Electric Slide
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The Electric aka The Electric Slide is a four wall line dance set to the Marcia Griffiths
' song Electric Boogie
. Choreographer Ric Silver created the dance in 1976.
users who were posting videos of people performing the 18 step dance variation. There are several variations of The Electric being done - The Freeze (16 step), Cowboy Motion (24 step), Cowboy Boogie (24 step) and what will be known as The Electric Slide 2 (18 step). Variations must from now on all carry the listing "a variation of 'The Electric' choreographed by Ric Silver"
On March 1, 2007, The Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF) filed suit against Silver, asking the court to protect the free speech rights of a videographer
who captured a few steps of the dance in a documentary
video posted to the Internet
.
On May 22, 2007, the EFF came to an agreement to settle the lawsuit: the settlement states that Mr. Silver will license the Electric Slide under a Creative Commons
license and to also post the new license on any of his current or future websites that mention the Electric Slide. EFF agreed to see that all users of The Electric Slide reference Mr. Silver's name as Choreographer.
Marcia Griffiths
Marcia Llyneth Griffiths is a successful female singer, also called the "Queen of Reggae". One reviewer described her noting "she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances".Griffiths started her career in 1964...
' song Electric Boogie
Electric Boogie
Electric Boogie can refer to:* The song by Marcia Griffiths which accompanies the Electric Slide off her 1990 album, Carousel.* The electric boogaloo style of dance...
. Choreographer Ric Silver created the dance in 1976.
Controversy
As early as 2006, Silver had started filling DMCA-based takedown notices to YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
users who were posting videos of people performing the 18 step dance variation. There are several variations of The Electric being done - The Freeze (16 step), Cowboy Motion (24 step), Cowboy Boogie (24 step) and what will be known as The Electric Slide 2 (18 step). Variations must from now on all carry the listing "a variation of 'The Electric' choreographed by Ric Silver"
On March 1, 2007, The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
(EFF) filed suit against Silver, asking the court to protect the free speech rights of a videographer
Videographer
Strictly speaking, a videographer is a person who works in the field of videography, video production — recording moving images and sound on video tape, disk, other electro-mechanical device. News broadcasting relies heavily on live television where videographers engage in electronic news...
who captured a few steps of the dance in a documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
video posted to the Internet
Internet
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.
On May 22, 2007, the EFF came to an agreement to settle the lawsuit: the settlement states that Mr. Silver will license the Electric Slide under a Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license and to also post the new license on any of his current or future websites that mention the Electric Slide. EFF agreed to see that all users of The Electric Slide reference Mr. Silver's name as Choreographer.