Today I received a letter from a lawyer retained by Investors Business Daily. The publishing of IBD "Big Picture" articles is prohibited without prior consent.
I have removed all previous articles and I will not be publishing on this blog in the future.
Tom Turek
I'm actually an IBD member, but I come onto your blog for convenience, to see when the last time there was a change in the big picture because it's convenient. I agree with their lawyers, that the "Big Picture" should not be directly copied. It would probably be ok to just just posting the change in state (Confirmed uptrend/correction/under pressure)...but I'm not a lawyer and I guess at this point it's not worth stepping on their toes
ReplyDeleteI also agree with their lawyer that the "Big Picture" should not have been directly copied. However, the lawyer also informed me that the use of "IBD" in the title to my blog was a trademark infringement. As a result, I feel that I would be asking for trouble if I posted anything regarding the IBD changes in state in the future. I have found that the changes in state have been quite good signals for overall market timing. I had been providing these signals as a service to the newer members of the HSOG group. They will have to get their information elsewhere.
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