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EFF Files Suit Against 'Paranormalist' Uri Geller - UPDATE

Via The EFF.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit Tuesday against Uri Geller -- the "paranormalist" famous for seemingly bending spoons with his mind -- on behalf of a YouTube critic who was silenced by Geller's baseless copyright claims.

EFF's client, Brian Sapient, belongs to a group called the "Rational Response Squad," which is dedicated to debunking what it calls irrational beliefs. As part of their mission, Sapient and others post videos to YouTube that they say demonstrate this irrationality. One of the videos that Sapient uploaded came from a NOVA program called "Secrets of the Psychics," which challenges the performance techniques of Geller.

More here.

UPDATE: 16:43 PDT: Apparently, there's a second lawsuit that has now been filed by Mr. Geller's company now, too.

posted by Fergie @ 5/09/2007 09:47:00 AM