by hn_acker on 5/21/2025, 1:43:59 PM
by GolfPopper on 5/12/2025, 11:18:48 PM
This seems to be an increasingly popular angle for large corporations.
Disney tried it with royalties for Star Wars authors not long ago: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sta...
by gnabgib on 5/12/2025, 9:54:51 PM
Small discussion (16 points, 11 days ago, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43865593
by whycome on 5/13/2025, 1:06:25 PM
> VPNSecure was acquired in 2023, “including the technology, domain, and customer database—but not the liabilities.”
Can I do this too?
I think the way Timothy Geigner described the incident is very fitting [1]:
> VPNSecure Lifetime Subscriptions: Now You Didn't License What You Licensed, Either
[1] https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/20/vpnsecure-lifetime-subsc...