Re: Expanded Oracle DBA Site

"David Fitzjarrell" <oratune_at_msn.com> wrote
> There was no 'public humiliation' at the hands of Howard J. Rogers;
> Jeff Hunter clearly posted his 'new and improved' website in THIS
> forum, and clearly stated it included rather thorough information on
> the new features of Oracle 9i. What he FAILED to mention was the
> undisputed fact that Howard J. Rogers authored the 9i new features
> material. And he failed to contact Howard upon procuring this
> document to request permission to publish it on his website. That is
> theft of intellectual property, giving Howard EVERY right to post, in
> the same forum, his displeasure at finding his work on a site he knew
> nothing about and his request for said document to be removed.
>

Well, yes. There's basically only one acceptable response to being told you have someone's copyrighted material on your site: "I apologize and I'll remove it immediately."

That said, it would have been nicer if HJR had informed him of the trespass through private e-mail, giving JH the opportunity to publicly retract it. Having been the culprit of such a transgression once, I can guarantee that most such cases are inadvertent. Received on Mon Apr 28 2003 - 17:01:07 CDT