Yesterday I got a call from Ritu saying that Femina has printed one of her stories without her permission. And I was angry and upset.
Go read Ritu’s post for details here.
I wonder why do these publications take bloggers so lightly? Does it really take so much time to send a mail asking for permission? Does giving a little money to the blogger for publishing it really make a difference to their deep pockets? I don’t think so, than what exactly is the issue I wonder?
It has happened to many people before. I was once told that Punjab Kesari has printed my recipe and pics in the paper by a cousin living in Punjab, like a foolish girl I ignored it when they told me its public material but now I have realised that enough is enough. We as bloggers have to take a stand against this. So lets stand together and make femina apologize to Ritu.
Here is the image of the article in print… the story which has not just been printed but modified too… horrible I say.
Femina Shame… Please apologise
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its shameful, more than monetary part i see lack of work ethics here.
absolutely thats what I said its the cheating that sucks
Ya its unbelievable that inspite of being a popular name they do such a thing and then dont even apologize when caught.
What a Shame!
absolutely I am amazed
It is an absolute shame! And yes, we should take up a stance about it. We should all blog about it, probably, and send the links to Femina. That might make them understand that it is no joking matter.
yeah I think thats what we should do
BUT WHY apologise.. They cant get away with this jsut by saying a MERE sorry..
Well in my eyes thats not right, easy for them .. They should say SORRY publicly make sure in there next print a public apology I written and PROPER recognition given to RITU for this article .. ANd a apology for changing the contents of the Story ..
a mere sorry will not do …
Totally agree with Bik!
absolutely what I meant by apology was a public apology ofcourse
Agree with Bikram. A mere sorry is not enough. There should be a deterrent, a widely publicized one.
lets keep the pressure on ritu
Really a shame on the part of Femina. I tend to agree with Bikram too.
RIDICULOUS!
Something must be done that publishing houses treat blog works also with respect!
I am wondering what?
You’ve been wronged and should get your due. But I think you should be patient. Give them a chance to take corrective action. If they don’t, sue them!
patient I am wondering why D?
Definitely shocking that they choose to print a blogger’s work WITHOUT permission. What with all the plagiarism going on, the least we expect is for reputed magazines to maintain professional etiquette!!!
it seems the bigger the name the more they are doing it sigh
any update from yesterday?
femina tweeted to me saying the editor has mailed ritu, lets see
i have given up hope on that magazine after they asked my address 5 times to send me my reward. Perhaps, they were busy reading blogs and stealing articles that they did not get time to check mails.
Unbelievable that a magazine of that repute did this. š¦
Utterly disgraceful!
I wonder how many readers they ll lose now..
Thats totally a shameful act by Femina….
Disgusting. They should be very public abt their apology and make it up to Ritu properly.
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Agree. It is shameful and they need to print the apology in the magazine – where the crime was committed.
But Monika, what a polite way of pushing someone you have! ‘Please’ apologize?! š