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Originally Posted by HarryT
If the fine is not at a minimum a multiple of the value of the goods obtained, it is in no way whatsoever a punishment. If I only got fined $500 for downloading $1000 of material illegally, I would have profited from my actions. And it needs to be a high multiple to act as deterrent. There would be no point in the bus company only fining people £10 for evading a £5 fare - people would just think "oh, it's worth the risk", and not pay.
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And yet, when Apple (and publishers) illegally collude to fix prices, the multiple is low or a fractional multiple.
