The first logical workaround that appears to violate the spirit of the law while maintaining the letter tends to work out better in fantasy than in the courtroo

The first logical workaround that appears to violate the spirit of the law while maintaining the letter tends to work out better in fantasy than in the courtroom, as courts take a pretty dim view of that. Not that you can't use some legal chicanery, just that you need to make sure lawyers came up with it. This all lands pretty deep in fantasy-territory discussion without picking a particular jurisdiction, however, and assuming legislation that didn't cover that scenario.