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Guest Essay: Rip-Off or Research?

Editor: Mark Panner is filling in for us whilst we work our day job during this busy season.  His essays are not edited or approved in anyway by Inside Magic.  In fact, we usually disagree with everything he says and does.

Some call it deliberate theft, others call it inspiration. I call it inspiration because I don’t like all of the negatives that come with the word “theft.”

But I also call it…