Dr. Quack is on the warpath
Dr. Norma Jo Backs is busy trying to remove anything I have written or said about her.
It’s been months since I’ve written about Dr. Quack herself- Dr. Norma Jo Backs- but I’m happy to report I have been living rent free in her head since.
In December 2023, I interviewed Amelia Martinez about her experience being forced into a relationship with her abusive father. Part of that experience was forced “therapy” with Dr. Quack herself, Dr. Norma Jo Backs.
After my interview, One Mom’s Battle issued an open call for other victims of Dr. Quack to contact that group.
Since then, I have written dozens of articles without giving Dr. Quack that much thought. I can’t say the same for Dr. Quack.
She has been on a warpath trying desperately to remove any remnants of her quackery from the internet. She’s had limited success.
As part of interview with Amelia, I put two recordings of her session with Dr. Quack on YouTube, and Dr. Quack challenged both on privacy grounds.
You have to hand it to YouTube. They applied great logic and reasoning here. Both of the videos are secretly recorded sessions with Dr. Quack. The privacy issue is the same for both. YouTube decided to please no one. They removed one, but the other remains. Maybe, they just haven’t gotten around to removing the second and I am speeding the process. Who knows. Below is what is left of the first.
I definitely DO NOT recommend listening to the one recording which remains; Dr. Quack would not like that. We don’t want to upset her. I’m only sharing it to warn you not to listen.
{See below, after this article was published, Dr. Quack submitted a copyright claim to YouTube for the remaining video, and YouTube will not allow me to challenge it. Instead, I have loaded the audio below. Hopefully, Substack will see through this frivolous attempt.}
There’s certainly no reason to watch Amelia’s interview; if suddenly a bunch of people watched her interview, Dr. Quack would experience first-hand the Streisand Effect, and no one wants that. I’m only sharing that interview AGAIN to warn you not to watch it.
Even as Dr. Quack was only partially successful removing evidence of her therapy sessions, she was also desperately trying to remove her photo from the internet.
Yesterday, I received a DMCA notice- Digital Millenium Copyright Act- from Substack.
I have been following closely as college athletes have taken control over their name, image, and likeness, and I would never want to profit off of someone else’s image, however, Dr. Quack is now arguing that a stock photo of her is somehow copyrighted by her.
The image in question was first used by One Mom’s Battle on Facebook and then copied by me in this article. Here’s what’s left of the photo.
Sad.
I argued to Substack that Dr. Quack does not own the copyright on a stock photo. If anyone does, it is the photographer who did not challenge the copyright. Substack has not made a decision yet.
Remarkably, the photo remains on the original Facebook posting, proving again that logic and law only intersect by accident.
Dr. Quack can try desperately to remove any evidence of her quackery, but she will fail. I am happy- or unhappy depending on perspective- to report that another unfortunate soul has had to deal with Dr. Quack. Stay tuned for that story.
UPDATE:
After publication of this article, Dr. Quack reached out to YouTube for the remaining video and claimed copyright.
Dr. Quack thinks her sessions have commercial value and she has exclusive rights to them. YouTube does not allow for a challenge, so I have removed that video. I have uploaded the same sessions as audio above. Please give them a listen and share the article.
I hate to seem like The Most Litigious Man In the World, but it occurs to me that fraudulent D.M.C.A. takedowns are likely actionable. 𝘚𝘦𝘦, 𝘦.𝘨., 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘓𝘊 𝘷. 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱, 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (N.D. Cal. Oct. 28, 2016) (granting plaintiff's 𝘦𝘹 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦 motion for early discovery in case of alleged fraudulent D.M.C.A. takedown notices), 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14017545529641532773.
For what it is worth, these people will keep doing illegal things to you so long as they perceive that they will get away with them.