I'm on Teller's side on this one. Mike wrote: "Magic is entertainment, and people like going to see it not because they're "fooled" but because of the showmanship of the entertainers." -- under that logic, then copyright shouldn't apply to music or movies either, right? Music and movies are also entertainment. If I were to go out and perform the music copyrighted by a musician, I'd be in the wrong. I think the same principle would apply here...
I grew up in AZ and even came back here after I retired from the Air Force, but I tell ya, these nuts can sure make a person embarrassed to tell others where they are from. I think I'm gonna start saying I'm from California...
So like any other journalist with a degree of professionalism, you realize that YOU are not the news and simply put your name in a byline. You're not any part of the story...
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I'm on Teller's side on this one. Mike wrote: "Magic is entertainment, and people like going to see it not because they're "fooled" but because of the showmanship of the entertainers." -- under that logic, then copyright shouldn't apply to music or movies either, right? Music and movies are also entertainment. If I were to go out and perform the music copyrighted by a musician, I'd be in the wrong. I think the same principle would apply here...
Seriously?!
I grew up in AZ and even came back here after I retired from the Air Force, but I tell ya, these nuts can sure make a person embarrassed to tell others where they are from. I think I'm gonna start saying I'm from California...
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So like any other journalist with a degree of professionalism, you realize that YOU are not the news and simply put your name in a byline. You're not any part of the story...