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Re:A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song by prepend on Saturday January 11, 2020 @03:16PM (#22022008)
Rent seeking [0] typically means exploiting a captive market without providing value. I don’t think that fits either of your definitions. The key piece is they basically squeeze without proving value. So buying IP and then upping the rent fits that.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking

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