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Hmm... I lost control there. Sorry --[[User:TStone|TStone]] 05:08, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
== Examples ==
To illustrate:
''-This is an example of a discovery that can be patented:''
*A pane of glass, angled 45 degree to the viewing plane, can under (this specific) lighting, get the properites of a semi-transparant mirror, making it possible to create (this specific) illusion in the context of a theatrical performance.
''-This is an example of a script that can be copyrighted:''
*-"I was only three when they put me out on the stairs. They did not say what I had done. I stood there, silent, shivering. Quarter past five, as the two moons had started to rise, a rhyming Qualu-circus passed our burrow, and a woman saw me. 'You poor thing', she whispered as she came towards me. She gave me a hug, looked at the sky and said 'life isn't easy, when the sisters are rising together. Come with us'. She and her husbands were the prime-dancers in the Qualu-circus. They taught me and gave me the love for the dance. When I had danced for fifteen years, nature called and I went looking for a tree. When I got back, someone had stolen my sleeping bag. It was then I understood the full meaning of what the woman had said; 'life isn't easy, when the sisters are rising together!' "
The second example can't be patented, as it is just random words stringed together in a specific order. The words in that order, together with some of the concepts, can be copyrighted. The abstract idea of having a Qualu-circus and two moons called "the sisters" - use that combination in a short story, a film, theatre play or radio theatre and it might be considered an infringement of copyright. Each separate word is no problem, but the combination. Same with dance choreography, each move is not protected, but a specific unique sequence can be protected. Music: Same there. Can't patent the tones, can't copyright the tones one by one - but a specific sequence can be protected.
Now magic. Let's take [[Paul Harris]] piece "Headache" as example, as that is a favourite with me.
That magic can be considered art should be understood, as it is possible for someone with knowledge to see a magic effect he's never seen before, and without any hints, recognize the creator, based on the style and thinking which is integrated with the covert choreography in the piece. No matter who perform it, I can spot a [[Max Maven]]-creation anywhere. Or a [[Jim Steinmeyer]]-creation etc. When I was 18, someone performed "Headache" for me, and I immediately recognized it as a [[Paul Harris]]-piece. So I searched until I found a copy of his manuscript, because I wanted to perform it myself. That's the polite and honourable way to do it, besides, I wanted to be sure that the one who performed it for me hadn't misunderstood some subtle nuance. Of course, I could have just taken it, how should he find out about that, with him in USA and me in Sweden on the other side of the world? But I had the dream of meeting him, and get noticed.. Anyway.. this is what his creation is about.
Paul Harris had made a discovery. An oddity in the printing on one of the cards in a standard deck. That discovery can't be patented or copyrighted.
Harris also had the psychological knowledge that no one would notice the oddity, unless attention was brought to it. That knowledge can't be protected either.
He deviced a dramatic (funny) plot about an overworked playing card with headache - now, this might almost fall under copyright.
Then he created a covert choreography of actions, in a specific and unique order...
And Harris discovery, together with the plot, while using his specific choreography, gives you the illusion that a King in the deck, after getting a headache, uses his sword to stab himself in the head to release the pressure. A very funny, impromptu and visual animation of a printed design, while using nothing else than a standard deck of cards - which can only be accomplished by using his specific choreography, and his discoveries.
It is just as much a realised expression of artistic vision as a script, composition or dance choreography. Just as a piece of work in the latter three categories, Paul Harris piece should enjoy the same status, recognition and protection. But it doesn't. Surely, it must be obvious that the copyright laws are flawed, and that my edits give a proper picture of the situation for a creator of magic pieces. And that all this nonsense about secrets or no secrets are totally irrelevant in the context. The question about exposures are equally irrelevant.
This is a serious matter - a creator must have the right to have his name attached to his work, anything less is madness. Otherwise, why all the carefulness when it comes to text, images, photos? Why not steal all that too? Is that just out of fear for a small amount of ink on a piece of paper in a big book? That can't be true - there are more people outside the legislature than inside, so that law could soon be rendered pointless.
It is pretty obvious that it would be impossible to stop the thefts that goes on here, on the magic-related pages. But it should be possible to demand that IF people insists on posting stolen material, they should be asked to provide the name of the originators too. --[[User:TStone|TStone]] 06:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
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