EFF does the Electric Slide
p2pnet.net news:- Ric Silver figures he created the Electric Slide 1976 for the opening of Vamps Disco in New York at 71st and Broadway.
A documentary maker captured a few steps in a video he posted on GooTube. So Silver sued him for copyright infringement with the entertainment cartel’s DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) as the weapon of choice.
Now the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is suing Silver.
Kyle Machulis, “shot the video at a concert last month,” says the foundation. “In one ten-second segment, a group of fans in the audience attempts to dance part of the Electric Slide. Machulis later uploaded the video to YouTube. Within just a few days, Richard Silver, owner of www.the-electricslidedance.com, filed a takedown demand under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Silver claimed he owned the copyright to the Electric Slide and that Machulis’ video infringed his rights. The removal appears to be part of a broad campaign by Silver to misuse copyright allegations to prevent dancers from performing the dance ‘incorrectly’.”
Acting for Machulis, the EFF is asking for an immediate ruling that the video doesn’t infringe any copyright owned by Silver, “and that Silver cease his meritless claims towards Machulis”.
“We spend a lot of time fighting the misuse of copyright law on the Internet, but this situation is particularly outrageous,” saysEFF staff lawyer Jason Schultz. “With thousands of videos being uploaded to sites like YouTube every day, free speech is on the line and needs to be protected.”
Also See:
Vamps Disco – Weebling the DMCA, February 3, 2007
EFF – ‘Electric Slide’ Creator Steps on Fair Use, March 1, 2007
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