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Psychic Defectives

Jesse Walker | 5.11.2007 2:03 PM

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Uri Geller battles his critics with a new psychic power: the ability to bend copyright law.

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  1. Aresen   19 years ago

    I foresee lawyers getting rich.

  2. Lamar   19 years ago

    EFF lawyers don't get rich.

  3. Warren   19 years ago

    ROFL just reading his name makes me laugh now. Is he still touting how tight he is with Michael Jackson? What a more-une, what an im-bessle. Hahahaha. Hey Uri, bend this! LOL

  4. VM   19 years ago

    *oooh! that's why it has a slight curve...

  5. Lamar   19 years ago

    The companies who paid for the Congress to pass the DMCA don't want there to be any recourse against improper uses of the DMCA since they are the ones most likely to misuse it.

    Of course, this is great pub for all.

  6. Lamar   19 years ago

    Does anybody know if California has a SLAPP statute and whether it would apply to a DMCA cause of action?

  7. Aresen   19 years ago

    "The companies who paid for the Congress to pass the DMCA don't want there to be any recourse against improper uses of the DMCA since they are the ones most likely to misuse it."

    Then the best way to [mis?] use it is to turn it back on those companies. eg. Find someone whose picture or house or anything that they can say is theirs got into the movie or TV program and demand that the movie or program be withdrawn.

  8. I Am Spoonbender   19 years ago

    Seems like as good an excuse as any to mention I Am Spoonbender's album Buy Hidden Persuaders is available for "free and legal" download.

    (Though for me, nothing will touch the original Thought Industry.)

  9. D.A. Ridgely   19 years ago

    Do not try and bend the law. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.... Then you'll see, that it is not the law that bends, it is only yourself.

  10. SPOONMAN!!!!!   19 years ago

    hier

  11. Daze   19 years ago

    The video is still up at YouTube:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo

  12. Warren   19 years ago

    Hey Uri! What am I thinking?

    Wow, that's amazing! How did you know I was thinking "You're a douche"?

    Okay, what am I thinking now?

    Wow, right again!

  13. Akira MacKenzie   19 years ago

    Apperently, Uri's amazing psychic talents make him blind to the concept of Fair Use.

  14. Mad Max   19 years ago

    Stick a spoon in Uri; he's done.

  15. Psychic Enemies Network   19 years ago

    We know what you fear.

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