Dumpster Diving
Case of a holding company doing a little dumpster dive through an defunct firm's assets -- lawyer discovers something interesting in what was essentially "a box of old files" and thinks, "Gee, this sounds familiar from my school days."
Fast forward a few months, and it turns into a squeeze play for 40-60% of the hit song's take.
Unethical for sure, but unfortunately, its built into the copyright and publishing business.
Much, much worse in the tech industry where crappy, obvious, and overly-general patents are hoovered from dead start-ups in the hopes of suing a deep-pocket company that accidentally developed, marketed and sold something for profit that a judge might believe is similar to the found patent.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
