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Re:When's a van a van and when's it a car? by wmf on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:29PM (#18253883)
There's an element of scale; if you can afford lawyers to analyze and defend a loophole, go for it. If you can't afford lawyers then you're taking on significant risk.
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Re:When's a van a van and when's it a car? by Tempest1981 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:35PM (#18253902)
Lawyers, lobbyists, political contributions, friends in high places -- they all buy power.
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Re:When's a van a van and when's it a car? by tedmiston on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:57PM (#18253955)
Perhaps implied, but you also have to be big enough to be worth suing (and able to be collected from).
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