Such modest demands

"He demanded that all copies of the Harry Potter novel be destroyed, and all the profit made by the book given to him."

The only proper response to that is "Pfffffff. Ha!"

My first thought was that if he tried that he'd probably be lynched by the angry mobs. Besides, if he did destroy the books that people had bought, he would have to give them their money back

My first reaction was more like "this trustee should be shot". Sign me up for the angry mob. :)

What I find most hilarious, however, is that the trustee seems to believe that Jacobs had a copyright on "deduction". As far as I know, he didn't.