Exactly. When you have enough money, you think laws are for other people, as with Uber or cryptocurrency. The legal status of copyright in this context is uncl

Exactly. When you have enough money, you think laws are for other people, as with Uber or cryptocurrency. The legal status of copyright in this context is unclear, because the laws were written without imitation machines in mind. Presumably they blew right on by "is this right?" and went for "can we get away with this and pay less in fines than we'd make in profits?" As long as there's a 51% chance of that being the case, they saw it as worth a go.