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Originally Posted by rkomar
I'm no lawyer, but it seems that the intent of a law is as important as any technicality like charging one cent instead of being free. The intent is that shipping costs should not be used in an anticompetitive manner. So, I wouldn't be so sure that this will end up being a successful end run around the law.
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There are so many good examples of the literal law vs the spirit of the law where the literal law wins out...
The problem with the "spirit of the law" idea is that there is no law that says you have to obey the spirit of the law. So whenever the two end up going head to head, the spirit learns about evolution...
But you can always complain about their actions. I'm sure they and every other company (i.e. most/all of the big ones) that routinely does end runs around the law care sooooo much.
If lawmakers make stupid meaningless laws, people will take advantage of it. What is their incentive not to?