Spoonbending psychic Uri Geller is the subject of a new suit from the EFF, after he apparently issued a bogus DMCA takedown notice to YouTube in order to have a critical clip removed. According to the EFF, which is representing the YouTube user whose account was suspended, Geller only owned the copyright to three seconds of the thirteen minute clip in question–short enough that fair use protections would likely apply. The EFF is suing for damages and seeking an injunction against Geller to keep him away from their client. Hopefully, Geller will get his own "Dear Internet I'm Sorry" star turn following in the footsteps of Michael Crook. Crook also filed DMCA takedown notices for content he didn't own and subsequently had to issue a mea culpa to the entire Internet after Jeff Diehl (of 10 Zen Monkeys) and the EFF took him to court. In fact, we like Crook's mea culpa so much, we're going to link to it again.
And, finally, this wouldn't be a post about Uri Geller if we didn't make some lame joke about how he should have seen the lawsuit coming. So there it is. Are you happy now? Are you?
