[CQ-Contest] Calling The Kettle Black - A Call to Action

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> If a contest sponsor decides to make all logs submitted for 
> their contests available to the public, will you not 
> participate in their contests? Will you participate but not 
> submit a log?  

Correct, as long as the DXCC program prohibits releasing or posting 
of complete logs, I will not submit a log to any sponsor who make  
the logs public - even if my schedule allowed time to participate.  

As a matter of policy, I believe the DXCC program is correct in 
prohibiting the posting of complete (date, time, frequency/band, 
mode, and call) log data to eliminate the possibility of trolling 
for busted call credits.  

> It seems to me that the owner of the contest owns the logs 
> and other items (soapbox comments, photos, etc.) submitted 
> to them. 

That is exactly why I would not submit a log unless the sponsor 
were willing to honor my right to limit the use/release of that 
data.  The sponsor can do everything they need to do to adjudicate 
the contest without making the contents of my log public.  It 
simply falls on the contest sponsor to properly screen submitted 
logs for cheating rather than abdicate that responsibility and 
open the logs to anyone who might come along.

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Rosenberg [mailto:w3dq at arrl.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:40 PM
> To: Joe Subich, W4TV; cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Calling The Kettle Black - A Call to Action
> 
> 
> Joe -- While I appreciate (but don't necessarily understand) 
> your position, but am compelled to ask the following question:
> 
> If a contest sponsor decides to make all logs submitted for 
> their contests available to the public, will you not 
> participate in their contests? Will you participate but not 
> submit a log?  
> 
> It seems to me that the owner of the contest owns the logs 
> and other items (soapbox comments, photos, etc.) submitted to them.  
> 
> 73, 
> Eric W3DQ
> Washington, DC 
>