Alright, well I've only skimmed through this topic, so excuse me if what I'm about to say has been said, but I dont think it has.
I think that when we purchase something, we are not buying the information, nor are we really buying the physical copy of it. We are buying the rights to perform and use the contents of the given product. Ownig the product gives us the rights to perform what is inside it, if we dont own it, we should not have those rights.
What this means, is that we shouldnt resell things that we are going to use; things that have furthered us in any way, because we have gained from the "secret" information contained inside, and we cannot forget that. However, if we were to get a DVD or book and say "I'm never going to use even the smallest piece of information from this," then I think reselling it is ok, because we havent really taken from it, but someone else may. This also allows for us to sell things that disappoint like some people were talking about before.
I also feel that this type of thinking changes how we think about piracy. If everyone were ethical enough, and honest enough, to pay for the things they used, piracy would actually benefit the magic community. It would mean that good creators, and people who come up with real life, useable material would be rewarded, and the bad magic released on the marketplace wouldnt make money simply because we would be able to see if it was useable and actually any good before even compansating the creator.
I think if everyone were ethical, this would actually be an ideal system.
Note, im talking about even using the smallest thing from any DVD; subtlety, joke, patter ideas, anything like that.
Just a few thoughts.
Cheers,
Lucas
I think that when we purchase something, we are not buying the information, nor are we really buying the physical copy of it. We are buying the rights to perform and use the contents of the given product. Ownig the product gives us the rights to perform what is inside it, if we dont own it, we should not have those rights.
What this means, is that we shouldnt resell things that we are going to use; things that have furthered us in any way, because we have gained from the "secret" information contained inside, and we cannot forget that. However, if we were to get a DVD or book and say "I'm never going to use even the smallest piece of information from this," then I think reselling it is ok, because we havent really taken from it, but someone else may. This also allows for us to sell things that disappoint like some people were talking about before.
I also feel that this type of thinking changes how we think about piracy. If everyone were ethical enough, and honest enough, to pay for the things they used, piracy would actually benefit the magic community. It would mean that good creators, and people who come up with real life, useable material would be rewarded, and the bad magic released on the marketplace wouldnt make money simply because we would be able to see if it was useable and actually any good before even compansating the creator.
I think if everyone were ethical, this would actually be an ideal system.
Note, im talking about even using the smallest thing from any DVD; subtlety, joke, patter ideas, anything like that.
Just a few thoughts.
Cheers,
Lucas