The Latest Attempt to Use Copyright Law to Remove Negative Consumer Reviews–Small Justice v. Xcentric (Forbes Cross-Post)
…called Medical Justice provided doctors and dentists with a form agreement (often called a Mutual Agreement to Maintain Privacy) whereby patients would prospectively transfer copyright ownership to their future online…
Multiple Listing Service Gets Favorable Appellate Ruling in Scraping Lawsuit
…take an exclusive license to the photos in its advertisers’ ad copy for similar anti-competitive purposes and (of course) Medical Justice’s form agreement to take the copyright to patients’ unwritten…
Dentist’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Yelp Preempted by Section 230–Braverman v. Yelp
…Loses Defamation Case Over Online Remarks–McKee v. Laurion * Doctors’ Online Reputation Management and Patient Reviews (Talk Notes from ASAPS Annual Meeting) * Medical Justice Capitulates by “Retiring” Its Anti-Patient…
You Shouldn’t Need a Copyright Lawyer to Pick a Dentist–Lee v. Makhnevich (Forbes Cross-Post)
…Technology) filed a complaint about Medical Justice’s practices with the Federal Trade Commission, Medical Justice unilaterally declared that it had “retired” the contract and advised its customers to stop using…
Doctor Loses Defamation Case Over Online Remarks–McKee v. Laurion
…Telephone and Fax Information Services May Be Immunized by Section 230–Courtney v. Vereb * Doctors’ Online Reputation Management and Patient Reviews (Talk Notes from ASAPS Annual Meeting) * Medical Justice…
Q4 2012 Quick Links, Part 3 (47 USC 230 and more)
…Few Posts Says Study.” The long-term detrimental consequences of Medical Justice’s efforts to suppress patients’ reviews of doctors. Fortunately, this will be fixed over time. * Politico: Yelp pushes for…
Anti-Scraping Lawsuits Are Going Crazy in the Real Estate Industry (Catch-Up Post)
…with their depiction buy the copyrights to the photo/video and then send copyright takedown notices in a synthetic right-to-forget campaign. 4) Medical Justice encouraging doctors and other healthcare providers to…
Plastic Surgeon Owns Copyright in Before-and-After Photos of Patient–Denenberg v. LED Technologies
…I still thought it was worth sharing for two reasons. First, after the whole Medical Justice fiasco, I’m on high alert for situations where doctors might be overclaiming copyrights (probably…
Doctors’ Online Reputation Management and Patient Reviews (Talk Notes from ASAPS Annual Meeting)
…on a panel “Reputation Management–Managing Your Online Image” to cross swords with Dr. Jeffrey Segal, Medical Justice’s infamous CEO. It would have been an exciting session…except that Medical Justice “retired”…
The Dangerous Meme That Won’t Go Away: Using Copyright Assignments to Suppress Unwanted Content–Scott v. WorldStarHipHop
…later renounced) by Medical Justice. As such, this case provides an early warning sign of an emerging attack on publicly available truthful information using copyright law chicanery. In November 2010,…