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Electronic Frontier Foundation Sues Uri Geller

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the totally-saw-that-coming dept.

reversible physicist writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sued spoon-bender Uri Geller for using 'baseless copyright claims' to silence critics who question his paranormal powers. Brian Sapient posted on YouTube a 14-minute excerpt from the 1993 PBS NOVA program 'Secrets of the Psychics,' in which skeptic James Randi says Geller's spoon-bending feats were simple tricks. YouTube took down the video after Geller complained — his lawyers claim that 10 seconds of the video are owned by Geller. A shorter excerpt of the video is still up on YouTube."

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  1. Re:Geller sues people who doubt his amazing abilit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well he did convince Michael Crichton, climate change expert extraordinaire...

    I think that says it all, really.

  2. Re:Mr Spoons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why did a plead for slaughter get an insightful 5pts?
    What is so insightful about it?
    Do people even read here or are they just pretending to?

  3. Re:ATTN: SWITCHEURS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Keep your filthy, beige PC fingers to yourself. My PC's chrome and gloss black, actually.

    Why is the beige stigma still used in the Mac-PC (because the Mac is obviously either not "Personal" or not a "Computer" - you decide!) arguments?
    Even at work, both my machines are silver (plastic) and black.

    Keep your filthy, white-Mac fingers to yourself, troll!
  4. Re:The Amazing Randi by mindwhip · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Parent should be -1 Off topic if you ask me.

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