I think there is a stage where a genuine innovation is in a regulatory grey state because society simply hasn&#x27;t processed its effects yet.  That wasn&#x27;t the case here... but it is in many other situations.  Sometimes ex-post-facto the innovation is ruled against regulation and sometimes not.<p>Take Tesla as an example -- a company who has tried to sell cars online. Since many states hadn&#x27;t seen that before, they tried to rule that it was illegal due to dealer-sales regulation.  Do you fault Musk for hacking this (bad) regulation by trying to work around it?  Is he not proving its spuriousness by innovating in this manner?<p>In some cases its considered hero&#x27;s work, and in other&#x27;s villainous greed.