When one thinks of magicians protecting the secrets of their art, the first thing to come to mind is trade secret protection. n236 A [*106] trade secret is secret information that gives the owner a competitive advantage. n237 Trade secret protection is impractical and almost impossible for variety artists to maintain because the protection is so easy to lose. The owner of a trade secret must take precautions to prevent others from learning the secret in order to avoid losing the protection. n238 Variety artists frequently move from venue to venue and only rarely have any control over who has backstage access. They usually lack the power to make everyone they work with sign non-disclosure agreements. n239 As a result, it is often very difficult for such artists to implement protections that a court would consider reasonable precautions to maintain secrecy