Dear Linda,
It is not by accident that you have
become a cynosure for media outlets, co-bloggers, and readers’ community, in
respect to the enjoyed coverage of your recent travails in the blogging
enterprise, while the readers scamper restlessly to grasp the latest
development of these unfolding episodes. Truth is, no matter our varying
reactions to the loss of your initial blog-site, these features –hard work,
resilience, and persistence –cannot be taken away from your person. And these
are recipes of your material success.
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My initially-thought intervention on
the said plagiarism and copyright infringement allegation was to dabble a bit
into what amount to intellectual property theft, citing cases as much as I
could afford, as an academe of patented works, author of published scientific
findings and academic position papers, and a book author in the making. Also
thought was the need to send a word or two, to those raising arms on your
behalf on petty arguments of sexism, patriarchy, or attempting to absorb you of
any irregularity because of your self-evident hard work. However, with the debut post on your new
blog-site; http://lindaikejionline.com/, I am glad to see you have eaten the
humble pie by apologizing to those you might have used their contents, without
due permission and/or credit. To err is human, perfection is for the divine. We
are all work-in-progress, and we will only stop learning the day we bite the
dust. The personal brickbat between you and Aye Dee is not within my interest,
gossip and entertainment commentators might delve into that.
As a member of your demographics (age
bracket), and as a lesson to all, I will still have to drop some words for you.
Now, that you have bounced back:
1. Know that not all who are criticizing
you are haters of your progress. This social psychology is a battered type, a
direct consequence of what materialism amounts to, and unguided celebration of
material growth, accompanied with egoism. The perception of being hated blocks
the much-needed self-examination to see the senses in the criticism of the
critics, and discard the nonsenses into their right place –refuse bin.
2. I know you are not a neophyte, your
present hang-up, to me, is pure negligence. It is high time you did the needful
to fortify your booming blogopreneurship. You need to incorporate your
enterprise. Registering companies in Nigeria is as simple as A-B-C. This will
mitigate legal lashes. You can never tell. Your personal property must not be
the unfortunate victims. You must also get a company lawyer, on part-time
preferably, to expose you to the intricacies of legal framework, guiding
copyright law, and intellectual property.
Dear Linda, it is as simple as this.
Your ascension to the millionaire club is a plus to my generation. At least, we
now have another person to be invited for fund raising ceremony, any time we
are having one.
I wish you good luck in future
endeavour. Load of love from far-away east of the globe.
Semiu A. Akanmu writes from Sintok,
Malaysia.
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