We are into "How lawyers get rich". If a service is provided with a set of terms for use. Should we live/work/play by the meaning/spirit of the agreement, or live by the loopholes. (e.g. people, religion, holy book - can a person obey the EXACT terms of a holy book, be a religious member in good standing, and still be eligable for the afterlife that has no joy?)

Another example. What happens to Perl Monks if every user stretches every rule to just short of the breaking point, then cries "but your rules don't say I can't!". (Don't go there I have 2 teenage boys who have discovered that "go to bed" includes more than getting under the covers. We had a session where I was VERY explicit, quiet but explicit. The next night I offered them the choice of "go to bed" in the spirit it was intended, or we could use the 23 minute version again. They took the short version.

Can we write laws to be totaly unambuous? If we do, do you want to live here?

Food for thought
John

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: legality of extracting content from websites by johndageek
in thread legality of extracting content from websites by jasonbasic

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