And while they're probably not exact copies of the method used in the book or manual provided with the effect. The summary written in the article is in such detail that it may constitute a copyright violation of the manual the same way excessively long plot summaries are. (see for example the template atop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_%28season_3%29 )
Mgm
On 1/15/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
But it's still making material freely available that should be paid for to start with.
On 1/15/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
In a previous discussion it was determined that most magic tricks
aren't
patented (for fear of revealing the method) or copyrighted (only the
way
it's written down in a book or recorded on a DVD or video is
copyrighted).
However, isn't exposure of commercially available effects considered [[piracy]] then?
I don't see how. It's possible that stealing someone else's trick for your magic show might be piracy, but describing a trick in an encyclopedia article shouldn't be. We're not reproducing the trick, just describing it.
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