My understanding is the most of IV's "investors" didn't buy or otherwise provide the patents that IV uses (which does suggest the payments are closer to licensi

My understanding is the most of IV's "investors" didn't buy or otherwise provide the patents that IV uses (which does suggest the payments are closer to licensing fees than true investments). With Rockstar, we have specific players (Apple, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, Sony) buying the patents and funding the troll in the first place.