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There is potential both ways.  A new company could skim "borrowed" content to quickly set up their own library that another company spent years investing in, and be competing at nearly the same level.  Not a situation that is very desirable.

 

On the other hand, security/password features can be mis-used or deliberately abused.  Passwords can be forgotten, not shared or not documented internally resulting in unusable content.  New users may lock up their work accidentally.  Others employees may deliberately protect content to protect their job, while external intruders may using locking as part of a ransomware or "political action" scheme.  A engineering company may lock down their content with the intention of forcing clients to come back to them for future work.

 

In the end, what is really important is your clients understand your concerns, and ensure you are working with contracts that spell out details.  If you aren't required to provide intelligent models, then don't - provide 3D PDF, or Navisworks, or similar review files along with the end drawings.  If you have to provide intelligent content then ensure the contract has the correct language to protect your IP and handle things like establishing "content of record" to protect against unauthorized changes.