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But a line is crossed when you repeatedly view a video demo for the sole purpose of figuring out the methodology behind an effect - so you can add it to your own repertoire.
I will not lie when I say that I try to reverse engineer effects. (I wonder how many times I've contradicted myself in this thread. If I'm lucky, then it will be zero. Of course, chances are I'm wrong. Ha. Please don't hate me.) Even so, I don't try to reverse engineer them to put them in my repertoire (hence the bold in your quote). If I see an effect that is truly spectacular, I will watch that video OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN until my eyes bleed! Even if I manage to figure out the methods, I wouldn't perform it for the following reasons:
1. I would not had even come up with the idea for the effect without seeing the preview.
2. I wish to respect the artist.
3. Chances are, the DVD (or downlod) will have more information than JUST the method.
I won't lie, there are some things out there that I've performed without owning, but I would always buy the product at some point. (Currently there is only 1 effect still that I'm guilty of performing a few times and not owning the DVD. Raiker, you may actually know what it is. If not, it's fun trivia.)
We are magicians... We'll always try to figure something out that fools us. I'm guilty of it and chances are, so are you. (Speaking in general of course.)
I try never to perform something unless I actually have the rights to do so.
-Doug