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

So how would you find out who actually does own the copyright? Is it current? I know that copyrights do expire if the registration isn't kept up.
 
casebro said:
So how would you find out who actually does own the copyright? Is it current? I know that copyrights do expire if the registration isn't kept up.
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Geller certainly doesn't own the copyright - which makes it even worse (for him).

He is trying to silence any critical opinion of him.
 
The plot thickens:
According to Stuart Semple's profile he is represented by

Explorologist Ltd – Worldwide
Inside Space @ Selfridges, London
Ghettogloss - Los Angeles
Apart – London
Carlo Berrardi – Italy
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Source: http://rhizome.org/member.php?user_id=1040761

Who is his agent?
...Stuart Semple's "RIP YBA" consists of lumps of melted metal and what may or may not be a scrap of Tracey Emin's tent, housed in eight perspex boxes which have been painted and embellished with collaged reproductions by the 23-year old artist. However it was not Semple who salvaged the burnt offerings from the site of Momart's Leytonstone warehouse but celebrity spoon-bender Uri Geller, who is acting as Semple's agent.
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http://www.stuartsemple.com/ripyba.htm

Could representation and management be the same thing? If it is in this case, Uri Geller is Explorologist Ltd.
 
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And:

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH(LONDON)

July 18, 2004, Sunday

SECTION: News Pg. 09

LENGTH: 688 words

HEADLINE: New art rises from wreckage of warehouse Uri Geller's protege repackages scraps from Momart fire - and values work at pounds 100,000

BYLINE: BY CHARLOTTE EDWARDES

BODY:
A "MEMORIAL" work of art has been created from the remains of pounds 10 million worth of British art - including pieces by Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst - destroyed in a fire two months ago.

The artist, Stuart Semple, 23, said that Burn Baby Burn was a tribute to those whose work was destroyed at the Momart warehouse in Leyton, east London.

Last night, however, his effort was attacked by critics as a "miserable attempt to cash in on a disaster".
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Mr Semple insisted that the remains, including the tent fragment, were genuine. "You can tell by the colour and the texture: it's the same fabric," he said. "The likelihood of finding a piece like that within five metres of where the tent was stored means it is most probably the tent."

The project was the result of a collaboration with Uri Geller, the magician and presenter, who had "discovered" Semple after his graduation from Bretton Hall Art School, a part of Leeds University.

Mr Semple said that his work was worth "between pounds 50,000 and pounds 100,000" but he and Mr Geller rejected claims that they were trying to profit from the Momart fire.

"We want to give the work back to the nation," Mr Geller said. "If the director of the Tate will accept it, well, that would be great."
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CFLarsen said:
Good! Keep it up, all.
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BINGO.

October 3, 2005

EXPLOROLOGIST LIMITED

1 LUMLEY STREET
MAYFAIR LONDON W1K 6TT

* * * * * * * * * * COMPANY IDENTIFIERS * * * * * * * * * *
REGISTRATION NO.: 04070120

* * * * * * * * * * COMPANY INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * *
INCORPORATION DATE: September 12, 2000

* * * * * * * * * * EXECUTIVES * * * * * * * * * *
DIRECTORS:
Uri Geller Freud, Artist/writer
Shimshon Shtrang, Manager
Shimshon Shtrang
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From the ICC Information Group Ltd pulled off http://www.lexis-nexis.com in their Business/Company Profile database.

Edit to add: According to Geller, "I happen to be related to Sigmund Freud myself, my mother is a Freud and my name in my British passport is Uri Geller Freud." (Source: http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/651_uri_geller.htm )
 
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Shimshon Shtrang is Shipi Shtrang, Uri's brother-in-law.

Everybody, stay cool.
 
yeek. I'm not familiar with Lexis Nexis. Can't find anything. Where is it?
 
CFLarsen said:
Shimshon Shtrang is Shipi Shtrang, Uri's brother-in-law.
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How do you know?

Conjunction is not enough! I need evidence! There must me thousands of Shimshon Shtrangs--why, it's practically "John Smith"!


(sorry, I had to...:D...)
 
This may or may not have any bearing on the situation (I can quickly get over my head with legal discussion) but there are a few entries in this blog about a Professor's ongoing YouTube battle with the NFL over copyright. (She also is an attorney that worked for the EFF)

My wonderings.. It is legal for that company (that may or may not be connected to Uri) to have those videos taken down if it doesn't really own the copyright? If one of the videos was, say, Uri on Carson -- Carson's estate (or NBC or whomever) would own it (I would think) not Uri. Regardless, couldn't the videos be put right back up, being "fair use" after all?
 
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