Intellectual rights to magic methods and exposure
Understanding what the intellectual rights to magic methodsDescription of Intellectual Rights to Magic MethodsWhat is an exposure (in term of magic)? [I removed the link due to some technical issue.]Exposure in magic refers to the practice of making magical methods (the "secrets" of how magic tricks are performed) available to those who are not magicians (usually defined as "those who have not demonstrated some commitment to magic as a performance art", but occasionally further refined to "those who are not members of a magic club or society").
Exposures are performed by both professional and amateur magicians and members of the public, and may be performed as part of stage shows, or in other public media including the Internet.
Exposures as such should also be carefully distinguished from apparent exposures performed by magicians during an act; these 'exposures' invariably turn out to be illusions in their own right, usually compounded in mystery by their apparent similarity to a previous trick (or outright jokes — one example is a magician who claims the secret to unlinking rings is that "the rings have holes", and then points to the "hole" in the middle of each ring). Since a primary rule of magic is Never perform the same trick twice, if a magician appears to be doing so, a surprise ending will almost assuredly follow.