[WikiEN-l] Exposure of magic on Wikipedia

[Thomas Dalton]

> 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.