Re: Copyright now possibly mentally unstable?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

You aint seen nothing yet. Just wait until the medical profession discover 
patents!

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:

> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111230/04095117235/doctors-discover-
> copyright-law-cognitive-screening-test-killed-over-infringement-claims.shtml
>
> http://t.co/tdeV9Xir
>
> "the Mini–Mental 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"
>
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