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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. Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think this is a dupe of a story from a few weeks ago but I read them both.

    Nothing's wrong with entertaining people. But suing people over it is just being a fucktard. I read both articles, nothing's changed, he's still a fucktard. Hey, I calls 'em like I sees 'em.

  2. Re:Obviously... by Penguinisto · · Score: 2, Informative
    I know you were shooting for funny, but --IIRC-- his big thing was using the power of the mind (through ESP) to modify objects w/o directly touching or manipulating them, not prophesy or prediction.

    I thought he (and ESP) pretty much dwindled in popularity to Art Bell's Show* and maybe a few paranormal conventions here and there.

    * before anyone screams, yes I know Mr. Bell has recently retired (again) and no I'm not bagging on it - AAMOF I fall asleep to it once in awhile... call it a guilty pleasure.

    /P

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  3. Re:Obviously... by rumblin'rabbit · · Score: 1, Informative

    Although utensil abuse is certainly his trademark, Geller's act also includes mind reading (such as drawing duplication) and psychic viewing. He's even predicted the outcoming of elections!

  4. Not about money by aysa · · Score: 2, Informative

    He is using copyright as an excuse, he is not interested in distributing the video himself. He was just caught cheating in front of the camera and wants to clean all evidence.

  5. Re:What's good for the goose... by rahvin112 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, but YouTube also doesn't follow the provisions of the law that say that if the poster of the material reply's back with a statement claiming ownership and authoritative information about who they are that will allow the claimer of copyright to sue then YouTube can then repost the material until a court order is obtained. In fact NONE of the ISP's follow this second provision of the law and I haven't seen one that once provided this lawfull statement will repost the material. If someone like the victim here hired a lawyer and sued YouTube for violation of the safeharbor rules then there would be posted procedures for waiving the DCMA notice.

  6. Re:Obviously... by PenGun · · Score: 2, Informative

    But John Carmack may NOT play Blackjack in Vegas.

  7. James Randi! by sdhoigt · · Score: 4, Informative

    Excellent, I have a new hero! James Randi!!

    James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff (Faith Healer)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo&mode=re lated&search=

    James Randi exposes James Hydrick
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlfMsZwr8rc&mode=re lated&search=

    There are many, many more debunkings (sp?) by this fine man. Just search YouTube for 'James Randi'.

    SD

    1. Re:James Randi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Not specific flaws in his debunking of homeopathy, but some skeptical reports on other claims Randi's made:

      http://www.sheldrake.org/controversies/randi.html
      http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/exam/Presco tt_Randi.htm

      Thanks for wasting my time with that shit. You could have mentioned that despite the names of those sites, they are in fact written by a bunch of whackjobs with no evidence to offer beyond, "Boohoo! He's sooooo mean to our ESP believing, homeopathy shovelling friends. PS. Buy these books."

      In order to show my appreciation, I modded both your posts "troll". If you think this is unfair, just pray you never meet me in real life.

      Regards,
      Slashcrap (869349)

  8. Legal brief mentions slashdot user Gregerson by Christoph · · Score: 2, Informative

    The motion to dismiss Geller's bad suit cites "Gregerson v. Vilana", a defamation/copyright lawsuit I'm a party to (I'm the Plaintiff, Gregerson). www.eff.org/legal/cases/sapient_v_geller/sapient_m otiontodismiss.pdf. It's cited as a minor point in the memorandum on page 22, about fair use being an affirmative defense versus a basis for dismissal. My case is described on my page: Gregerson v. Vilana

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