# Automattic plans multi-host royalty campaign > [!quote] > "Automattic’s campaign to extract licensing fees from WP Engine was not an isolated shakedown but rather the opening salvo in a broader strategy." Two lines: context and use. Cite data if relevant. ## Links - [[Zet · Automattic explores trademark royalties from hosts]] — the atomic restatement of this same royalty-campaign claim - [[Zet · Alleged undisclosed trademark license terms]] — the alleged shakedown hinges on these disputed, undisclosed trademark license terms - [[Lit · WP Engine files 175-page revised complaint]] — the legal vehicle where this "opening salvo / broader strategy" allegation actually gets litigated - [[The Maker-Taker Frame Confuses Two Different Scarcities]] — extracting royalties recasts hosts as "takers," the very frame this critiques - [[3. Resources/MOCs/Open Source Governance MOC]] — applies-in: Joins the WP Engine v. Automattic dispute thread in open source governance. ## Source - [[3. Resources/Readwise/Articles/WordPress at War WP Engine Claims Automattic Had a Secret Plan to Shake Down 10 Hosting Companies for Royalties]]