[CQ-Contest] ARRL and Open Logs - Time for the next step?

[K0HB]

> Hans,
> If you do not like the rules and do not want to play by them ,  then it
is 
> your choice to be an excluded from the game.
> 73, Albert

You're absolutely correct, Albert, as far as you've stated the situation.

But of course there are more options than "if you don't like the rules,
then just buzz off, creep". 

One of those other options is:  "I don't like the rules, and I'll attempt
to persuade the sponsor(s) to change them."

In that vein, I believe that participant logs ought to be a private
transaction between the participant and the sponsor, and that "fair use" of
the log should not extend beyond that needed to score the contest.

73, de Hans, K0HB