How do "you"* justify as a magician that you cannot reveal basic techniques to students of the art.
but if you "create" a trick and sell it...you reveal the techniques.
so it is NOT ok to reveal a secret......but as soon as "you" get paid to do it...THEN you can ?
ESPECIALLY when it comes to card and coin magic where 99% of ALL techniques "YOU" use was originally developed by the pioneers...not by "you"...but yet you claim it as original because you added some patter??
please justify this logic.
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*I use "you" so everyone knows I am not talking to them specificly...this has been a problem in the past when not using " "
We can reveal to ANYONE...provided that they'll use it for the art.
So we can reveal it to beginners and laymen who want to start magic.
You pointed out that on You Tube ANYONE can learn magic.
I think that argument is pretty pointless because see, that is the WHOLE point of You Tube. In You Tube anyone can be anything (I suspect am the only one getting Zootopia vibes here. Fine, call me a kid, but Pixar is the best). If the data on You Tube gets restricted...that is like a modified version of net neutrality, but to suit only magicians ALREADY quite good in magic.
Look at it from another perspective. What if professional artists started a rant about EXCLUSIVE painting and shading techniques being taught on You Tube to absolute beginners? Pretty pointless.
A layman in YT will only go as far as a video titled "YOU HAVE TO LEARN THIS AMAZING IMPOSSIBLE COIN TRICK". They won't be interested in something titled, say, "Tips for a good classic pass:Xavior Spade". They'd be like,"What the hell is a pass? And why is it classic? And who the hell is Xavior Spade? Eff this, lemme just go and watch Markiplier play FNAF 5".
Basically, YT has become notorious on YT for NOTHING.
As for your complaints abt magicians introducing stuff AS IF it is their own while it is not really, well, tell me how many new sleights have actually been freshly created? Like, EVERYTHING is new? I don't think there are a lot of them, or even a single one of them. It is what people do with the old sleights that makes the sleights better and makes money for creators. I think creators create effects, not actual methods (I may be wrong). And the best of magicians here surely know how difficult it is to see things from a different point of view yourself. So obviously, if someone sees something from a COMPLETELY different POV, their innovative-ness has a price
Say, just for an example---this is an era where a classic pass is used for controlling a card. Everyone sees classic pass JUST as a control, nothing else. Best of magicians and books teach it ONLY as a control. Now, if someone uses a pass and modifies it as a colour change or a vanish...shouldn't their out-of-the-box-thinking be rewarded?
Of course there are some douchebags who steal or copy effects EXACTLY, but there material gets brought down or criticised.
