While most have been shocked by the sudden
shutdown of Linda Ikeji’s blog by Google, many are
pointing accusing fingers man who threatened to
see to it that her blog is deleted for alleged
plagiarism.
Punch contacted Google’s Manager for
Communications and Public Affairs, Anglo-Phone
West Africa, Taiwo Kolade-Ogunlade, and he gave
reasons why the blog was shut down
“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,” Kolade-Ogunlade
explained.
“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,”
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