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* A variation in ''Film/AtomicBlonde''. The ActionPrologue has a British agent being murdered for The List he's carrying of double agents. As a result his colleague refuses to help the Stasi turncoat who provided The List because he's now worthless, until the Stasi guy reveals that [[PhotographicMemory he memorized the entire List]], making him a LivingMacGuffin from then on.
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* In ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode 6 of season 6 involves the crew being blackmailed by MI5 into robbing a bank. Mickey secures collateral against MI5 in the form of a compromising video of him and an MI5 agent discussing the robbery and having sex. When he shows the video to the MI5 team, he and Ash throw tons of minidiscs at the MI5 agents, warning them they have too many copies of the video for MI5 to risk retaliating.
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* In ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode 6 of season 6 involves the crew being blackmailed by MI5 [=MI5=] into robbing a bank. Mickey secures collateral against MI5 [=MI5=] in the form of a compromising video of him and an MI5 [=MI5=] agent discussing the robbery and having sex. When he shows the video to the MI5 [=MI5=] team, he and Ash throw tons of minidiscs at the MI5 [=MI5=] agents, warning them they have too many copies of the video for MI5 [=MI5=] to risk retaliating.
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* Also backfires in ''Literature/TheDeadPast''. Realising there's a GovernmentConspiracy to suppress the invention of the {{Chronoscope}}, they send the plans to six different publishers. A government agent points out that they've been trying to stop a chronoscope from falling into public hands because it will mean the death of privacy, but [[InformationWantsToBeFree having already distributed the information, the secret is out]] and it's far too late.
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* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/DreamingIsAPrivateThing": Weill has taught his secretary to bring in a fake file whenever he asks for a [[TheChosenMany dreamer's]] contract so that he can rip it up in front of them and let them feel free for awhile. He only reveals the contract is intact when they decide [[YouCantFightFate they want to come back]].
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** "Literature/DreamingIsAPrivateThing": Weill has taught his secretary to bring in a fake file whenever he asks for a [[TheChosenMany dreamer's]] contract so that he can rip it up in front of them and let them feel free for awhile. He only reveals the contract is intact when they decide [[YouCantFightFate they want to comeback]].back]].
** Backfires in ''Literature/TheDeadPast''. Realising there's a GovernmentConspiracy to suppress the invention of the {{Chronoscope}}, they send the plans to six different publishers. A government agent points out that they've been trying to stop a chronoscope from falling into public hands because it will mean the death of privacy, but [[InformationWantsToBeFree having already distributed the information, the secret is out]] and it's far too late.
** "Literature/DreamingIsAPrivateThing": Weill has taught his secretary to bring in a fake file whenever he asks for a [[TheChosenMany dreamer's]] contract so that he can rip it up in front of them and let them feel free for awhile. He only reveals the contract is intact when they decide [[YouCantFightFate they want to come
** Backfires in ''Literature/TheDeadPast''. Realising there's a GovernmentConspiracy to suppress the invention of the {{Chronoscope}}, they send the plans to six different publishers. A government agent points out that they've been trying to stop a chronoscope from falling into public hands because it will mean the death of privacy, but [[InformationWantsToBeFree having already distributed the information, the secret is out]] and it's far too late.
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* ''Series/RomanEmpire''. When Caligula takes power, he's presented with scrolls that the previous emperor kept on members of the Roman senate as blackmail material, including a list of those who voted against Caligula's family at the Treason Trials. Caligula makes a public show of burning these scrolls as a sign of reconciliation, but he later reinstates the Treason Trials and reveals that he made copies of the scrolls before burning them.
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** In "The Hot Grounder", a private investigator blackmails the police commissioner for photographs of a homosexual affair, then the latter asks if the blackmailer made copies. The PI just smirks and says that if his friends call with another demand, he'll know they made copies. Unsurprisingly the commissioner decides to take the chance of shooting him on the spot, in the belief the PI is working alone, but Hunter and McCall interrupts before they can finish each other off.
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** In "The Hot Grounder", a private investigator blackmails the police commissioner for photographs of a homosexual affair, then the latter asks if the blackmailer made copies. The PI just smirks and says that if his friends call with another demand, he'll know they made copies. Unsurprisingly the commissioner decides to take the chance of shooting him on the spot, in the belief the PI is working alone, but Hunter and McCall [=McCall=] interrupts before they can finish each other off.
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* ''Series/{{Hunter}}''.
** A blackmail victim pays a man for photographs of a homosexual affair, then asks if the blackmailer made copies. The blackmailer just smirks and says that if his friends call with another demand, he'll know they made copies. Unsurprisingly the victim decides to take the chance of shooting him on the spot, in the belief the blackmailer is working alone.
** A high ranking police officer confiscates a tape which could compromise an important political figure, asking if Devane had any copies. Devane relates afterwards, "I didn't... so I made one."
* In ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode 6 of season 6 involves the crew being blackmailed by MI5 into robbing a bank. Mickey secures collateral against MI5 in the form of a compromising video of him and an MI5 agent discussing the robbery and having sex. When he shows the video to the MI5 team, he and Ash throw tons of minidiscs at the MI5 agents, waarning them they have too many copies of the video for MI5 to risk retaliating.
** A blackmail victim pays a man for photographs of a homosexual affair, then asks if the blackmailer made copies. The blackmailer just smirks and says that if his friends call with another demand, he'll know they made copies. Unsurprisingly the victim decides to take the chance of shooting him on the spot, in the belief the blackmailer is working alone.
** A high ranking police officer confiscates a tape which could compromise an important political figure, asking if Devane had any copies. Devane relates afterwards, "I didn't... so I made one."
* In ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode 6 of season 6 involves the crew being blackmailed by MI5 into robbing a bank. Mickey secures collateral against MI5 in the form of a compromising video of him and an MI5 agent discussing the robbery and having sex. When he shows the video to the MI5 team, he and Ash throw tons of minidiscs at the MI5 agents, waarning them they have too many copies of the video for MI5 to risk retaliating.
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**A blackmail victim pays In "The Hot Grounder", a man private investigator blackmails the police commissioner for photographs of a homosexual affair, then the latter asks if the blackmailer made copies. The blackmailer PI just smirks and says that if his friends call with another demand, he'll know they made copies. Unsurprisingly the victim commissioner decides to take the chance of shooting him on the spot, in the belief the blackmailer PI is working alone.
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* In ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode 6 of season 6 involves the crew being blackmailed by MI5 into robbing a bank. Mickey secures collateral against MI5 in the form of a compromising video of him and an MI5 agent discussing the robbery and having sex. When he shows the video to the MI5 team, he and Ash throw tons of minidiscs at the MI5 agents,waarning warning them they have too many copies of the video for MI5 to risk retaliating.
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* In ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode 6 of season 6 involves the crew being blackmailed by MI5 into robbing a bank. Mickey secures collateral against MI5 in the form of a compromising video of him and an MI5 agent discussing the robbery and having sex. When he shows the video to the MI5 team, he and Ash throw tons of minidiscs at the MI5 agents,
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* In ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', episode 6 of season 6 involves the crew being blackmailed by MI5 into robbing a bank. Mickey secures collateral against MI5 in the form of a compromising video of him and an MI5 agent discussing the robbery and having sex. When he shows the video to the MI5 team, he and Ash throw tons of minidiscs at the MI5 agents, waarning them they have too many copies of the video for MI5 to risk retaliating.
