Oh blimey! Well it looks like the EFF were involved with this one: http://www.eff.org/cases/electric-slide-litigation
Although it doesnt sound like Ric has accepted the verdict properly if he is just waiting for new rules from congress. The Washington Post story that mentioned this stuff: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802453.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter Some humans have very strange ideas about what they control. Time to watch Gimme THe Mermaid by Negativland again ;) http://www.illegal-art.org/video/popups/gimme.html or on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9yjGiTQvGQ Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ric Silver, the choreographer of the Electric Slide, says he spent > three years contacting 17,000 Web sites about what he says is their > "incorrect portrayal" of the famous line dance. Silver also told > YouTube to take down a number of videos showing the dance, including > one clip of a concert filmed by Kyle Machulis. > > Machulis sued Silver for copyright abuse. As part of the settlement, > Silver agreed to allow the video to be reposted with a tagline > crediting him for the choreography, but he now says he's waiting for > paperwork from the Library of Congress that will allow him to open new > lawsuits over clips like Machulis's. > > "I can't go to every wedding and bar mitzvah in the country, so this > is all I can do to make sure people learn it right," Silver said. > > -- > http://geekentertainment.tv >
