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knighthack on July 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tell HN: Internet Archive is facing a Big 4 Publis...

"this law i broke shouldn't exist"

Wrong. Ultra-vires laws can be challenged after the fact that they were broken. If the law in itself was invalid, that is a valid legal defence.

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