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Re:A Message to the Apple Community in Europe by sqldba on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @09:52AM (#12390085)
LOL. There's no "even if it's technically legal". It's legal or it's not. The police aren't going to let you go from something because you were only "technically breaking the law."
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Re:A Message to the Apple Community in Europe by onion2k on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:18AM (#12390361)
It's possible to for something to be technically legal according to the letter of the law, but still be breaking the spirit of the law and consequently considered illegal by some.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law

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Re:A Message to the Apple Community in Europe by kalleboo on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @11:26AM (#12390988)
I see you're a fan of Ethereum!

Oh wait, actually even the people who wrote a system for unchangeable, code-backed legal documents don't believe in the letter of the law.

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