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February 28, 2011
"Consumer Reviews of Doctors and Copyright Law" Talk Notes
By Eric Goldman
You may recall that Medical Justice is a vendor trying to help doctors squelch online patient reviews--most recently by getting a prospective copyright assignment of the unwritten reviews and then sending 512(c)(3) takedown notices for any unwanted online reviews that are now newly owned. This is a terrible hack on the entire consumer review ecosystem, and it's been bothering me for some time as I mentioned in my recent Regulation of Reputational Information paper.
Last month, I gave my first public talk about Medical Justice at the University of Houston. I styled the talk "Consumer Reviews of Doctors and Copyright Law," two topics I never thought would go together but apparently they do. My talk slides. I will have more to say about Medical Justice's system and its many deficiencies in the near future.
Posted by Eric at February 28, 2011 03:55 PM | Copyright , Derivative Liability
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