Talk:Electric Slide
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[edit] Update on lawsuit
I have posted a pretty short update on the lawsuit as EFF and R. Sliver have settled the lawsuit. Terms of the settlement are that the "Dance" license shall be now CC. Its final weeks for me, so i just made a quick edit about the lawsuit. Someone please go thru the article and update the whole thing (or i will when i have time). Zsiddique 02:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
- I made some initial tidying-up. `'mikka 17:26, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
i love wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.188.123.42 (talk) 08:23, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Copyright
Copyright was submitted? What does that mean? 69.253.222.184 (talk) 21:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC) Submitted means that Mr. Silver paid his $30.00 and filed a copyright registration form with the Library of Congress - which was originally rejected with the statement that in 1976, the laws governing registration of a dance only included ballet that told a story. A new law was enacted that year which did not take effect until 1978, but because Mr. Silver gave out a limited number of printed copies, an appeal was filed, at a cost of $250.00 to grant Mr. Silver his registration due to the fact that a Limited publication was covered seeing he didn't actually publish the dance until it was posted online in 1996. He was again rejected because the dance was now considered a "Social Dance". A 3rd and FINAL appeal was submitted in March of 2006 at a cost of $500.00 which an answer was received in March of 2010 stating that at that time the Library of Congress is reluctant to register the piece as a Choreographic Work but will register it as "Text of a Line Dance". I hope this answers your question(Ric Silver) —Preceding unsigned comment added by NYCsDancer (talk • contribs) 07:46, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
IN Feb. 2006, Mr. Silver submitted his copyright to the Library of Congress for Registration. It was originally rejected as being a "Social Dance" which under the rules of registration are not eligible but after consideration was found to be acceptable due to the fact that the current dance being done socially is actually a variation of Mr. Silver's original choreography. A second appeal was filed in March 2007 which is still under review and should be resolved by the Fall of 2009.
So...he sues people that don't do the dance "correctly?" "The removal appears to be part of a broad campaign by Silver to misuse copyright allegations to prevent dancers from performing the dance "incorrectly." http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/03/01 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blondesareeasy (talk • contribs) 23:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
No - I don't sue people who do the dance incorrectly - my lawyers are going after people who have textually misrepresented my choreography and not given credit where it is due. The EFF ruling states anyone posting video of The Electric Slide, even the 18 step variation, must show Ric Silver as the choreographer. (Ric Silver)
[edit] Over detailed?
Does anyone want to justify why this article is tagged as over-detailed, or can we just take that down. 'Cause honestly, while the article might need some cleaning up, over-detailed it ain't. I'd love to see, for example, a reference to its popularity in the 50s and a bit of rewording in the section about the litigations; but there isn't a single section here that is unnecessary or of interest to a minority. Lostdrewid (talk) 15:57, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
The was NEVER done in the 50s - It wasn't created until 1976. the record wasn't even released until 1982 to the general public. I have just received my registration paperwork from the Library of Congress who took 6 years to study this claim. TX7-322-278 — Preceding unsigned comment added by NYCsDancer (talk • contribs) 13:47, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
[edit] YouTube Lawsuit Error
The article states that "As early as 2004, Silver had started filling DMCA-based takedown notices to YouTube users who were posting videos of people performing the 18 step dance variation." This however is impossible due to the fact that YouTube was no created until 2005. Wikipedialuva 18:23, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
