Reply To: Halocha Question – Violating a Website's Terms of Service

DaasYochid-

“The minhag hamakom is to violate every single rule in the “[sticky] [closed] ****RULES OF THE YWN COFFEE ROOM – PLEASE READ**** thread.“

A valid point. As far as this particular policy too, there seems to be some flexibility.

The difference I see here is similar to the difference between jaywalking and running a red light at a busy intersection – they’re both on the books, but one is clearly intended to be enforced while the other isn’t (which is also a teretz I saw to a “dina d’malchusa” question about jaywalking and other similarly unenforced laws).