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| Excuse me, but I just wanted to send a message to point out two things. | |||
| Firstly, in reality the Uniform Trade Secrets Act IS a law which legally protects secrets, and would make it illegal to post them on wikipedia; however there is now Trade Secret covering David Copperfield's magic. | |||
| Secondly, I editted out the methods for two reasons; firstly because the solutions are readily available if people want to find them. If they REALLY want to know; they can visit other sites to find out. And secondly I deleted them because many people, myself included, come here to learn about magic and David Copperfield, only to be disappointed to learn how his magic is done. | |||
| It takes away the wonder and its actually depressing for some people - including me. That's why I tried to remove it. I think that if people wish to discover how it is done, they can, but they shouldn't stumbel upon it accidentally. Its too obvious and its like ruining the end of a good book. Imagine how annoyed a lot of people would be if they googled "Harry Potter" and then clicked the wikipedia link and the first thing they saw was "SNAPE KILLS DUMBELDOOR". | |||
| Can you see what I mean? I understand I have no legal grounds to have it removed from here, but I think I have ethical grounds too. You don't have to agree, but it is a fact that when polled over 79% of Copperfield's audience did NOT want to know how it was done after leaving the theatre. | |||
| Yours, | |||
| Tom | |||
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Excuse me, but I just wanted to send a message to point out two things.
Firstly, in reality the Uniform Trade Secrets Act IS a law which legally protects secrets, and would make it illegal to post them on wikipedia; however there is now Trade Secret covering David Copperfield's magic. Secondly, I editted out the methods for two reasons; firstly because the solutions are readily available if people want to find them. If they REALLY want to know; they can visit other sites to find out. And secondly I deleted them because many people, myself included, come here to learn about magic and David Copperfield, only to be disappointed to learn how his magic is done.
It takes away the wonder and its actually depressing for some people - including me. That's why I tried to remove it. I think that if people wish to discover how it is done, they can, but they shouldn't stumbel upon it accidentally. Its too obvious and its like ruining the end of a good book. Imagine how annoyed a lot of people would be if they googled "Harry Potter" and then clicked the wikipedia link and the first thing they saw was "SNAPE KILLS DUMBELDOOR".
Can you see what I mean? I understand I have no legal grounds to have it removed from here, but I think I have ethical grounds too. You don't have to agree, but it is a fact that when polled over 79% of Copperfield's audience did NOT want to know how it was done after leaving the theatre.
Yours,
Tom