As this is likely to happen over and over again shouldn’t it be taken up by the old
CVCP, now called Universities UK?
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/
Emma
Sam Brenton wrote:
> Hello all, I've been lurking a while but thought I'd jump in on this one as my
> institution is bowdlerised here.
>
> Notice they have a DISCLAIMER and COPYRIGHT section. The cpyrright section
> includes:
>
> INTERNET PAGES.NET LIMITED
> (Licensed by Directory4Students.com) . gives no warranties as to the
> accuracy of
> your details on the Website and accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies
> or errors.
>
> Surely this is not a copyright notice at all, but a pre-emptive two-fingers to
> HE institions who might complain that
>
> - They are stealing our logos
> - Their info is out of date
> - They are implicitly suggesting that HE institions endorse/collaborate on
> their pages (eg. 'Where to find US' in the Queen Mary Section)
> - They are associating our names with commercial companies they host ads for,
> as though we were condoning this
>
> I noticed the thread a couple of weeks back about the other similar site. Would
> it add weight / be more likely to scare them off if a joint letter was sent
> from the institutions they rip off, something like a petition, and would this
> be practibly organisable?
>
> Otherwise, any suggestions welcome, as prospective students going here would be
> woefully misinformed; there isn't even a link in there to our actual web
> presence, so people would have no chance of stumbling on the truly informative
> pages that are out there for them.
>
> Look forward to talking with you all,
>
> Sam
>
> Sam Brenton
> Educational Technologist
> Queen Mary, University of London
> Tel: 020 7882 5309
> Fax: 020 7882 3159
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