

It’s not overly complicated. That energy transition money will always be there waiting. In the mean time, there are better margins to be had continuing to pull resources out of the ground. Once that’s truly tapped out and the expense ratio shifts, so will they.
The AI thing is separate. Those are different people.
Not when they’re profiting off the copyrighted work.
Regardless of being owned by a person or corp. A specific copyright will reach a point where it’s not bringing in enough money to justify the expense of renewal. Corps aren’t in the habit of holding onto things that aren’t profitable. People tend to do so longer than corps.