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...
Small discussion (16 points, 11 days ago, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43865593
> 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...