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Why try to make the cost structure of blackmail more like that of gossip? What's the rationale?

Anyways, the same costs that exist with gossip actually exist with blackmail. The "victim" can simply denounce the blackmailer, which will impact the blackmailer's reputation. It is similar to using the law to prevent blackmail, you call out the blackmailer and expose his threat/offer to public opinion.

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Then I am sure some bars and casinos would take extra steps to ensure client privacy. For example, offering private rooms or curtains, banning phones/cameras, blacklisting blackmailers. If some customers really care about privacy, then such services would make sense.

Again, if you really don't want people to know something you do, simply don't do it. You can try and prevent people from taking pictures, but you cannot prevent people from telling what they saw.

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