Sorry Sandy - put it down to an error in judgment on my part and a configuration issue since I installed my latest WordPress Theme.

I have removed all evidence of any links to your blog.

I run the blog in my personal time mainly to keep myself informed on the ECM market and other "2.0" related issues I can read on the road from my mobile device.

That is all.

Sandy - I went to the site and he/it has pilfered postings from many popular sites, but the odd thing is that most have attributions at the end. That doesn't make it right, as you aptly state.

I've dealt with pilfering of my material in other settings - believe it or not, university-based. Nothing like a cease-and-desist from my lawyer to get things wrapped up quickly in my favor. Perhaps this clown AND his outfit need one from yours. Just a suggestion...:)

Bob

Bob, the posts of mine that were on there did link back to my site, but since the entire post was on there, there would be no reason for me to link through. This clearly violates fair use, and therefore copyright law.

I've had a couple of emails from Bean and the MD at Altien, asking to have the company name removed from my posting since "it has nothing to do with the company." I think that if an executive at a company does something that not only violates copyright law but does so from sources within that company's industry, then the judgment of the company for hiring a person like that in a senior role has to be called into question. Someone at the VP level is presumably making some level of policy decisions within their organization, and his behaviour towards the rest of the industry -- even if it is during his own time -- reflects on his organization.

As of today, his site has been redirected to a completely scrubbed version of his shared Google reader feeds, and does not contain any of the BPM or related industry post-stealing that was on there previously. Obviously, the message got through.

Mark's site was not affiliated to Altien, and was created by him in his spare time. I fully understand your reaction to seeing your content reproduced without permission. I am very disappointed that this has occurred, and assure you that it is not a fair reflection of the ethical standards of our business.

We have accepted Mark's resignation.

Jason Hirst
CEO, Altien

Jason, I appreciate your public comment on this, and I've updated the post to reflect it.

As I communicated to you in email, anyone with an executive title who does something in his company's industry will be seen to be acting on behalf of his company, even if he's not. In fact, I would be surprised if his employment agreement didn't state that anything that he did related to the industry became the property of (and therefore the responsibility of) the company, regardless of whether he did it on his own time.