Topic on User talk:Max Sinister
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You aren't the only person who thinks it might be illegal... but, so far, nobody's cared enough to spend the money to test the issue in court.
(And sure it's ironic. Situational irony, "like a free ride when you've already paid" to quote Alanis Morissette, not the usual verbal irony.)