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Dinkar
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Posted: 03/12/2007 08:37 pm
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An angry blogger community in Kerala has forced an apology out of Yahoo for lifting half a dozen cookery notes verbatim from Kariveppila (curry leaves), an independent blog site by Suryagayatri, a Kannur-based housewife in Kerala.


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Will Yahoo SE give any penalty to its Malayalam portal for duplicate content?





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Posted: 03/13/2007 04:28 am
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Will Yahoo SE give any penalty to its Malayalam portal for duplicate content?


...not likely. sad Good for her for tracking them down and proving the case.



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Posted: 03/13/2007 05:41 am
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"Our cyber law is weak and inadequate to tackle such infringements. It's definitely an ethical issue. Online violations are on par with offline violations. It's time people and enterprises changed mindset and behaved responsible."
Would be nice wouldn't it!huh



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Posted: 03/14/2007 04:09 am
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It certainly would excell!

Yahoo should be ashamed of themselves!



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Posted: 03/14/2007 04:39 am
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...well, I doubt they'd be ashamed. They are happy being second, after all... wink



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Posted: 03/14/2007 05:22 am
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I never thought that they will do something like copying content from one housewife's blog. It's very cheap and irresponsible behaviour. Shame!



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Posted: 03/15/2007 01:52 am
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That's very true SportsGuy! wink lol


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