Apparently, there is a new court show called "Judged by Matt Walsh" and a
case on there involves two magicians: https://www.dailywire.com/news/judged-by......ttresses

The second half of that article describes the case, the episode itself is behind
a paywall. It says that Jason was suing Mark on the grounds that Mark
performed a trick that Jason invented at a show they did together.

Obviously, I don't have the full story because I haven't seen the episode, but it seems
Jason wanted $1000, the amount he paid the videographer, because he felt that
Mark performing his trick ruined the footage. He apparently claimed that violated
the magician's code.

To quote the article: "There's an unwritten rule in the magic community that if several
magicians are performing in the same show, if you have the creator of the trick on the
show, and then you have someone else on the show who has purchased the trick, the
general practice is that the person who purchased the trick will defer to the person
who created the trick," the plaintiff explained.

That is a very specific clause, although it makes sense, I'm not sure if
I have heard that specifically before. Is this a known standard?

I don't know the judge's decision, but off hand I would say asking
Mark to pay the videographers whole fee is sort of odd. Couldn't
the fact they used the same trick be edited around?

Mark's defense was that the trick was different enough to be unique.

The most notable part of that article was the judge informing Mark
of the gravity of the claims leveled against him, he stated: "This is a
serious charge. The magician code of conduct is deeply important to each
magician. It's all he has because he doesn't have friends or a social life."

I thought he was talking to me there.

Anyway, what are you folks' thoughts on this topic? I don't know what the
judge decided or the details, but I did find the case interesting.

Sounds like nonsense the two created to get some free advertising.

What? two magicians make something up for drama? unheard of.

A few days ago, a clip from the episode was uploaded to Matt Walsh's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5yf7jbsZnQ

Wow I care so little It is almost impossible to measure.

But, since you say 'almost impossible', there is still a possibility to measure some care.

Lets be honest, we all care about fake Internet court shows a little bit.

Possible. I don’t generally talk in absolutes.

[quote]On May 29, 2024, Fedora wrote:
"This is a serious charge. The magician code of conduct is deeply important to each
magician. It's all he has because he doesn't have friends or a social life."

While I think the "magicians code" isn't as strictly adhered to by magician's today as the judge would like to think, the last sentence is so very true for so many!