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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
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Interesting point - now we have to make a distinction between a "tome" and a "book" - where tome refers to the physical aspect of the object, whilst book refers to the ideational, artistic or informational aspect of the object. I'm guessing that the value of Superweasel mostly resides in its tome aspect - there aren't many physical, original copies and that scarcity is what gives it its value. I'm guessing the Azoetia contains information that is valuable in itself because it tells you how to make gold out of baked beans or something, and so its value lies in it's book aspect. Downloading a dodgy copy of Superweasel would not be downloading a copy of the tome, but downloading a dodgy copy of the Azoetia would be downloading a copy of the book - so that would be naughtier because downloading it gives you what you shouldn't have. So, a rough heuristic for determining naughtiness of downloading a particular item might be n= (br - tr) x ap where "n" is naughtiness, "br" is book ratio, or the degree to which a object accrues its value in virtue of its book aspect (on a scale yet to be specified), "tr" is tome ratio or the degree to which a object accrues its value in virtue of its tome aspect (on a scale yet to be specified) and "ap" is asking price for the item. There now - we can all work out just how naughty we have been, and more importantly, how naughty we would be if we were to nab that missing seventh volume in the series that we just can't get anywhere else.