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James Van Praagh Contract

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Hi all,

I am aware that John Edward has a contract he requires his television audiences to sign restricting them from speaking about what they saw during the taping. I was just wondering if James Van praagh has any similar conracts for his audiences?
 
davidhorman said:
Because it's a contract, the audience signs it, then they get sued if they blab?

David
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But people do blab about their experiences on the show. Nothing happens to them.

Check out TVTalkshows...

Edited: Oh, I'm sorry. We cannot refer to what people say on TVTalkshows, or any other board...
 
David. Maybe you want to have a look at this thread too. If you exclude the usual noise it's very interesting.
 
He does. It is a four page document that is very restrictive. For example, it says you cannot speak to any member of the press, cannot write about your experiences in any forum whatsoever, etc. I know because I attended a JVP taping session out of curiosity and had to sigh the bloody thing to get in.

Enforcement is a different matter.
 
Cleopatra said:
David. Maybe you want to have a look at this thread too. If you exclude the usual noise it's very interesting.
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:eek: Holy cow. I'll bookmark that thread for later reading. :D

Thanks.
 
I saw this on Penn and Teller:BS, and I did wonder about enforcability.

Firstly, in the UK it would not be enforcable because we have 'whistle-blower' legislation which protects anyone who makes a disclosure of secrets if it is in the public interest. I don't know if the US has anything similar.

Secondly, if people are paying for tickets, the only way this contract could be valid is if the guest signs it, or at least reads it, before paying for the ticket, not after. Otherwise it is simply a request from the show, not part of the contract.
 
if it is in the public interest.
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Could a medium then wriggle out of that because his show is disclaimed as being for entertainment purposes only, so any revelations wouldn't be in the public interest? I can't imagine descriptions of how the medium flopped could be deemed in the public interest - evidence of hidden microphones, perhaps...

Secondly, if people are paying for tickets, the only way this contract could be valid is if the guest signs it, or at least reads it, before paying for the ticket, not after. Otherwise it is simply a request from the show, not part of the contract.
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Don't they have the right to refuse entry to anyone for any reason, including not signing the contract?

David
 
The "Crossing Over" agreement in short:
  • You have to give up personal information in advance, e.g. birth date, that could be used to cheat.
  • JE keeps a database of the people who have been read and of the people who has attented a taping within the past 12 months.
  • JE can rig the show anyway he wants it. He can edit anything, to make it look as he wants to.
  • You, on the other hand, are forbidden to influence the outcome in any way.
  • If you discover that JE lies, you cannot do anything about it.
  • You assume responsibility for any possible negligence of the producers (JE included).
  • You cannot sue for slander.
  • If you sue JE, you have to pay his legal costs, no matter who wins the case.
  • If you sue JE, the outcome will probably not be made public.
  • Nothing on the show is intended to be factual.

In the thread, TLN asked the pertinent question:

If Edward is genuine, why would he need this document at all?
 
davidhorman said:

Don't they have the right to refuse entry to anyone for any reason, including not signing the contract?
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It depends. If the person has already paid for a ticket before being shown the contract, then they cannot legally be refuased entry for refusing to sign it. There was case involving a car park like this, where terms and conditions printed on the ticket were held to be unenforcable because they were brought to the customer's attention too late, after the contract to park was complete.

On the other hand, if entry to the show is free then I would agree, they could refuse entry to people who didn't sign the contract.
 
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