It’s going to take some effort to take the emotion out of this post but here goes…
I wanted to discuss an upcoming change here at the blog and the reason why I would create such a headache for my readers. Apparently some time ago, Investors Business Daily decided it was no longer acceptable for other websites to mention that they use the CANSLIM method or components of the method for stock selection. Several months ago I received an aggressive cease and desist letter from Investors Business Daily claiming trademark infringement with the use of CANSLIM as well as the use of “investors†in my www.selfinvestors.com domain.
Fortunately, taking on a major corporation in court was averted and the legal weight around my neck lifted when we came to a settlement agreement out of court. As a result of the agreement, I keep www.selfinvestors.com as is, but have agreed to remove all mentions of IBD, Investors Business Daily and CANSLIM from my sites.
As a result, I will need to change the main folder at the blog from /canslim_investing/ to something else. No big deal right? Well, actually it’s a major headache because of the way other sites have linked to the blog (linking to http://investing.typepad.com/canslim_investing/ rather than http://investing.typepad.com and how the RSS feeds are created. Basically what happens is all links coming into the site will now be broken and all subscribers to the RSS feed will no longer receive the updates after the folder name is changed.
On March 17th, the change will be made. Once that change is made you’ll need to re-subscribe to the RSS feed if you’d like to continue receiving blog updates to your RSS reader. I’ll be sending a reminder out on the 17th with specific instructions.
If you are a blog owner and currently link to the site, your help in getting this blog back on its feet by changing your incoming link is greatly appreciated.
I’m looking forward to putting this behind me, moving on and focusing on what matters.. and that’s helping self investors navigate the market.
My goal for the rest of 2006 – to stay away from doctors and lawyers (no offense Cindy 🙂
i feel you on this one. i too received a friendly letter from the lawyers at investors.com for trademark infringements. good luck with the transition
Sorry to hear about this development. I think that instead of dropping all of the CANSLIM stuff, maybe you could have linked to IBD with each reference, thus driving traffic their way. Just a thought. I like your new arrangement and wish you the very best of success in this new format/name.
Bob