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Ah, the EFF. Self-proclaimed defender of copyright, yet completely clueless when it comes to contractural rights... The post refers to a non-disclosure agreem

by rprasad 16y ago

Ah, the EFF. Self-proclaimed defender of copyright, yet completely clueless when it comes to contractural rights... The post refers to a non-disclosure agreement, not a copyright assignment. The whole point of the business model referred to is that patients can't even voice any opinion about the doctor, so it never gets to the stage where "copying" is an issue .

jerf 16y ago
From the contract as linked above by anigbrowl: "If Patient does prepare commentary for publication about Physician, the Patient exclusively assigns all Intellectual Property rights, including copyrights, to Physician for any written, pictorial, and/or electronic commentary. This assignment is in further consideration for additional privacy protections provided by Physician. This assignment shall be operative and effective at the time of creation (prior to publication) of the commentary." But it is fair to point out that you are correct that there are many non-copyright related clauses as well. You just aren't right about it being unrelated.