> but in the article they covered that in this case, according to the law and German courts, "the people" means "researchers", From my review [1] [2], it appea

> but in the article they covered that in this case, according to the law and German courts, "the people" means "researchers", From my review [1] [2], it appears that "researchers" is undefined. Ultimately, can anyone apply for full access for free? I'm sure a lot of people across the political spectrum are curious about this. If you have a clarification, great. If not, the point stands. X already has a firehose API solution [3]. While it's pay to access, it's unclear what compliance steps these researchers will have to jump through or whether anyone can just override this revenue stream for X and force it to turn over proprietary data that would otherwise be paywalled. [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-civil-activists-claim-victory-case-against-musks-x-2025-02-07/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-civil-activists-... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976439 [3] https://mashable.com/article/twitter-elon-musk-paid-enterprise-api-access-pricing https://mashable.com/article/twitter-elon-musk-paid-enterpri...