Comments on: Indian Newspapers, Yahoo India - Stop Stealing from Food Bloggers! http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/ Cooking with Consciousness ~ Indi(r)a's Recipe and Photo Weblog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Manisha http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-322611 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:54:38 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-322611 Yahoo also stole <a href="http://madteaparty.wordpress.com/2006/08/15/simple-potato-curry-from-the-fields-of-western-up/" rel="nofollow">Anita's image</a> to display along with the <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_brdkySmJ858/RcdRNp-ho2I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CkMOjmXmtSY/s1600-h/Potatocurry.jpg" rel="nofollow">potato curry recipe</a> they stole from Surya Gayathri. They did not have Anita's permission nor did they ask for it. But if they had, she would have probably said yes! Yahoo also stole Anita’s image to display along with the potato curry recipe they stole from Surya Gayathri. They did not have Anita’s permission nor did they ask for it. But if they had, she would have probably said yes!

]]> by: Indira http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-322372 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:46:35 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-322372 Hi Priya, thanks for writing the piece and for posting about it here. I do not have any direct touch with Surya Gayathri but I forwarded your email to Inji Pennu of Ginger and Mango, the organizer of this protest. She will definitely contact you back in few days. Thanks. Thanks for the link, Robert. Hi Priya, thanks for writing the piece and for posting about it here.
I do not have any direct touch with Surya Gayathri but I forwarded your email to Inji Pennu of Ginger and Mango, the organizer of this protest. She will definitely contact you back in few days.
Thanks.

Thanks for the link, Robert.

]]> by: Robert http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-322104 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:46:46 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-322104 I came across this news article on the alleged plagiarism by Yahoo Malayalam. Thought it could be of interest to you. Pasting the link below: http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2007/107030710.asp I came across this news article on the alleged plagiarism by Yahoo Malayalam. Thought it could be of interest to you. Pasting the link below:
http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2007/107030710.asp

]]> by: Priya http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-321985 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:41:16 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-321985 Hi, I am a journalist and have done a story on the same, which CIOL had published yesterday. Today, I received a response from the Yahoo spokesperson and I need to contact Surya Gayathri (Kariveppila) for her version. However, her blog doesn't give her contact details. In case you know her contact details, could you pass it on to me? I can be reached at priyap@cybermedia.co.in Here is the link to the news story: http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2007/107030609.asp Hi,
I am a journalist and have done a story on the same, which CIOL had published yesterday. Today, I received a response from the Yahoo spokesperson and I need to contact Surya Gayathri (Kariveppila) for her version. However, her blog doesn’t give her contact details. In case you know her contact details, could you pass it on to me?
I can be reached at priyap@cybermedia.co.in
Here is the link to the news story:
http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2007/107030609.asp

]]> by: Indira http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-321691 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:47:16 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-321691 Hi Padma, GG, Savi and Anupama: Thanks for your supporting words. Hi Ash: The organizer of this event, Inji Pennu of Ginger and Mango tried contacting several news organizations but you know how it is with this big names. The response was lackluster and not that positive even though the truth is on our side. Bindu: A lot of us contacted Yahoo. Mainly wrote emails, there was an email compaign before this event. I did send my letter but did not receive any reply from Yahoo-India. Hi Padma, GG, Savi and Anupama: Thanks for your supporting words.

Hi Ash: The organizer of this event, Inji Pennu of Ginger and Mango tried contacting several news organizations but you know how it is with this big names. The response was lackluster and not that positive even though the truth is on our side.

Bindu: A lot of us contacted Yahoo. Mainly wrote emails, there was an email compaign before this event. I did send my letter but did not receive any reply from Yahoo-India.

]]> by: Bindu http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-321089 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:47:20 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-321089 This is just too much. I thought plagiarism existed only at the bloggers level. To think that yahoo could publish any content without looking into the roots, is just heights of stupidity. Has anyone mailed yahoo? Did they get any reply? This is just too much. I thought plagiarism existed only at the bloggers level. To think that yahoo could publish any content without looking into the roots, is just heights of stupidity.

Has anyone mailed yahoo? Did they get any reply?

]]> by: ash http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320904 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:07:56 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320904 Hey, I got an idea - why not contact some media organization and pit media against media in your fight against plagiarism? Maybe some prominent Indian newspaper or TV channel would love to hear about the fight you guys put up against Yahoo (what a talentless bunch of guys that Yahoo has hired). Hey, I got an idea - why not contact some media organization and pit media against media in your fight against plagiarism? Maybe some prominent Indian newspaper or TV channel would love to hear about the fight you guys put up against Yahoo (what a talentless bunch of guys that Yahoo has hired).

]]> by: Anupama http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320902 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:05:15 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320902 Hi Indira, Surya and Inji Pennu, You have our full support! Stand up and claim what is fair and due to you. - Anu Hi Indira, Surya and Inji Pennu,

You have our full support! Stand up and claim what is fair and due to you.

- Anu

]]> by: Savi http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320695 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:39:21 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320695 Dear Indira, Inji and other bloggers: Kudos for standing up for what is right. Message to Lazy Yahoo: Use your own brains and time. Do NOT steal. It is shameful. If you do decide to use someone's creativity - give them due credit or atleast learn to ask. Dear Indira, Inji and other bloggers:

Kudos for standing up for what is right.

Message to Lazy Yahoo: Use your own brains and time. Do NOT steal. It is shameful. If you do decide to use someone’s creativity - give them due credit or atleast learn to ask.

]]> by: GG http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320679 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:21:30 +0000 http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/archives/2007/03/05/indian-newspapers-yahoo-india-stop-stealing-from-food-bloggers/#comment-320679 To paraphrase one of my favorite lines from the movie Office Space - looks like these big names are filled with "no talent a$$ clowns". gg To paraphrase one of my favorite lines from the movie Office Space - looks like these big names are filled with “no talent a$$ clowns”.

gg

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