കൈപ്പള്ളിക്ക്....

St. കൈപ്പള്ളി ഡിലീറ്റടിച്ച എന്റെ കമന്റ്. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റ "Invisible to All. Invisible to Law" എന്ന സാഹിത്യ സൃഷ്ടിക്ക് ചാര്‍ത്തിയത്.

Dear Kaippally, et al,

I wish to make a few points on this. Just like in the real world, privacy is your right in the cyber world. Every individual has every right to remain ‘invisible’ from every tom, dick and harries. Anonymity of a person online does not hinder them from seeking the help of law enforcement should their online identity be threatened or defamed. Please be aware that there are online organizations like wiredsafety (www.wiredsafety.com) where the ‘invisible’ can seek help from. In fact, they do make a far better option sometimes, as the online organizations will shield their privacy, even when you go with law enforcement agencies across the world. They do help ‘invisibles’ to make legal cases, and get information from the various agencies.

The invisibles can still remain ‘invisible’ from the cyberworld and they will only need to reveal themselves to the local authorities. People feel a false sense of safety, while sitting in the comfort of their own place. Plaintiff can of course be anonymous from the cyberworld, but not from the law enforcement agencies. The plaintiff just has to prove their access to the virtual identity. Cyber world is also governed under the law and order of the respective country and Interpol helps the interlinking wherever deemed right. Most of the worlds intelligence agencies has a specialized cell that deals with the saints and satans of the digital world.

However, I suspect the intentions of the post, as it is from kaippally, whom I consider as knowledgeable enough on the subject. Dear friend, why pick Inji? Why not someone else? Just because the screen name has been active pretty well? Or, did the name irritate you? Or is it because she writes well? ;-) The way things are running in Malayalam blog world, I think this article was not as straightforward as the nerd says it is.

All I have to say is that its not what you see, its what you believe.

Au revoir

I protest Against Plagiarism (shame on Yahoo and webdunia)

Fellows,

It has been a while since it has happened, and it has been a shame on the corporate world on how the whole issue was mismanaged. Is this why you have hired all those Management students from the top institutes around the globe whom your money could buy? Yahoo and webdunia has been the bullies of the school, who does not really bother to understand (or atleast pretend to) the depth of the water which they stand on.

I understand the pain my fellow bloggers who fell victim to this and I appreciate the people who decided to stand by them, despite the adverse actions and comments by their own cult. I guess we do not learn from our experiences. Somehow, we forget the saying that were taught while young. That used to be "United we stand, divided we fall". We should not fail to unite, no matter where the results may go. We should be able to do it for our own satisfaction. As the old saying goes, a brick doesnt make a fort. Lets not let the corporate make use of the weaknesses we may posses.

I feel for my friends. I stand by them.

I heare by declare the support for the protest and Join the Protest of March 5th, 2007 Against plagiarism done by Yahoo! India and webdunia. Please visit Copyright Violations for more information. To see a list of places that has joined protest Please click here

S/d.

Language Portal in 21 Days...

If you are looking for a tutorial on how to develop a language portal in 21 days, you landed in a wrong page dude! This is not about any techie portal development stuff. This is all about the recent incident where a few of our fellow bloggers got hit by a corporate giant with copyright violation. Now, you may be thinking that our fellow bloggers started stealing content off the giant’s website and post as their own. On a wrong note, it was the other way this time!

So folks, let me present a snippet each out of the corporate giant’s “Language Portal in 21 Days” book’s chapters. I'm sure that it will be the best book you will ever need in this subject and will be a great asset to any library!

Day 1: “Hmm! The other company started a Language portal. I need one too!!”
Day 2: “I’ll get people who can do it there!!”
Day 3: “Who in my team can get the job done?”
Day 4: “Nay, I don’t want to do it, as I’m so inept in it!!”
Day 5: “Okay, Let’s outsource it!! Hmm... How about an onsite off-shoring?...”
Day 6: “Hey, they did the other company’s portal! Let’s get them to do it!”
Day 7: “Wow! Beta in two weeks! They are so good at it man!!”
Day 8: “Great portal, rich in content, in my name, done by them!!
Day 9: “I own it! All right reserved… Who the hell is that content provider?”
Day 10: “Hmm? Why do people say Déjà vu? “
Day 11: “Why are they complaining off copyright? I can violate it, as I’m the King!…”
Day 12: “You are complaining to me about my son baby, go complain to mama…”
Day 13: “We aren’t thieves. Whatever we publish, we own it. “
Day 14: “Let me call up the content provider and ask them to harass the bloggers!”
Day 15: “Hmm! They don’t seem to take any punch in it. What’s plan B?”
Day 16: “What’s wrong with the content provider? Can’t they scare a fly away?”
Day 17: “These stupid bloggers won’t let go! Ok, let’s accuse the content provider…”
Day 18: “I’m telling you baby, it aint me! Its ‘em!!! “
Day 19: “Go kick their butt ye silly blogger creature!!!”
Day 20: “Ok… enough... Hey Content stupid, delete those damn articles! I need to cover up!”
Day 21: “ok, I won’t give up, I won’t give up, I won’t give up, I won’t…………..”


Guys, I believe that copyright violations are serious offense even if done by the Corporate giants. I stand against it, with my fellow bloggers. Lets fight back!

For those who has no clue yet about the story, read it here, here and here. That tells a story of Yahoo! stealing content from the language blogs to start one on their own and washing the hands off on a contractor called webdunia.

Shame on Yahoo!'s plagiarism.

I'm glad that I could write something useful in the space finally!

sd/-
Yours truely,
Dreamer, the Dream who Dreams..