Within magic (and most variety arts) it’s difficult to keep people from stealing material. Simply because there’s really not a lot you can do. Sure you can claim copyright…but that can’t be enforced until it’s registered. Registering a copyright takes time and money, and it’s no guarantee that it will be enforceable.
So what do you do?
Earlier today a magician went on a TV show and did a couple of stolen bits from some well known magicians. One of the magicians called him out and magicians from around the world rallied. They gave him bad reviews on his facebook business page, dropping his rating from a 4.8 to a 1.5.
It also turns out the guy that was stealing material is at the IBM convention when this all went down, and many of the people he swiped material from are there. I predict things like this will start happening when someone steals material from high profile people.
That Was Unexpected…
Within magic (and most variety arts) it’s difficult to keep people from stealing material. Simply because there’s really not a lot you can do. Sure you can claim copyright…but that can’t be enforced until it’s registered. Registering a copyright takes time and money, and it’s no guarantee that it will be enforceable. So what do … Continue reading “That Was Unexpected…”