Uri Geller to be sued by EFF

CFLarsen said:
Well, the current commissioner did stand up for Denmark's right to publish the Mohammed Cartoons,
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It was not my intention to argue about those EU guys with you, but since you already mentioned the cartoon row, you might also quote how that sentence continues in the link you provided:

In Feburary 2006 during the Danish cartoons row he defended the media's freedom of speech, though did express disagreement with subject of the cartoons.
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Bolding mine.

See? He's a wimp. :D

CFLarsen said:
and advocated a worldwide ban on the death penalty... ;)
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Which of course is a good thing. Endorsing that ban, I mean.
 
NoZed Avenger said:
Yes. Forced to appear. It is used as a legal term of art.
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Uri Geller trying to silence criticism of him cheating is "art"? Or am I missing something? If so, care to elaborate?

NoZed Avenger said:
Just like in Denmark, you indicate an "unenforceable" law means something very much like "can be succesfully prosecuted and put into jail" under it.
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Who has been succesfully prosecuted and put into jail, under which law?

wahrheit said:
See? He's a wimp. :D
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Oh, I dunno. He did defend it, even though he personally might have disagreed. That's pretty...cool. :)

wahrheit said:
Which of course is a good thing. Endorsing that ban, I mean.
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Absolutely. Only barbaric societies can possibly defend the death penalty.
 
Moochie said:
Look again, wahrheit. The EFF is global in its purview.
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Yes and no. Look at their current hot cases:


» AT&T Class Action
» MoveOn v. Viacom
» E-voting Florida Case
» FOIA Lawsuit on FBI Spying
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I'm not saying the EFF has not affected digital rights etc. world-wide, but it's still like 95% US American stuff. That's why I said I wished we had something like the EFF over here in Europe. (Better, yet, in China! Yeah, I'm kidding now.)
 
wahrheit said:
I'm not saying the EFF has not affected digital rights etc. world-wide, but it's still like 95% US American stuff. That's why I said I wished we had something like the EFF over here in Europe. (Better, yet, in China! Yeah, I'm kidding now.)
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I'm inclined to agree. The EFF may not technically be a US organization, but for all intents and purposes it might as well be. Which is a shame, but they have their hands full as it is.

I know there have been attempts to set up similar sorts of organizations in various European countries, but I don't know if any of 'em stuck.
 
Cleon said:
I'm inclined to agree. The EFF may not technically be a US organization, but for all intents and purposes it might as well be. Which is a shame, but they have their hands full as it is.
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We should all work to make these people lose their jobs.

Wouldn't that be great? No need for these people, doing what they are doing?
 
CFLarsen said:
Uri Geller trying to silence criticism of him cheating is "art"? Or am I missing something? If so, care to elaborate?
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Terminology again. This explanation from Random House might help:

The "art" in term of art is not art as in "artist" but art as in "artisan." A term of art, therefore, refers not to the fine arts, but to any specialized field of endeavor. As defined in Random House Webster's Dictionary of the Law (James E. Clapp), a term of art is "a word or phrase having a special meaning in a particular field, different from or more precise than its customary meaning." The phrase has been in use since at least 1628, when the English jurist Sir Edward Coke, in the preface to Coke upon Littleton, referred to "The Termes and Words of Art."
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CFLarsen said:
Uri Geller trying to silence criticism of him cheating is "art"? Or am I missing something? If so, care to elaborate?
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Yes. You're still missing something.


Who has been succesfully prosecuted and put into jail, under which law?
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I can only assume that you are yet again being willfully obtuse.

It's cute.
 
Looks like Uri's doing some suin' of his own:

But Geller seems to be claiming that a few seconds of video used for criticism in a 14-minute video segment is not fair use. Explorologist's complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, says that the clip was used "within a sequence of cinematographic images" that, in total, "infringed the plaintiff's copyright." The suit accuses Brian Sapient of being behind the Rational Response Squad, which debunks claims of the paranormal and supernatural.
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Looks like the Rational Response Squad could also use our help. Although I note there's nothing about the suit on their website (at least, not obviously; I could be missing something).
 
I doubt this has much to do with any dislike of Geller.

The EFF wants to establish a legal president that false DMCA notices can get you into trouble geller is conveitent because:

1)he isn't the world's most sympathic defendant
2)he doesn't have the legal resources of say viacom
3)The case is fairly simple
 
wahrheit said:
Yes and no. Look at their current hot cases:




I'm not saying the EFF has not affected digital rights etc. world-wide, but it's still like 95% US American stuff. That's why I said I wished we had something like the EFF over here in Europe. (Better, yet, in China! Yeah, I'm kidding now.)
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Here's the contents of their latest newsletter, which I received a few hours ago:


* Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Illegally Twists Copyright Law
* Corporate Critic Fights to Keep Internet Anonymity
* Hearing on Electronic Voting Violations in California Election
* Public Opposition to National ID Floods Government Agency
* CNN To Free Debate Footage for Remixing, Re-Use
* Virtual Classes on Cyberlaw
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M.
 
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