Blame It On The Boogie: "Electric Slide" Inventor Sued

Law360 (June 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT) -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights group, is suing Richard Silver, the man who alleges he created "the Electric Slide," over what it deems to be baseless copyright claims (Machulis v. Silver, 3:07-cv-1235-BZ). This lawsuit brings to the fore such important issues as freedom of speech and copyright infringement on the Internet. It also highlights some really bad dancing....

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