My guess is that it would be a tax write off. They'd have little chance of securing that value in equity or whatever, and probably impossible to claim it as re

My guess is that it would be a tax write off. They'd have little chance of securing that value in equity or whatever, and probably impossible to claim it as revenue. I mean they could do those things but it would be crazy. But they could try write off a 'loss' (something of value they gave away) as a tax shield.