Possible Legal Protection
There are a number of areas of law that might provide a basis for magicians to claim ownership of certain pieces of knowledge and to prevent exposure. Each type of protection has its own limitations and loopholes. Copyright, patent, trade secret and trademark law, are the primary sources of legal protection at issue on the topic.
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