So I noticed something, I was comparing 2 You Tube Channels, Calen Morelli's and a magician who is famous for teaching other peoples magic. I compared the subscriber numbers and Calen, who has lots of activity on You Tube has thousands of subscribers the other guy who always rips off others has hundreds of thousands.
I looked at Stuart Edge's account, he used to reveal secrets from time to time but has cleaned up his account since. His videos are now some of the most popular on You Tube along with clips of of David Blaine's special and inevitably the suggested other videos always include a few of this persons videos.
I am tired of the excuses, internet exposure is rampant and we have to take a stand against it. For some reason people think that standing by idle will help and that anything that we do cannot affect it, this is wrong.
My three step program to fighting internet exposure:
1. Report exposure when possible directly to the magic creator.
This can be difficult but it can help for two reasons.
If the video is a direct copyright infringement (Actual DVD footage, music or photos) You Tube requires a dispute by the actual copyright holder. In most cases they ask for an official email address. I helped remove some of Papercrane's videos this way. This took about a week working with You Tube and Papercrane Productions.
Alternatively, the creator could always contact the maker of the video. I did this with a couple of my Wire downloads and within a day they were gone.
2. Cloud up the system with fake tutorials and deceptive language.
Fake tutorials are one of the most clever ways to hide magic secrets. On my You Tube channel they are my most popular videos with thousands of views. Theory11 has capitolized on these and if you search certain of their effects you'll be sure to pull up a thousand fake tutorials. Check out Rob Anderson for some very funny "tutorials"
Deceptive language has been used to great avail by Ellusionist, Theory11, Criss Angel and others mainly in web series. These entities use magic buzzwords words like "Revealed", "Expose" and "Revelations" as web series. So if you search "Ellusionist Revelations" you get Daniel Madison and Ellusionist news.
You can use this language in your own videos in the description and the tags if not the title.
3. Become a hacker
I'm kidding. Sometimes I wish I could take control of certain accounts though and just start deleting their videos. This is highly illegal and I don't advocate it but it would be a much more honest way to use your hacking skills then identity theft or stealing peoples money when you could protect the unpredictable. You'd be like the Robin Hood of magic.
My point is, magic piracy is a problem and there are things we can do to prevent, eliminate and dilute it.
ps. I am not advocating breaking the law.
I looked at Stuart Edge's account, he used to reveal secrets from time to time but has cleaned up his account since. His videos are now some of the most popular on You Tube along with clips of of David Blaine's special and inevitably the suggested other videos always include a few of this persons videos.
I am tired of the excuses, internet exposure is rampant and we have to take a stand against it. For some reason people think that standing by idle will help and that anything that we do cannot affect it, this is wrong.
My three step program to fighting internet exposure:
1. Report exposure when possible directly to the magic creator.
This can be difficult but it can help for two reasons.
If the video is a direct copyright infringement (Actual DVD footage, music or photos) You Tube requires a dispute by the actual copyright holder. In most cases they ask for an official email address. I helped remove some of Papercrane's videos this way. This took about a week working with You Tube and Papercrane Productions.
Alternatively, the creator could always contact the maker of the video. I did this with a couple of my Wire downloads and within a day they were gone.
2. Cloud up the system with fake tutorials and deceptive language.
Fake tutorials are one of the most clever ways to hide magic secrets. On my You Tube channel they are my most popular videos with thousands of views. Theory11 has capitolized on these and if you search certain of their effects you'll be sure to pull up a thousand fake tutorials. Check out Rob Anderson for some very funny "tutorials"
Deceptive language has been used to great avail by Ellusionist, Theory11, Criss Angel and others mainly in web series. These entities use magic buzzwords words like "Revealed", "Expose" and "Revelations" as web series. So if you search "Ellusionist Revelations" you get Daniel Madison and Ellusionist news.
You can use this language in your own videos in the description and the tags if not the title.
3. Become a hacker
I'm kidding. Sometimes I wish I could take control of certain accounts though and just start deleting their videos. This is highly illegal and I don't advocate it but it would be a much more honest way to use your hacking skills then identity theft or stealing peoples money when you could protect the unpredictable. You'd be like the Robin Hood of magic.
My point is, magic piracy is a problem and there are things we can do to prevent, eliminate and dilute it.
ps. I am not advocating breaking the law.