http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/09/28/who_owns_magic.html Musings of a techie lawyer Sun, 20 May 2012 19:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2006/09/28/who_owns_magic.html#comment-467 Ken Collins Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:20:15 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/wordpress/?p=363#comment-467 The custom is for magicians to acknowledge the sources of their effects. The tricks are all simple and have been around since the start of time but the real trick is to take that simple principle and turn it into something "magical". This is the real magic that real magicians learn from other magicians and as tribute they acknowledge them. It is similar to academics and the academic integrity they practice by acknowledging their sources. The custom is for magicians to acknowledge the sources of their effects. The tricks are all simple and have been around since the start of time but the real trick is to take that simple principle and turn it into something “magical”.
This is the real magic that real magicians learn from other magicians and as tribute they acknowledge them.
It is similar to academics and the academic integrity they practice by acknowledging their sources.

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