In recent years, a quiet but deeply damaging form of theft has begun spreading through the magic community. It doesn’t look like piracy. It doesn’t look like exposure. It doesn’t look like the traditional threats we’ve spent decades fighting. It looks like a normal purchase. Here's how it works: A magician buys a new effect at full retail price. They open the box. They download the instruction video. They save the secret. And then — with the method safely stored — they re‑sel
