my opinion is that if you can get the trick from the demo, good job. They put the demo for you to see the trick. If you went outside, and saw wayne perfoming stigmata, and you figured it out, your not ripping him off. Be like E, t11 and edit/edit out the parts that may have revealed to much.
Its the creators fault if people can see the video and understand it.
This, is the downfall of modern magic.
I'm sorry, but this kind of attitude is disgusting. It just doesn't make sense. Using this logic, somebody with a fundamental knowledge of magic can stroll down to the magic store and get one of the guys there to demo a few tricks, and steal them, with no remorse. and it is theft, okay, 'intellectual property'.
The pathetic thing is, it doesn't help anybody. It impacts the creator, obviously, but it also impacts the thief. without the actual instruction, published after countless performance's of the effect in question, the thief misses out on the subtleties, and finesse that has been developed in order to make the effect really work. Of course, if you are willing to carelessly steal from somebody who actually contributes to the art, then i guess you're probably not much of a magician anyway, and so won't really see the value in these intricate touches.
I'm sorry, but magic is not, i repeat NOT created with the intent of 'fooling' magicians, it is created for laymen, who don't have a knowledge of sleight of hand, so the whole 'it's your fault if it's easy to figure out' argument falls flat, i'm afraid.
I, among others, have tried talking sense. But so far, it looks pointless.
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. You can lay down a paragraph of what should be obvious advice, but you can't make an idiot think.
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