Medical Spa MD: Legal

Unfortunately, due to present-day litigious circumstances, Medical Spa MD needs a formal legal disclaimer. Here it is:

Disclosure: Per the FTC rules, if I interview someone and they grab the bill for lunch, I would need to specify this. Ditto if I use an Amazon link that gets me 8 cents instead of an Amazon link that gets me 0 cents. If someone gives me a comfy t-shirt with a logo and I wear it in a photo, same deal. Disclaimers all over the place.

This would be tedious for me and a continual eye sore for readers. But rules is rules.

To cover my ass and preserve your reading experience, please assume that all conent, links, reviews, sponsorships, advertising, recommendations and everything else should be viewed as if the writer and/or Medical Spa MD is the owner of, benefits from, or has been paid by someone.

A list of dont's ...
Don't make multiple posts of the same item.
Don’t post the title of a discussion and then just point people to your blog. Most people consider this a underhanded way to drive traffic to your blog (or self-promotion).
Don't post other conferences.
Don't use ALL-CAPS.
Don't make off-topic posts or multiple off-topic/solicitation posts.
Don't promote your company, product, or yourself. If your discussions and comment share genuine insights – you will be noticed anyway and people will look at your profile, and therefore look at your blog or website.
Don't post your company’s press release.
Don't post spam in your response to a discussion.

A list of do's...

Do post relevant and engaging topics.
Do ask questions and give thoughtful answers.
Do contact us if you think your blog article is absolutely brilliant and should be shared - give a little teaser.

These rules are designed to be simple, easily understood to protect the many good intentions that are essential to a productive community. We ARE a community, and we all have to tend it, editors and readers alike.

If you don't tend it, you are OUT. It's that simple. Comments and commenters that do not follow these rules will be deleted and blocked from the site. We won't tell you when you're over the line, but you'll know it because other comments will undoubtedly have told you, and they'll probably have told us too.

Social media is about creating and sharing content that result in conversations. Spam kills conversation and eventually it will kill a group. This will not be allowed to happen to the group here. The responsible group members, the ones that you really want to interact with, will see through self promotion and will grade you as less than worthy, a charlatan or worse. Self promotion is the quickest way to destroy a/your personal brand. No person of substance values a self promoter. What you do for the group and what new insights you bring to the group will speak louder than any shameless self promotion and these true gifts to the group are the only way to build your equity value.

Content: Each and every thought on this blog is someones OPINION. Most comments are made anonymously and should be view with extreme skepticism.

This website is provided on an “As Is” and “As Available” basis. Neither we nor anyone associated with this website make any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to our web site or its Content, including, without limitation, the products, services or information offered or sold on or through our web site or any other web site to which our web site links. Nor do we make any warranties concerning the uninterrupted or error-free use of our web site.

Those individuals who post or comment are responsible for what they say, and all errors, opinions, claims, idiocy, stupid comments, swear words, and humor are their own personal responsibilities and are not moderated or screened by us. In short, anyone can post an anonymous comment or opinion here so keep that in mind and view all content with extreme skepticisim!

These are our own thoughts and opinions, generated by us, representing our take on things. They - and this blog - are in no way affiliated with any other company that we have any involvement in or with. If we've made a mistake, it's our fault. If we've said something that makes you laugh, you can usually thank one of the regulars. Of course, you should not rely on anything in the blog as legal, financial, accounting, investment, tax, or any other kind of regulated advice. We are merely dudes trying to have fun with what we do, impart some knowledge, debunk some myths and meet some nice people.

And oh yeah, our co-writers are incorporated herein by reference, which is legalese for "what they say is their own stuff and not affiliated with any of the companies they work for either."

Comments are not moderated although we might find and remove profanity and whatever else might violate our sensibilities. Of course, these points of view belong to the writers and are not necessarily shared by anyone else.

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If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please notify us using the email contact form.

Please provide our us with the following Notice:

1. Identify the material on the Medical Spa MD site that you claim is infringing, with enough detail so that we may locate it on the website; ( An actual URL is probably needed here.)
2. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
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4. Your address, telephone number, and email address; and
   e) Your physical or electronic signature. Medical Spa MD will remove the infringing posting(s), subject to the the procedures outlined in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).