Released on: February 12, 2008, 4:18 am

Press Release Author: Richard Winelander

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Chief Judge, Vaughn R. Walker, of the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit that the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed against Uri Geller.


Press Release Body: Baltimore, Maryland, Feb 12,2008--Chief Judge, Vaughn R. Walker,
of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
dismissed a lawsuit that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed against Uri
Geller. In his 25 page opinion, Judge Walker decided the United States District
Court in San Francisco did not have jurisdiction over Geller, a British subject, or
Explorologist, LTD, an English company that holds certain rights to him.

At the center of the controversy was a notification sent by a corporate employee
requesting YouTube to take down a video clip posted by a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
skeptic. The takedown request stated that the posting contained a video clip
(showing Geller\'s personal medical doctor introducing Geller in a charity show) and
photographs owned by the
corporation. Geller and Explorologist, LTD, represented by Richard Winelander, Esq.
of Baltimore, Maryland, argued that there were multiple reasons to dismiss the case,
including that the court lacked both personal jurisdiction over the defendants and
subject matter jurisdiction over an international DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright
Act) takedown based on English law. They also argued that the statements made by the
corporate employee were true.

Judge Walker did not reach the issue as to the truth of the corporate statement.
However, he was clearly troubled by the thought of applying United States Copyright
Law to a YouTube takedown made by a foreign corporation in a foreign land. Judge
Walker also suggested that the case could be handled in Philadelphia where
Explorologist, LTD filed an
earlier suit against the same skeptic, claiming that the YouTube post violated
English Copyright Law. According to Winelander, both lawsuits test the outer limits
of territorial jurisdiction of U.S. Courts over international copyright disputes
occurring in cyberspace.

For the complete text of the opinion go to http://www.uri-geller.com/pdf/ruling.pdf
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Richard Winelander
Winelander Law Group
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United States.
410-576-7980
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Contact Details: Richard Winelander
Winelander Law Group
1005 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
United States.
410-576-7980
rw@rightverdict.com
http://www.rightverdict.com/index.php/links