4th April 2008, 11:00 AM
I have not posted for a good while but find this thread so funny that I just have to add something..... An encore I guess?!?
I organise projects which have had details #8216;harvested#8217; and added to a website. Previously information may have been sent out to them, but updated/new details (which are not 100% correct #8211; so it is obvious they have been collected without full investigation) have been taken with no contact being made. Images have also been reproduced without permission. The #8216;harvesting#8217; process has stripped out very important details regarding the operation which is hosting these projects. These details have been #8216;harvested#8217; from a site which has a clear copyright notice on every single page.
This #8216;harvesting#8217; website is also used to sell for personal profit and advertises all sorts of other things. So it helps them to have more projects listed#8230;.
I have no interest in an apology etc, in the end it helps the project, but it would be nice to be contacted first or at least #8216;harvest#8217; the right information.
(Why not just have a code that people have to use when applying for BAJR advertised jobs (eg http://www.bajr.co.uk-144156) or have the contact details available to when a code is entered?)
I organise projects which have had details #8216;harvested#8217; and added to a website. Previously information may have been sent out to them, but updated/new details (which are not 100% correct #8211; so it is obvious they have been collected without full investigation) have been taken with no contact being made. Images have also been reproduced without permission. The #8216;harvesting#8217; process has stripped out very important details regarding the operation which is hosting these projects. These details have been #8216;harvested#8217; from a site which has a clear copyright notice on every single page.
This #8216;harvesting#8217; website is also used to sell for personal profit and advertises all sorts of other things. So it helps them to have more projects listed#8230;.
I have no interest in an apology etc, in the end it helps the project, but it would be nice to be contacted first or at least #8216;harvest#8217; the right information.
(Why not just have a code that people have to use when applying for BAJR advertised jobs (eg http://www.bajr.co.uk-144156) or have the contact details available to when a code is entered?)