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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
They sent out 822,000 email warnings.
They sent out 68,000 second-stage warnings.
They sent out 165 third-stage warnings.
Only fraction of those 165 third-stage warnings appear to be going to court, where the individual might face a €1500 fine and/or lose Internet for 1 month. Or, if they can demonstrate that it's not their fault, they are not punished.
That doesn't sound like a horrendous cost to me, especially compared to a maximum of $20,000 per-download fine that you could face in the US.
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The at least some of the ones that were accused were innocent. So they got the got the first, second and third stage warnings for nothing (except the expense on the taxpayers). Then they were considered guilty until proven innocent. Seems like a few steps backwards from an ideal situation.