EFF sues Uri Geller over YouTube takedown abuse

Uri Geller — the man who got rich "bending spoons with his mind" — isn't just a con-artists, he's also a copyright abuser. He sent takedown notices to YouTube demanding that they remove an Amazing Randi video in which his gimmicks were debunked, but he didn't hold the copyright to the video.

So now, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is suing him on behalf of the YouTube user who posted the clip. This is the latest EFF suit against DMCA abusers, having already vanquished serial troll Michael Crook and electoral fraudsters Diebold, and now chasing down the self-actualization nuts at Landmark, and Viacom, the megabully that sent 100,000 takedown notices to YouTube.

Be sure to check out the video — Amazing Randi is absolutely brilliant in it. I'll have to check the spoons the next time I'm at EFF and make sure that Geller hasn't bent them with his mind in a wanton act of vengeance-by-cutlery.

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See also:
Uri Geller misusing DMCA to remove critical YouTube videos?
Classic video clip: "Psychic" Uri Geller busted on the Tonight Show!
Reality-TV human baby giveaway, pissed-off Uri Geller claims trademark breach
Amazing Randi's Million Dollar woo-woo challenge
The Amazing Randi's amazing site
Podcast of Amazing Randi's science-skeptics conference with Penn Jillette

Update: Brian sez, "Yesterday Uri Geller tried to threaten me 'anonymously' via email but included an attachment easily traced to him."