laws.com/internet-piracy/bloggers-rights
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If you are a new blogger you may not be aware of the word plagiarism, copyright problem…etc. Plagiarism means copying content written by another author in your website.

Read more at: http://techspiel.com/copyright-infringement-fines-and-punishmentslegal-actions-taken-for-copy-paste-articles/
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
You've heard some teachers say that it's always wrong to copy someone else's work. They ruthlessly check your papers for plagiarism. Other teachers say that it's all right as long as you give credit to the original author. Who's right?

Read more here: http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/plagiarism-vs-copyright.php

jmoore:
They have spoken.

"My people perish for lack of knowledge"

$20 for a domain name per year + around $1,200 for hosting(dedicated server) per year she can't spend.

Azzin i weak ...she was only interested in buying cars but didn't feel it was necessary to upgrade despite her wealth

tmtech:
The Google rep that commented on the issue did not mention that she committed plagiarism, he only cited that it could be the possible cause... There are other reasons that can cause the suspension of a blog....lots of jugdes on NL.... Who did mr. Seun offended when nairaland got hacked... Am not saying she is guilty or not... Let google do there thorough search.... Am sure they are making money from her blogs ... The africa google rep shud also investigate other than jst making reference to terms and contidition of blogger.com

The african rep is just a "rep".

tmtech:
The Google rep that commented on the issue did not mention that she committed plagiarism, he only cited that it could be the possible cause... There are other reasons that can cause the suspension of a blog....lots of jugdes on NL.... Who did mr. Seun offended when nairaland got hacked... Am not saying she is guilty or not... Let google do there thorough search.... Am sure they are making money from her blogs ... The africa google rep shud also investigate other than jst making reference to terms and contidition of blogger.com

She acknowledged she was guilty in her response on the day this news broke out and also said that Google gave her the chance to file a counterclaim. So OBVIOUSLY she was found guilty on a magnanimous scale HENCE reason she got deleted.

lindaikeji:
So something has been going on for the past couple of days that I haven't reacted to because I wanted to see it play out and see how far these people will go. They have gone far and it's now time to react...




... So he and his team started filling several reports, sending links of my blog posts and making claims to Google. Outrageous false claims. And because Google acts first before they contact the blog owner, they took down some posts and asked me to file a counter claim if I felt I had a right to re-publish those articles. Now that my blog is under Google review, these guys have started to spam it again...

...They want Google to shut it down. That is their aim. Will they succeed? I sincerely don't know...



...Now talking about copyright infringement, Mr Aye Dee feels that crediting source is not enough, that I have to write a written permission to the website owner. That's laughable at best. So if there's a breaking news on TMZ, I will first write to the editors and wait for the 2/3 days it will take them to reply me...that's if they even bother to.

I admit that I take content from other sites. Plenty of it sef...

Source :http://www.stellagossip.com/2014/10/linda-ikeji-finally-addresses-guy-that.html

The Lawyer Linda quoted also said:

Below is an article from lawyer and blogger Uduak Udouk of Africa Music Lawabout this guy and his cyber-squatting criminal activities
"According to a twitter handle owned by @MrAyeDee, celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji was accused of copyright infringement of his works. He reported these infringing activities to Google and what resulted was a take down of his articles/works on her site

Rilamaka:
Complete BULLSHIT. Mr Aydee or whatever , I hope you can now buy your own Range Rover? Yeye dey smell

pathetic being. I wonder the type of brain you have!

GuyFawkes:
Jeez its only in Nigeria people will blame their enemies or people witchhunting FFS Plagiarism is a serious offence in civilized nations, you can't just copy someone elses intellectual property without giving credit, its been emphasised by so many sensible posters on NL but some folks are still screaming blue murder.

In a country where people just copy and paste their assignments from the internet even their final year projects it shouldn't come as a suprise.

Can you now see why I call these folks stark illiterates stuck in the primeval times? Nigerians have been blaming the devil, and enemies since 10BC hence the country is stuck in the 15th century. Most of them don't even know that the internet is well regulated especially when you are commercialising it. And didn't Fareed Zakaria get suspended from CNN for plagiarism?

I'd say she is lucky she got the message early while still using a freebie on google. And google just had to throw her blog out, so as not to be liable in any lawsuit against her. Because apart from plagiarism, I read somewhere that the woman keeps stealing pictures from gettyimages without proper licence agreement. Oh well, she dodged a lawsuit that would have taken her life savings. She is a learner lol.

Perhaps she needs to ask bossip.com, nicolebitchie.com, mediatakeout etc. About how much they have paid thus far for all kinds lawsuits. And more time, they reference the source of their news, and give photo credits.

Anyway, she can learn the art of blogging and how not to break the internet dos and don't from Nicole Bitchie. And hopefully, she will use this as a learning process and stop crying foul everywhere, with these other primitive dunderheads. They make black folks look bad.

Stealing contents online is not different from vandalizing other people's cars and selling the parts in your shop.
Profitable but criminal.

Aida13:
Is that enough to shut down a blog?? Come on! African crab-in-a-barrel mentality. That's why it's not good for women especially to showcase their wealth/success. The moment you do, others will try to bring you down (and usually it's the male category, not even female rivals). I hope she gets back bigger and stronger!! (and I'm not even her fan nor do I even visit her blog but I respect her hustle).

If she plagiarized, she should pay a fine or something. Not shutting down her bread and butter!

plagiarize three times in a school essay, you are going to be kicked out of the school with immediate effect. When i was in nigeria, all these plagiarism thing weren't crime, but when i came to canada, it was God that i wasn't reported to the immigration to face deportation just because i plagiarize.

Na so i tell them say where i come from, plagiarism nor be big deal. The school authority confirmed it with different instructors who stated that most nigerian student they taught also did the same thing.

imo the blog was taken offline for other reasons besides these various excuses given.

nigeria's money is being tracked and seized all over the place, ISIS is up and running, and people have to cover their butts.

etc etc.


better to give the whole process another name while setting all the dominos in place and preparing the next set of workers.

itstpia1:
imo the blog was taken offline for other reasons besides these various excuses given.

nigeria's money is being tracked and seized all over the place, ISIS is up and running, and people have to cover their butts.

etc etc.


better to give the whole process another name while setting all the dominos in place and preparing the next set of workers.

Smh


Nigerians are funny and weird

Aida13:
Is that enough to shut down a blog?? Come on! African crab-in-a-barrel mentality. That's why it's not good for women especially to showcase their wealth/successwww . The moment you do, others will try to bring you down (and usually it's the male category, not even female rivals). I hope she gets back bigger and stronger!! (and I'm not even her fan nor do I even visit her blog but I respect her hustle).

If she plagiarized, she should pay a fine or something. Not shutting down her bread and butter!

Dullard,

bigt2:
That's a bad one from google.

Will you be happy if someone is using your write-ups to make name & money without referencing you??

ammyluv2002:
which ever one...mess is mess!

some ain't, but...

bobo65:
dunno y I booked this space self

who b Linda ikeji

space for sale

I NEED IT, HELP ME PLACE THIS THERE

https://www.nairaland.com/1938808/mtn-data-bundle-cheapest-rates

Missy89:

Smh

Nigerians are funny and weird

Bwahahahaha

Tilapia is a nutjob - but she's a legend though.

We as black people in the general love the blame game, that's like our bread and butter, and what makes us unique. However, Nigerians took that ish to the next level, higher than stratosphere. I think it has to do with illiteracy, and being overly religious. It's always about the devil and enemies, even when they know they're in the wrong, and they have been in the wrong for a long time - till they got their just due.

Bwoi, I was cracking up yesterday as a guest while reading all the comments on the initial thread. The ignorance on display was so comical that I literally almost started shedding tears. Just had to ignore the thread, before they descend on you like a wolfpack, especially when the thread is crowded. These folks need mental and spiritual cleansing.

Busybody2:



These people stole just 12 pictures from Getty images, see what happened to them and how they got sued for $321,000. Linda stole over 1,000 images from this same company. Google initially deleted a few posts from Lindaikeji but deleted her blog when they realised she had stolen and plagiarised more than 10,000 times from Getty images, Mr Ayedun and SEVERAL people/organisations combined. So imagine what would happen if Getty images decide to sue her


Right now she needs your prayers, not for you people to be calling her victims haters and she needs to employ a Business Manager, PR personnel, Lawyers, Computer Programmers, Journalists, Photographers, get an office, etc...

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@Mr Oyb fall in...thats enough for you to fill in the gap...or you can get the rest of the info off the dude's twitter handle

Thank you. You have made a valid point, unlike some who just insult simply to get their issue across. Like the [size=18pt]goathead [/size]below I can bet he's one of those who plagiarized their way through university, and will now come here forming

As for me, Getty Images is a bit different. Such companies can sue for millions because of the loss they incur from stolen/plagiarised images used without permission or payment. As for the complainant in this case, he will get to earn a lighter fee I'm sure, if at all. Beside, Linda Ikeji must have lost untold sums from her blog going down even for a day/week or who knows how long. Like I said, I just want to encourage those in the same industry to learn from her mistakes and aim for originality.

iykedare:

Dullard,

Could be because of what all have said and other things unsaid including b'cause she's Nigerian operating an undeniably world-class blog.

Missy89:


Smh


Nigerians are funny and weird

but they were not funny and weird when they were being told to bath with salt water to prevent ebola?

seems you're the funny and weird one dear.

you were mia then but are suddenly all over the place now.

SirShymex:


Bwahahahaha

Tilapia is a nutjob - but she's a legend though.

We as black people in the general love the blame game, that's like our bread and butter, and what makes us unique. However, Nigerians took that ish to the next level, higher than stratosphere. I think it has to do with illiteracy, and being overly religious. It's always about the devil and enemies, even when they know they're in the wrong, and they have been in the wrong for a long time - till they got their just due.

Bwoi, I was cracking up yesterday as a guest while reading all the comments on the initial thread. The ignorance on display was so comical that I literally almost started shedding tears. Just had to ignore the thread, before they descend on you like a wolfpack, especially when the thread is crowded. These folks need mental and spiritual cleansing.

hey, b.astard, who is tilapia?

your mama?

itstpia1:



but they were not funny and weird when they were being told to bath with salt water to prevent ebola?

seems you're the funny and weird one dear.

you were mia then but are suddenly all over the place now.

Isis , ebola, money laundry. you are all over the place aren't ya?

on a serious note thou, I don't understand what you just said. what does ebola and isis had to to do with plagiarism ?