Magic tricks cannot be protected by copyright, at least in the US. [1] However, Raymond Teller has won a copyright lawsuit.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/teller-wins-lawsuit-copied-magic- 690347 The trick can't be protected, but the performance can. [2] [1] - I find this interesting, since the US usually allows more things to be protected by copyright. [2] - Normally I'm not on the side of IP protection, but I find this an intriguing legal argument. ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rsl...@vcn.bc.ca sl...@victoria.tc.ca rsl...@computercrime.org Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. - Neil Postman victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
