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Surprisingly uninformative article! If I recall correctly per-person damages are staggering $6500.

• pmorici 11y ago
  I'm not sure if I would call that number staggering. It was noted by one person who objected to the settlement that it amounted to only 10% of the estimated savings the companies reaped from the practice.
  • x5n1 11y ago
    "savings" ... more like "ill-gotten gains from racketeering" usually the government confiscates those and then sends the perps to jail over it.
    • Beltiras 11y ago
      Hard to do to a corporation.
      • x5n1 11y ago
        usually the members of the syndicate go to jail, usually the syndicate is not tried as a whole.
• littletimmy 11y ago
  Staggering? I'd call it a pittance. The companies should've been fined much more to make an example out of them so no tech firm attempts something like this again.
  • vidar 11y ago
    Pretty sure thats a sarcastic use of the word staggering
    • antjanus 11y ago
      That's what it sounded like to me as well.
  • kelukelugames 11y ago
    It's like getting caught stealing and you only have to payback the money you stole. Zero incentive to stop stealing.
    • TheCoelacanth 11y ago
      Or like getting caught and having to pay back 1/10th of the money you stole.