It reminds me a bit of the Ben Horowitz essay &quot;Why I did not go to jail&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bhorowitz.com&#x2F;why_i_did_not_go_to_jail" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bhorowitz.com&#x2F;why_i_did_not_go_to_jail</a><p>In general, laws are not something you want to fuck around with as a startup.  You can break <i>proprieties</i>, you can do things that will piss certain people off (you&#x27;re almost guaranteed to piss off your competitors if you&#x27;re doing anything interesting, for example), and typical business ethics assumes that everybody is looking out for their own interests and can advocate for themselves.  But when someone has explicitly said where the boundaries are - and <i>particularly</i> if that &quot;someone&quot; is a government - it&#x27;s good to respect those.