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> The law was written in a certain technical way

That's not how the law works.

That's why all those Sovereign Citizens don't get to make their own laws up, even if they may have found a technical out.

The spirit of the law also matters, beyond just the technical wording of the law.

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It's not that cut and dry -- "the spirit of the law" is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for poorly-drafted legislation. That's why we have courts. They'll weigh the text of the law versus the drafted text versus the equities of imposing this level of regulation on Apple.

Courts are the ones that interpret them. That's why Apple's argument is made to an EU court, not legislature.

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