By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law
On June 28, 2018, MidLevelU, an online hub for nurse practitioners and health care professionals, filed a copyright suit in the Southern District of Florida. MidLevelU accused a subscription-based blog aggregator, ACI Information Group, of stealing and re-posting more than 800 of its articles on their website without permission or license.
Copyright Violations.
MidLevelU, is an online forum to support nurse practitioners and features helpful, informational articles to supplement a career in health care. ACI is accused of unlawfully stealing at least 823 of those articles, copying them pretty much word-for-word and then charging subscribers to access them. According to the suit, MidLevelU has copyright registrations on several dozen of the articles that the Florida-based blog aggregator copied and published without permission. In addition, ACI is accused of stealing and republishing certain photos that MidLevelU paid a third party to use on the blog posts.
After posting almost identical summaries of MidLevelU’s articles, ACI would prompt users to view the article in its entirety and then charge them monthly or yearly subscriptions to access it, according to the suit. To learn more and read the complaint in full, click here.
To learn more about MidLevelU, click here and visit their website.
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Sources:
Bolado, Carolina. “Nurse Practitioner Site Says Aggregator Swiped Its Articles.” Law360. (July 5, 2018). Web.
MidlevelU LLC v. ACI Information Group. Justia Docket and Filings. (July 5, 2018). Web.
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