Copyright and Medicine: A big mess in the offing!

Catherine GUILLIAUMET wrote:

Hi!

According to the NEJM, licenses to computer-aided diagnostic software and other medical programs already are, and will become, an ever-growing problem.

See the NEJM article : Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1110652

Here, you'll find its French equivalent (less detailed, though) on Clubic.com : Les logiciels propriétaires freineraient les avancées médicales :
http://pro.clubic.com/legislation-loi-internet/propriete-intellectuelle/logiciel-libre-open-source/actualite-467294-open-source-favoriserait-avancees-medecine.html

Enjoy the end of the year !

Catherine

neilmac wrote:

Basic level bedside computer-assisted diagnostic aids are largely search engine and tag-cloud based, so most of the basic info is already in the public domain, and can be accessed via portals such as PubMed. As I understand it, the article refers only to one psychological test and, later, another tool, both of which were withdrawn by the (US based) authors.

While not wishing to offend anyone, I put it down to the notoriously rampant zeal for litigation in said country, and dismiss it as a storm in a teacup, until proved otherwise.