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by andrei_says_ 1672 days ago
Creators and sharers vs fence-makers.

A friend calls the latter bridge trolls. They find a useful resource that someone created and many need, and aim to extract a toll for it - without having created it.

Let’s be more like the creators and less like the bridge trolls.

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Also the term "rent seeking" fits here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking