Uri Geller making Youtube pull down James Randi's criticism?

delphi_ote said:
There's a record up there, and it's attention grabbing. If someone is actually interested in this, they'll find it and watch it. I'd say a good 99.999% of the YouTube generation hasn't even heard of Uri Geller. Those who have now have a place to find the information.
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I'm just saying that the teenagers (and not just the ones who post "OFMG HE BENDS TEH SPOONS!!!11" comments) will simply click away from this before they get to the URL at the end. You could keep the civilised tone and still have the URL visible right away. It seems crazy to be making use of a medium even more "whizz-bang" and superficial than MTV, and to scoff at using a similar approach to reach as many potential viewers as possible.

My criticism only applies if this is intended to be found by chance on YouTube that is. If not (and I can't find it by keyword searches on youtube.com), it's not an issue.
 
Big Les said:
I'm just saying that the teenagers (and not just the ones who post "OFMG HE BENDS TEH SPOONS!!!11" comments) will simply click away from this before they get to the URL at the end. You could keep the civilised tone and still have the URL visible right away. It seems crazy to be making use of a medium even more "whizz-bang" and superficial than MTV, and to scoff at using a similar approach to reach as many potential viewers as possible.

My criticism only applies if this is intended to be found by chance on YouTube that is. If not (and I can't find it by keyword searches on youtube.com), it's not an issue.
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If you notice, a number of the YouTube clips which has gained notoriety have not been more "whizz-bang" and superficial than MTV.

Lonelygirl15, David Bernal, Mahir Çagri. All in low-key style. Even Aleksey Vayner got very famous, although in retrospect, he probably would have declined that kind of fame.
 
Questioninggeller said:
The youtube video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo ) of Randi criticizing Geller was pulled offline with a notice "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Explorologist LTD."

I typed "Explorologist" into google and got 9 hits. The only relevant hits link to urigeller.com.

On a side note, before that video was pulled offline it was viewed 133,556 times.
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Regarding my original post, the video Geller made copyright claims is back up; same link, same user name:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo

Currently, about 137,300 views.

We'll see what happens next...
 
Big Les said:
I'm just saying that the teenagers (and not just the ones who post "OFMG HE BENDS TEH SPOONS!!!11" comments) will simply click away from this before they get to the URL at the end. You could keep the civilised tone and still have the URL visible right away. It seems crazy to be making use of a medium even more "whizz-bang" and superficial than MTV, and to scoff at using a similar approach to reach as many potential viewers as possible.
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The point here is that Geller is lying to remove criticism from one of the most public website video communities. Whether or not MTV viewers see the clips is not germaine to the issue.

Big Les said:
My criticism only applies if this is intended to be found by chance on YouTube that is. If not (and I can't find it by keyword searches on youtube.com), it's not an issue.
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Keep in mind with youtube: People also can search my other people's favorites, video subscribe to users, and link by name (a Geller fan might come across him cheating by accident). It doesn't have to be a keyword search or link.
 
Claus, did you take down your video? I wanted to check for comments, but YouTube says "This video has been removed by the user."
 
So this kid, with a hotmail account for his business email address, pretends to be the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and gets Youtube to pull over 200 videos.

"The head of ABC legal is contacting those involved," the head of arts, entertainment and comedy at ABC TV, Courtney Gibson, said. "We are very much keeping our options open in terms of what kind of action we take."

The ABC contacted YouTube after the clip was removed, and was provided with a copy of the form used to claim that a copyright infringement had been committed.

It had been filled out by hand, listing "Loop Australia" as the company acting for the "Australian Broddcasting Corperation".

The ABC has no affiliation with the company, or the boy whose Hotmail account was given as a business contact.
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The hotmail account didn't ring any alarm bells? You'd think.
 
Why can't people claim to be a magician and make money with illusions rather than claim something they are not (as if there is such a thing!) and prey on peoples gullibility and misfortune? Apparently, there is more money in fooling people than tricking them.
 
Plus, to be a well paid and respected magician you need skill.

To be a well paid psychic you just need a lack of conscience and morals.
 
I'm not the biggest fan of The Rational Response Squad, but this is censorship of the most dangerous kind.

When writing the DMCA, the authors naively assumed that the parties issuing take-down notices would be those holding intellectual property. They failed to take into account that wingnuts and hucksters aren't shy about lying to push their agenda. As a result, the DMCA has given such people a tool to stifle public criticism of their ideas. Being that protecting that kind of speech is the very purpose of the First Amendment, I think we have a huge problem on our hands here.
 
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