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Copyright now possibly mentally unstable?
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:34:09 -0800
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111230/04095117235/doctors-discover- copyright-law-cognitive-screening-test-killed-over-infringement-claims.shtml http://t.co/tdeV9Xir "the MiniĀMental State Examination (MMSE). A simple 30-item screening test that was first published in 1975 basically became a defacto standard that was used (and published!) widely." "In 2000, its authors, [...] began taking steps to enforce their rights, first transferring the copyright to MiniMental, a corporation the Folsteins founded, and then in 2001 granting a worldwide exclusive license to Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR) to publish, distribute, and manage all intellectual property rights. [...] The MMSE form is gradually disappearing from textbooks, Web sites, and clinical tool kits." "But then in March 2011, a promising new cognitive screening tool that was to be available through "open access," the Sweet 16 -- a 16-item assessment of thinking, learning, and memory developed by Harvard's Tamara Fong -- was removed from the Internet at the request of PAR in an apparent copyright dispute. The Sweet 16 includes orientation and three-object recall items, similar to the MMSE's, along with a digit-span item. This action, unprecedented for a bedside clinical assessment tool, has sent a chill through the academic community" ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Think about how stupid the average person is, then remember half of them are stupider than that! - George Carlin victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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