I Didn't Realize So Many of you were Pirates!

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Michael O'Brien is an award winning magician who has performed magic all over the world including the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California as well as the Magic Circle in London, United Kingdom. He has made several television appearances including: Penn & Teller fool Us, KTLA 5, Mitú TV, and America's Got Talent. In addition to performing magic, Michael spends much of his time creating his own magic effects, giving his audience a unique experience they will not get anywhere else as well as teaching up and coming magicians the tricks of the trade!
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[@frazecc]

I guess i agree morally, but... Piracy exists, and complaing about it just because now it effects you, it's just a random useless rant. Mind that i'm a guy who bought from YOU pokemonte, and now that i'm changing it to better fit me, and that i know the istruction, i'm buying actual pokemon card and not buying it again from you. I follow you on youtube, i click "like" now and then, and i think its fair because i really want to support you...but... I dont think that "buy the original thing just to support me and stop complaing if you cannot afford it" is unfair the other way around. Why should always the last customer pay for the extra? Why murphy and penguin can "rip the creator off his money", and why is always the last customer that has to pay for it? Do you want us to support you? There s patron for that. No need for us to overpay something that can be cheaper. Is it fair? No Is the solution "not to make any more products"? I dont think so, because you are getting views, and people are using your creation and the thing spreads and yada yada yada... People are going to steal your download. People are going to reprint your special deck. Movies have been always pirated, music too. And it looks to me they are still around doing their thing. Is it fair? No..but it's the way it goes and if you are in the business, i guess you knew it already before realising the product and you had accounted for it. Love your thinking, love your products and video. Keep on! I dont think i deserve getting banned for this, but lets see what happens...

[@OBrienMagic]

Haha not going to ban you. You were not rude or say anything mean or hateful. You are correct. I do think however that bringing awareness to this is reasonable. I felt this way even before putting products out so it is not “now that effects me personally” at all. I have seen countless others get ripped off and even hesitated myself to want to start putting out my ideas for the same exact reason. This has been going on for years but I figured why nottalk about it. To address your points, 1 yes you did buy pokemonte but are now changing things and buying your own cards. I think that is 100% fine. You supported me and now are making it your own! I think that is totally fine. 2 Murphy’s is not ripping me off. I entered an agreement with them knowinh I’d make less money per unit and in exchange my product would be distributed worldwide. Walk into any magic shop in the world and there is a chance you may find my product there. Because MMS put it there. Its a sacrifice I am chosing to make AND I am still getting paid for it.. lol its not being stolen and sold without my permission where I don’t see a dime. 3 I DO have a membership and plenty of people support me there. I put my tutorials up and if people want to go out and buy their own cards that is fine. But the point is they support me (like it sounds you do.) I have no issue with people buying more affordable versions of what I sell, as long as at some point in the transaction $ comes into my pocket and not going to someone else who stole all my hard work. 4 yea I do think it sucks and “it happens” but at the end of the day, I am a content creator and have the right to discuss what I want. In this instance, I al going to discuss this topic. I have had people calling me “mentally ill” for saying you should not steal from others… that is the level we are at these days when it comes to the internet. Lol Thanks for your feedback and your support! It means a lot!

[@frazecc]

@@OBrienMagic I understand that "useless rant" is not a nice way to describe what you did but, sadly, it's going to be useless since piracy exists from a long time and will not stop. Beside the practical part, your speech was correct. Maybe one day will find a way to handle this in a useful way

[@themagicofseth]

I think maybe bootlegged movies would be a better analogy than the painting. People are cheap bastards, myself included, but I wouldnt buy a knock off of a marketed effect. That being said, i did order a $5 flipper off temu(the quality is crap lol) Coin gimmicks are expensive and id never worked with one. Now that im familiar, I fully intend on ordering one from a proper dealer now, and wouldn't have otherwise

[@OBrienMagic]

I am pretty sure I did that analogy in the OG video…. Lol

[@OBrienMagic]

Also, ordering cheap versions of Gimmicks that are in public domain (like a flipper coin or expanded shell) IMO is totally fine.

[@MrEntertainmentmagic]

At 20:10 , I think a good examples is Pyro Perception vs. branded

[@OBrienMagic]

good point!!!

[@ernestd]

People spending hundreds of dollars for some sneakers, concert or cocktail because it's trendy, spending money on subscriptions of their favorite caster... because it's trendy, and complaining about being ripped off by authors and creators products that they don't care, because it's trendy. And that's not only new generations, stupidity and selfishness is equally spread across generations

[@OBrienMagic]

Lol never thought of this in this way! Thats so funny but makes sense!

[@westonding8953]

Hey Michael, sorry I haven’t been on your channel for a bit! Life is busy for me but I totally agree with you on this one! It’s usually not fair to just buy the knock off of a product when the artist is the one losing out on it. This is why property rights and intellectual property rights are critical for a populace’s wellbeing. The last point is definitely very tricky because I do think improving on something is praiseworthy.

[@OBrienMagic]

I agree! Making an improvement on an existing effect is what we all do! These days it is rare anything new is invented. Its mostly new themes or advancements on something else that was invented before.

[@NOYFB982]

People are sooo literal, hence misunderstanding your analogies. God bless you for trying.

[@thonggialam6310]

I actually was a pirate 8 years ago as living in Vietnam that time, it was really hard to buy the original materials. I also need to mention this that time English was not so popular in Vietnam. Therefore, people know English as well as understanding support the creator also rare. That’s how I became a pirate without knowing things. However, now everything changes. When I know the creators, I would like to be their friend and support them

[@OBrienMagic]

I think it is a separate conversation when people are living in a country where the original magic effect is just not available and impossible to get ahold of. If you need to make your own or buy a knockoff because there is no other way, I think that can be forgiven.

[@d1g1m1]

Great video Michael. Class & quality costs money… 🙏🌅🎩

[@NOYFB982]

Putting together a graphic of costs and using the trick components as show and tell (the deck, the box, the design) would probably be helpful for those who do not typically think in business terms.

[@NOYFB982]

More importantly, the artist in the street spent years learning and practicing painting (like an experienced magician), so if his total effort was put into a product, the painting would be thousands.

[@betomondini]

People is used to value only THEIR time and Ideas, not someone elses. We live in a world where people is unable to put themselves in someone elses shoes

[@donovanday1054]

Well said. I agree with everything you have said in this video. I have also created a bunch of magic effects but have hesitated to release them because of knock off artists.

[@OBrienMagic]

Yeah, I myself hesitate to put even performance vids online because people will simply reverse engineer it then next thing you know they are selling your product before you even get a chance to put it out!

[@marcelinopalencia3140]

I agree with u 💯 same as ur last vid if i cant afford an effect or something expensive i want i save up for it until i can buy it and when u buy an effect ur not just buying the physical item but the time it took the magician that came up with the effect and the time it took him to perfect the effect or prop i say u have to back up the original creator all the way so they can continue to come up with more great effects as always great vid cant wait for the next one

[@OBrienMagic]

You are the best! Thanks so much and again for supporting as a member!