And after selling you one, I will still have one less MacGuffin. Presumably these can’t be copied easily. And if they can, e.g. if it is a digital file, then what is it that you really want to get? Access to the information in the file or preventing access to the information for others?
This made me think of some related concepts: NDAs and exclusive rights contracts.
But if I give you the letters in exchange of the money, this doesn’t make it any less blackmail...
And having extra MacGuffin’s to sell shouldn’t change it, either.
You could have made copies of the letters.
And after selling you one, I will still have one less MacGuffin. Presumably these can’t be copied easily. And if they can, e.g. if it is a digital file, then what is it that you really want to get? Access to the information in the file or preventing access to the information for others?
This made me think of some related concepts: NDAs and exclusive rights contracts.