[WikiEN-l] Exposure of magic on Wikipedia

[Sean Barrett]

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MacGyverMagic/Mgm stated for the record:
> On 1/15/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> I don't see how. Copyright covers a specific tangible expression, not
>> the underlying ideas contained within it. One can make a movie out of a
>> book and then have the book be in public domain while the movie remains
>> copyrighted, for example. I think the sort of IP protection you're
>> thinking of is more along the lines of trade secret or patent law, which
>> as far as I can tell don't apply here.
> 
> 
> That's why I'm mentioning the instructional videos and/or manuals as the
> tangible expressed bit of the magic. The written instructions to magic trick
> are copyrighted - no doubt.
> 
> Mgm

And as long as we don't copy "the instructional videos and/or manuals,"
revealing the trick is no more a violation of anything than revealing
that Zeus gets the girl is a violation of anything.

Oh, by the way: Beowulf kills Grendel.

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