Who is the Zambian Informer?
It is with sadness that I note that some people are purportedly seeking to recognize themselves with the publication under the name the Zambian Informer, another online publication that seeks to emerge on the market allegedly with the support of MISA Zambia.
Indeed there is and has been indeed an online publication called the Zambia Informer which has been operational since 2014 with a bias towards Business, economic, financial, trade and other related news coverage. It presently commands pages view of over 59,000 and is linked to twitter feed, Facebook and twitter of which I’m the sole publisher and editor.
The publication is a blog which is highly reputed with a wider readership worldwide and is recognized under the authority of Google and published under zambiainformer.blogspot.com.
It is saddening or rather frightening to note that some people, who may be aware or indeed not aware and without research, seek to start another publication under the same name without due regard for the copyright law of which Zambia, like many other countries, subscribe to.
Being the founder, publisher and editor of the Zambia Informer, I wish to warn all those seeking to disguise themselves as publishers of another online publication called the Zambian Informer to desist from all acts of infringement of the copyright law. Take note that the publication already exists and does not want to associate itself with the so called ‘unscrupulous people who might want to tarnish the name of the publication or indeed MISA Zambia’, whose reputation is held in high esteem by the people in Zambia and abroad.
Finally I wish to concur with MISA Zambia over the stern warnings that have been issued against people seeking to disguise themselves as publishers of another online publication other than the Zambiainformer.blogspot.com (NOT THE ZAMBIAN INFORMER) to desist at all costs because doing so will attract punitive consequences in relation to the copyright, which according to the law, could land someone in prison for several years or indeed, be forced to pay damages for copyright, which apparently in Zambia, many journalists may not know or seem to ignore with impunity.
It is true that MISA Zambia has not at any one time allowed the formation of the so called Zambian Informer or is purportedly supporting the formation of the said online publication because there is already one that exists of which Iam the publisher and all those seeking to clarify these facts can log into the www.zambiainformer.blogspot.com for verifications.
The media watchdog, MISA Zambia maybe or indeed is aware, this online publication has been in existence since 2014 and has a bias towards business, mining, economic, financial and reporting, regional integration as well as mining among other issues of media interest and is fully recognized by webmasters: google.com
Finally, the editor and the publishers will and shall remain visible and maintain their integrity to the public or any readers which it is intended to serve and not operate under any disguise because it is not a political publication intended to undermine other people’s integrity. It will and shall will remain a responsible online publication with due respect for ethics or rudiments of the profession.
The publishers wish to thank MISA Zambia for the timely alert over the intended copyright by some unscrupulous people and will deal with the matter accordingly.
Statement Issued by:
Jeff .S. Kapembwa
Editor/Publisher
Can someone provide a link for this so-called “Zambian Informer” publication.
I have searched but I can’t seem to find their website.
The link is in the article. Muzibelenga baba. Not rushing to comment
zambiainformer.blogspot.com
Zambian reading culture
Zambian reading culture. Kikiki
@Spectator;
I read the article, I know too well about Kapembwa’s OLD publication whose link has been provided in the article. I wanted someone to provide me with the link for the NEW Publication, which has caused so much uproar. It’s NOT provided in the article. Hope this clears up any misunderstanding. Cheers
@peter njobvu
Irony!!!
You are the one who has not read. Let me put it into perspective for you. Jeff Kapembwa, the author of this article runs a blog which you have alluded to above, called Zambia informer. However, there are people (unscrupulous, we are told) who have recently set up ANOTHER online publication going by the same name. Yesterday, MISA Zambia issued a statement disassociating themselves from the new publication (not Kampembwa’s Zambia informer’s blogspot).
here you go:
zambianinformer.com
There is no copyright namwe – I suspect it is the usual fear of publication that will dig deeper or ulula nkhani yaku kati. This guy has Zambia Informer. It is a blog. There is a purported new publication called ZambiaN Informer (that ‘N’ makes all the difference). Remember we had Zambia Airways and then Nchito and crooks brought about ZambiaN Airways. Why do we split hairs pa Zed instead of just expressing our raw fear of a publication that will yansula vintu… yaba.
No if for example you started a takeaway called Donalds you would easily be defeated by McDonald’s lawyers arguing that its too similar to theirs
I AGREE WITH KALOK THE TWO ARE LEGALLY DIFFERENT. THAT ‘N’ MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE JUST AS HIKALA AND SHIKALA ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT GUYS! Mr Kapembwa has no case to pursue here. Just face the competition Badala or Bakaamba!
But don’t such publications register their business names with registrar of companies? It’s there where they should get barred for using an already registered name
Has the closed POST premises now become a tourist attraction?