Unethical to perform tricks you've figured out?

[Mark]

Originally Posted by robandbob55

The problem is that magic is mostly done in front of real people, not on camera. For laymen in real life it's completely OK to claim a trick your own, but it's pointless because usually we not say "I'll show you my own creation...", only if we do for example a gambling demonstration.

Not even in gambling demonstrations would that make sense, but you're right. Sometimes it could suit your patter though, for instance saying the trick you're about to do was invented by Houdini and this is your tribute to him, but those credits don't have to be true at all (especially not when the actual creator isn't known by any of your spectators).

I think we should make some sort of list of ethics so that people wouldn't have to ask or doubt whether something is ethical or not. I might actually do that soon.