Alan Zack asked:
What if enough contesters got pissed off enough to quit renewing their
subscriptions? They would go out of business.
Received the following direct reply from a Contest Honcho at CQ Magazine:
"OM, while I agree with your wish and that of many others to put results on the
Web, you have to be careful when throwing around bold claims like the one
above.
At best, contesters account for only 2-3% of CQ's subscriber base. Hardly a
showstopper for the business."
Guess I'll drop out of this discussion since contesters only amount to 2 or 3
percent of the CQ Magazine subscription base so we don't count much.
73
Alan Zack wrote:
> All that I am asking is that CQ provide contest results to contesters who
> enter
> their contests on their CQ Contest website, PERIOD!
> What if enough contesters got pissed off enough to quit renewing their
> subscriptions? They would go out of business.
> What is the problem of putting a .pdf or word doc listing of contesting
> scores
> on the internet that was previously posted in the magazine?
> Many DX'ers and especially those in 3rd world countries can't afford a
> subscription, and even if they did subscribe chances are the magazine
> wouldn't
> reach them anyway. Why shouldn't they be able to go to CQ's web site to see
> their contest score? CQ's Bread and Butter is contesting. They should
> provide
> more support to their contests.
> I subscribe, but I don't want to have to sort through a stack of old
> magazines
> to check out contest scores for various contests over the years.
> ARRL/QST does a great job of posting contest scores on their website. CQ
> should
> do the same.
>
> Lee Hiers wrote:
>
>
>>You really don't get it. You're still basically asking CQ
>>to provide copyrighted material for all to see without
>>paying.
>>
>>I personally dislike CQ magazine, most specifically for
>>their apparent support of W5YI, whom I consider one of the
>>worst amateurs ever licensed. Therefore, I no longer
>>subscribe. The only issues I ever buy are those with
>>specific contest results which I'm interested in studying.
>>Under your plan of publishing the results for all to see,
>>they'd never see a penny from me.
>>
>>
>>73 de Lee
>>
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