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Courts and legislatures don't look too kindly upon flagrant violations of the spirit of the law. They view it as an end-run around their power. Although it happens slowly, loopholes do get shut (cf. Aereo).

A startup that's trying to get some notoriety in a few months or even years can definitely do something like this. Apple, who has to plan on a longer time horizon and who probably enlists the soft power of the government on a regular basis, has to be more cautious.

parent qq66 12 years ago

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