Blogger vs. Corporate Bully @ india
A blogger from india, Gaurav just happen to blog about an article from an indian Youth magazine called JAM, that disected a big add by a popular management institute in India called, IIPM, which is the indian institute of planning and management. You see the problem is that the July 2005 article published by JAM exposes some very dubious claims of IIPM , pertaining to their ranking and degree recorgnition. With all the discusscians hapening over the months, the gist of the issue boiled down to the qualifications of the founder of IIPM, names Aarindam Chaudhuri or AC in short, which happen to be extreamely dubious.
So what has this to do with Gaurav? He happen to blog about this controversy and link to the JAM Article. Obviously, big PAPA@IIPM didint like the idea of a blogger talking about their exposed lies :) .
Well IIPM alike a typical big bully went all out to villify JAM, Gaurav and anyone in the blogsphere that talked about this. They have sent legal notice to JAM, Gaurav and a many other bloggers whore are bloggin about this. The problem is, Gaurav had to resign he's job @ IBM due to this controversy.
You see, IBM supplies laptop to IIPM student, as part of their enrolment (free laptop, walau), obviously they pay record fees for IIPM entrance. When the bullies at IIPM knew that Gaurav worked for IBM, they (including some dumb students) aparently started threatening IBM to burn all their lap tops if Gaurav doesnt remove the post from his blog. As a person who preeches and supports free speech, Gaurav refused. Respectably, IBM did not force him to remove nor leave them.
Gaurav didnt want to create tension and voluntarily resigned his job from IBM. The fact is, the whole world is talking (Check http://technorati.com/ as you can see whats the No 1 blog phrase being blogged about now, it's IIPM) about this now and these bloggers have world support to fight GANGSTERS like IIPM who use legal means (see in gaurav's article an email from legal department of IIPM) to scare people who beleive in freedom of speech.
I'm not going to repeat things but you can read further at Neha's , Reshmi's blog and desi pundit for a comprehensive overview. Now that Gaurav is jobless, you can also read updates on he's own blog.
IIPM must be dumb to think they can sue every single blogger in the world! How stupid and dumb they or their student can get? If you didnt know, since this controversy boiled over, their student are lurking all over WWW condemming these blogger, and logging into their blogs and launching personal attacks.
Coming back to local scene, there was a recent article about a developer in Klang that aparently built houses NOT according to specifications. I found out recently that the resident in the article and another person is being sued for millions for alledgedly misleading information leading to loss of sales, by the developer. Another sad case of companies with big bucks and under utilized legal department trying to scare a citizen who stood up for his rights! A BIG BOOO!
So what has this to do with Gaurav? He happen to blog about this controversy and link to the JAM Article. Obviously, big PAPA@IIPM didint like the idea of a blogger talking about their exposed lies :) .
Well IIPM alike a typical big bully went all out to villify JAM, Gaurav and anyone in the blogsphere that talked about this. They have sent legal notice to JAM, Gaurav and a many other bloggers whore are bloggin about this. The problem is, Gaurav had to resign he's job @ IBM due to this controversy.
You see, IBM supplies laptop to IIPM student, as part of their enrolment (free laptop, walau), obviously they pay record fees for IIPM entrance. When the bullies at IIPM knew that Gaurav worked for IBM, they (including some dumb students) aparently started threatening IBM to burn all their lap tops if Gaurav doesnt remove the post from his blog. As a person who preeches and supports free speech, Gaurav refused. Respectably, IBM did not force him to remove nor leave them.
Gaurav didnt want to create tension and voluntarily resigned his job from IBM. The fact is, the whole world is talking (Check http://technorati.com/ as you can see whats the No 1 blog phrase being blogged about now, it's IIPM) about this now and these bloggers have world support to fight GANGSTERS like IIPM who use legal means (see in gaurav's article an email from legal department of IIPM) to scare people who beleive in freedom of speech.
I'm not going to repeat things but you can read further at Neha's , Reshmi's blog and desi pundit for a comprehensive overview. Now that Gaurav is jobless, you can also read updates on he's own blog.
IIPM must be dumb to think they can sue every single blogger in the world! How stupid and dumb they or their student can get? If you didnt know, since this controversy boiled over, their student are lurking all over WWW condemming these blogger, and logging into their blogs and launching personal attacks.
Coming back to local scene, there was a recent article about a developer in Klang that aparently built houses NOT according to specifications. I found out recently that the resident in the article and another person is being sued for millions for alledgedly misleading information leading to loss of sales, by the developer. Another sad case of companies with big bucks and under utilized legal department trying to scare a citizen who stood up for his rights! A BIG BOOO!
posted by goh at 7:05 PM
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