Indeed that’s the message the paper conveys. Most people have no real idea how the law works on this, what the distinctions are, or why. Reading the comments he

Indeed that’s the message the paper conveys. Most people have no real idea how the law works on this, what the distinctions are, or why. Reading the comments here, many HN commenters seem to have no clue whatsoever what the actual legal facts or issues are either. They just have a vague impression and form opinions contextually on that basis. However anyone actually deciding these things should doo so on the basis of an actual understanding of the real position in law and the consequences of changing it.