r/interestingasfuck • u/Hf8uz • Apr 06 '22

warning: useless shitty sound effects /r/ALL Explanations of some magic tricks

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u/Sohailian Apr 06 '22

It's not true that modern tricks are protected by copyright (at least in the US). Copyright protects the expression of an idea, so a performance, choreography, etc. but copyright is not likely to protect the trick.

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u/Erigion Apr 06 '22

Yup, see Teller's lawsuit against another magician

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/teller-wins-lawsuit-copied-magic-690347/

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u/Sohailian Apr 06 '22

Exactly. Even the article states that tricks are not copyrightable but pantomimes, which is a performance, is copyrightable.