My remarks about this issue were deleted as well.
Joe insists on "keeping his house clean", but Rennicks thread is the one making it dirty.
The facts are the following:
- Rennick is simply reposting information from a pay site that charges $200 a month. He isnt posting his own calls, but simply reposting from the pay site and not providing us with any new information.
- Rennick has disclosed in the past the pay site's name, but now simply refers to it as the "ball site". People do email Rennick and then Rennick discloses the site's name over email.
- Rennick has reposted this same thread over the years and ultimately it gets locked down by moderators. He has also posted on other trading sites this same thread and he was banned from a few of those sites.
- Ivan insists that this thread is about trading. Yes, trading off of a pay site's calls and violating copyrights in the process.
- Rennick is either advertising for the site (which is against ET's code of conduct) or violating copyright laws by reposting the calls. Rennick is either advertising the site with their permission or he doesnt have their permission and Elitetrader risks a lawsuit for copyright infringement:
The pay site specifically has this disclaimer:
"You may view, download, and print contents from the Service subject to the following conditions: (a) the content may be used solely for information purposes; (b) the content bear the proper attribution to; and (c) the content may not be modified or altered in any way. You may not republish, distribute, prepare derivative works, or otherwise use the content other than as explicitly permitted herein."
"All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws."
Its up to you Joe. I have went ahead and forwarded links to Rennicks thread to the owners of the "ball site" for their review.