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19 Jan 2010, 10:14 am by Sheldon Toplitt
Image via WikipediaTelepathy and psychokinesis are all well and good, but 63-year-old Uri Geller has decided to employ libel-friendly English courts in his battle against cable network CNN over allegations that he profited financially from participating in a highly charged 2003 documentary about late pop legend Michael Jackson.Geller sued CNN for defamation arising from an interview on The Larry King Show with Jackson's dermatologist, Dr. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 4:38 am
MICKEY KAUS ON HEALTH CARE: "If you believe Orszag will bend the cost curve you maybe also believe that Uri Geller bends spoons. [read post]
9 Aug 2008, 1:50 am
Here is IP Think Tank’s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet. [read post]
4 Aug 2008, 6:05 pm
Controversial "paranormalist" Uri Geller has settled a lawsuit claiming he misused copyright law to squelch criticism. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 3:19 pm
Uri Geller (pictured) was once famous for bending spoons and other objects with his mind. [read post]
30 Nov 2007, 8:51 am
" Magicians fall on a spectrum from those like Uri Geller, who purport to have genuine psychic powers, to those like Penn & Teller, who make quite clear that they are performing illusions (and sometimes even reveal their methods). [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 2:29 pm
Los Angeles Times: Uri Geller's YouTube takedown The 1970s 'psychic' may be abusing copyright law to make embarrassing clips vanish. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 2:43 am
Uri Geller’s YouTube takedown — pdf Those of us who grew up in the 1970s probably remember a popular psychic named Uri Geller, who was always on TV back then, bending spoons with his brain, correctly guessing the content of people’s doodles and generally blowing the audience’s mind. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 11:00 am
Uri Geller became a 1970s superstar and made millions with an act that included bending spoons, seemingly through the power of his own mind. [read post]
2 Jul 2007, 3:37 pm
Sapient, involving the posting of a video deconstructing Uri Geller's act, the defendant is arguing (per CCBill) that 47 USC 230 preempts British copyright law [read post]
25 May 2007, 8:25 am
Jason Two runs through some of the other litigation that the EFF is involved in and points out that pursuing this case despite a serious justiciability problem would hurt EFF’s credibility and pull resources away from, say, suing Uri Geller. [read post]
14 May 2007, 5:03 pm
Only the wealth of material last week prevented me from reporting on the suit and counter-suit recently filed by Uri Geller and Brian Sapient. [read post]
13 May 2007, 7:45 pm
Via Boing Boing, EFF takes on Uri Geller's use of the DMCA. [read post]
11 May 2007, 8:37 am
The IPKat has learnt from Ars Technia that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a suit against pseudo-psychic Uri Geller claiming that, by requesting that YouTube take down a video featuring an excerpt from one of Geller's programmes, Geller himself infringed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [read post]
10 May 2007, 7:39 pm
On the other hand, he *is* asking for it — leaning into the punch, as it were: “Psychic” Uri Geller sued after trying to remove critical YouTube clip YouTube replied by suspending the relevant account. [read post]
10 May 2007, 2:53 pm
IP Law Chat chats about how “paranormalist” charlatan Uri Geller got all bent out of shape over Brian Sapient, a member of the “Rational Response Squad,” posting a video debunking Geller’s nonsense on YouTube. [read post]
19 Aug 2006, 12:38 pm
Psychic Uri Geller -- famous in those days for bending spoons with his mind on... [read post]