Friday, June 4, 2010

Transferred copyright for your comments/ratings of a business

"One group, Medical Justice, has tried a preventive tack by creating mutual privacy agreements that prohibit patients from rating their doctors on websites by transferring to the physician the copyright of any of the patient's online content about the doctor. These agreements have not yet been tested in court."

in reference to:

"One group, Medical Justice, has tried a preventive tack by creating mutual privacy agreements that prohibit patients from rating their doctors on websites by transferring to the physician the copyright of any of the patient's online content about the doctor. These agreements have not yet been tested in court."
- More and More Lawsuits Over Rants on the Web that Blast Businesses - News - ABA Journal (view on Google Sidewiki)

Friday, January 29, 2010

I want a lawyer, my dead mom is in the trunk

When a guy asks for a layer right away on a traffic stop, the police search his trunk and find the body of his mom.

in reference to:

"Sanders was pulled over several months ago for running a red light and failing to use his headlights — so it must have been surprising when he asked for an attorney almost immediately. The officer searched his car and found the body of [his mother] Helen Sanders beneath a tire, next to a brand-new shovel, the Columbia Missourian reports."
- Simple Justice: I Want A Lawyer, And Other Suspicious Acts (view on Google Sidewiki)

Thursday, January 28, 2010

FBI Doctored Photos from Legal Blog Watch

Legal Blog Watch: "3) Question: I am looking at an age-progressed 'Wanted' picture of Osama bin Laden and I swear it is a dead ringer for my local politician. Stupid question, but does the FBI sometimes just take pictures off the Internet and doctor them up to look like wanted terrorists?

Answer: It happens. (Main Justice, FBI Used Image of Spanish Politician in Age-Progressed Bin Laden Photo)"