FITUG e.V.
Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft
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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 16:12:02 -0400 Send reply to: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM> From: Peter Wayner <pcw2@FLYZONE.COM> Subject: Copyright "Violations" Shut down Medical Information Site To: CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
The WSJ today has a front page story on how the AMA's copyright on medical treatment codes. 99201, for instance, means a limited visit for a first time patient. The AMA claims a copyright on the creative act of writing down these codes and they charge dearly for the right to use them. The WSJ describes how one website that offered to tell patients how much a procedure might cost was shut down by the copyright. They were told it would cost $10 per registered user to license the system. The site, which didn't even force users to register, just balked and quit unwilling to fight the AMA.
Wow! And this was accomplished before the WIPO database treaty.
-Peter -- -------------------------- Tune to http://www.wayner.org/books/ffa/ for information on my book on Free Software. ------- End of forwarded message -------