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Uri Geller Accused of Bending Copyright Law

Posted by kdawson on from the more-pliable-than-spoons dept.

JagsLive writes in with a Fox News report about Uri Geller's apparently playing fast and loose with copyright law in order to silence his detractors. "'All it takes is a single e-mail to completely censor someone on the Internet,' said Jason Schultz, a lawyer for the online civil rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is suing Geller over an unflattering clip posted on YouTube for which he claimed a copyright ownership."

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  1. Obviously... by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    he should have seen that one coming.

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    1. Re:Obviously... by rumblin'rabbit · · Score: 5, Funny
      Apparantly not. From the article...

      Geller, who lives in London, referred calls to his Philadelphia lawyer, Richard Winelander, who conceded that Geller probably didn't foresee the firestorm his lawsuit would inspire.
      We're stilling waiting for the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery."
  2. Re:Dupe by glavenoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, give Geller a break. At least that huckster can now claim to have bent *something* with his mind and avoid the wrath of The Amazing Randi!! Oh, wait... what?

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  3. Re:oh geez by Rakarra · · Score: 4, Funny
    I tried to explain that, but one didn't listen and the other didn't understand.

    Use a food analogy! Cheese and cake. Both had milk as a common ancestor, at some point there was a divergence. Milk became cheese and milk became cake, but cheese did not go into the cake. Unless you're making, like.. cheesecake, but it's best not to bring that up.