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Hi I was just Wondering are we allowed to post links to videos teaching things like how to spin a card or a fan twirl?

Just a question

it would depend on wether they were entirely your creation or if they were someone elses

No

I'm saying if anyone needs any tips I could record them myself and post them

is that ok?

I very much doubt it because anybody could say that they own the trick. If it is a tutorial for somehting like riffle shuffling, cutting, rolling a coin on fingers or something very basic like that then it should be okay.

thats what i ment because i haven't see any arround and it is easyer to have a tutorial rather than trying to explain a slieght in the hints and tips section.

Delude wrote:I very much doubt it because anybody could say that they own the trick. If it is a tutorial for somehting like riffle shuffling, cutting, rolling a coin on fingers or something very basic like that then it should be okay.

I agree with Delude, as long as the tutorial does note teach a sleight or any move that is supposed to be secret then I don't see the harm. If you post videos teaching (let's just say) a d/l then I think there would be cause for concern. Flourishes should be fair game as they are performed openly and not the secret to any effect.

There is a forum in the private section where you are allowed to post tutorial video. "Tutorial File Sharing".

Sorry guys, as we explain in one of the introduction posts/stickies, we aren't a teaching site - there have been some explanatory videos in the past but the potential problems of sorting out whether something is secret or not would be daunting to say the least.

We've had heated discussions over whether flourishes are magic or not before now and there seems to be a truce rather than a resolution of the 'discussion'. Demo/tutorial videos are best left to individuals to deal with rather than be posted on a magic discussion forum.

J0kerz wrote:There is a forum in the private section where you are allowed to post tutorial video. "Tutorial File Sharing".

True but it hasn't been used since May this year and there aren't many items in that section anyway.

i'd actually forgotten it even existed!

I did not know we even had one

thanks

but

isn't it that advanced magician are allowed to use that forum where as the new one who really need the help are left with some dizzying written explaination.

not everyone in the section is an advanced magician though. Some are relatively new to magic so it helps them a lot but since its in the restricted section then people surfing the net looking for exposure sites cant get at it.

but then by the time you gain access you can understand or don't need to be taught basic slieghts.

could you make one for members with a lower post rate?

krazy ace wrote:but then by the time you gain access you can understand or don't need to be taught basic slieghts.

not true..some people still need help with what some people find basic moves..elmsley count..second deal etc etc