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Ladewig
20th June 2007, 03:04 AM
http://www.themagicwandshop.co.uk/content.php?categoryId=260 sells healing crystals, guardian angel pyramids, and "Dolphin Ascension" music and yet they use an image of Harry Houdini on their webpage. One of the pioneers in the field of debunking nonsense is being used to hawk flimflam.
pspaddict
20th June 2007, 03:21 AM
That's a copyrighted image that belongs to the U.S Post Office. It's the postage stamp that was released a few years ago. Maybe we can make them take it down for that reason.
SomeGuy
20th June 2007, 03:51 AM
I can't resist:

Harry Woo-dini!

:D
Dustin Kesselberg
8th August 2007, 06:40 PM
It's still there.
Gord_in_Toronto
8th August 2007, 07:07 PM
That's a copyrighted image that belongs to the U.S Post Office. It's the postage stamp that was released a few years ago. Maybe we can make them take it down for that reason.

Or at least the US Post Office should be able to. Quick someone, phone your Senator.
Normal Dude
8th August 2007, 07:12 PM
pspaddict,

Do you have a link or reference to the image being copyrighted? I would be happy to send that website a friendly little letter.
Normal Dude
8th August 2007, 07:19 PM
Nevermind, I found it.

ETA: Wait, they are in England. Does it matter then? Not my area of expertise, I will confess.
EGarrett
8th August 2007, 09:30 PM
Maybe you can play that 90-year-old recording that Edison made of Houdini screaming about how there was nothing paranormal about his tricks?

BTW, there's a new TV series on MTV where they pull pranks on people using magic tricks and illusions (like a supernatural/traumatizing version of Punkd), and it's called "Room 401," after the room that Houdini died in...
godless dave
9th August 2007, 12:10 AM
Nevermind, I found it.

ETA: Wait, they are in England. Does it matter then? Not my area of expertise, I will confess.


Yes, the US has a reciprocal copyright arrangement with the UK and lots of other countries. If they didn't you could print your own edition of Harry Potter and sell it here (like Ace did to Tolkien in the 50s).
Dustin Kesselberg
9th August 2007, 06:06 PM
Maybe you can play that 90-year-old recording that Edison made of Houdini screaming about how there was nothing paranormal about his tricks?

BTW, there's a new TV series on MTV where they pull pranks on people using magic tricks and illusions (like a supernatural/traumatizing version of Punkd), and it's called "Room 401," after the room that Houdini died in...

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IMST
10th August 2007, 09:56 AM
Good find Dustin, Thanks!