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    Industry with no copyright protection? Lessons from fashion's free culture.

    If someone has made a statement to this effect, then point it out. They have gone on record. Now if someone told you this privately then, one, it is hardly of mythic status and two that person is just an idiot. To not back up your claim that this belief is pervasive only makes it look like you...
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    Industry with no copyright protection? Lessons from fashion's free culture.

    I have been in magic a long time and have never heard anyone suggest a trick could be copyrighted. What myth do you speak of? Now a specific writeup or film of a trick is copyrighted - that's why it is illegal to xerox a magic book and sell it. Likewise, some performers (as far back as...
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    Watch the master debugging the frauds...

    'Debugging' is what one does to a malfunctioning computer program. 'Debunking' is what a skeptic does when exposing a charlatan.
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    Criss Angel steals effect and markets it...

    More people know who Brittany Spears is than Duke Ellington. More people know who Jim Carey is than Phillip Seymour Hoffman. More people will buy posters of cats hanging from ropes with the phrase 'hang on it's almost friday' than will ever see a picasso or pollack in person. But if you try...
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    How to create a 'tingling' sensation?

    There is a great no gaff, no suggestion, impromptu method for this. It was published in an obscure manuscript in the 70's or 80's by someone best thought of as a mentalist. The original release was advertised as a hardcover but I am only aware of a spiral bound edition. I offer this...
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    Criss Angel steals effect and markets it...

    There are several lines of thinking in this thread that are simply wrong. They are also all too common ways of thinking that we see on these forums and in magic in general. I have cut and pasted some of them here with comment: 1) He can stand in the middle of a mall, do a simple card effect...
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    I just emptied THE DRAWER.

    I have several of those plastive multidrawer storage units for that purpose. I decided I would clean them out and do a better job of organizing them. I managed to go through all of the packet tricks. The floor in my office is covered with magic crap right now. I need to get back to it...
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    What has magic done to you? Share your story.

    Because this is an interesting point, I will make a comment that might help direct posts in a more meaningful direction. When I read the title, at first I took issue with the word 'to'. I don't think magic does anything 'to' you. 'For' would be a better word. But on further reflection...
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    Criss Angel steals effect and markets it...

    Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous. Everyone knows Satan doesn't need camera tricks. Oh - snap! :)
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    Stage Magic - DVDs?

    Rice Encyclopedia of Silk Magic (4 volumes). Vito Lupo and Roy Benson both have excellent silk productions. Levent has excellent work on McComb's Half Dyed Hank. And both Laufling and P and A will have all the supplies you need.
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    I can't find my answer anywhere! Please help!

    Email murphys magic supplies or stevens magic (they carry masuda products), tell them what you need and give them your contact info, asking they pass it on to masuda. Also, richard kaufman on the genii forum would likely know as well.
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    What do you do if someone steals your idea?

    Nope. There are no legal protections for magic tricks other than patents. As the vast majority of ideals in magic are so derivitive, it is hard to establish that someone 'with reasonable knowledge of the art' would not have come up with the same idea. Copyright applies only to specific...
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    What do you do if someone steals your idea?

    First, deeming onself an artist is pretentious. I can't think of any magician who sells product and calls themself an artist who offers anything remotely resembling art. That would require that somone know the history of not only art but their art (magic) and offer something relevant and...
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    What do you do if someone steals your idea?

    That's a cop out. If you are going to use the forum to announce your situation, you should provide all of the information - out of fairness not only to your readers but to those you accuse as well. All you are doing is encouraging speculation and gossip. If it's an issue worth...
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    Note to Paul + theory11...

    Seems to me any effect actually worth performing for paying audiences would be worth at LEAST a grand, if not more. I feel lucky to find a trick worth doing these days. I might have to go through 10 or 15 books before I find an idea that is right for me. Factor in the cost of those books...
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    Note to Paul + theory11...

    Understood. I did not know if you still held those beliefs or were just apologizing to Paul for the way you handled the conversation. Many people hold that belie, but ultimately I do not feel it holds up to scrutiny. I was interested in hearing your perspective on it - which clearly has changed.
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    Note to Paul + theory11...

    Why should everyone be entitled to learn every effect in existence? Shouldn't a creator get to determine how his work is used - and by whom? If we all did the same material, how would magic as an art be served?
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    What if people ask to shuffle the deck?

    Palming, properly executed, will always work, can be performed surrounded, and there are no angle issues.
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    No Restaurant Customers!

    If the restaurant is dead, I leave and do not charge them for my time that day. Ultimately my relationship with the management is critical. They need to see me as someone who provides value. Somedays, it just won't work out that way. If I don't feel I was able to deliver that value, I do not...
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    The Buck Twins - 2010 Sorcerers Safari Summer Magic Camp

    They will be lecturing Saturday night - late lecture.
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