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This is probably perfect for some EU anti-monopoly lawsuit, am I right?
by kozak 3y ago
This is probably perfect for some EU anti-monopoly lawsuit, am I right?
- izacus 3y agoThis should be a standard consumer protection law (right to repair), not a monopoly thing :/
- joshuaissac 3y agoEU consumer protection laws generally do not apply to B2B contracts (although member states can gold-plate them to extend their scope).
- izacus 3y agoSure, but that just means it needs to be adjusted to cover outright sabotage after sale like this.
- Sosh101 3y agoMore like highly criminal behaviour like fraud and extortion.
- plagiarist 3y agoI don't see how it isn't literal fraud if the behavior isn't documented in the purchasing contracts.
- Glyptodon 3y agoIt seems like some mix of vandalism and fraud too.
- mardifoufs 3y agoSeems like the trains were manufactured by a European corporation so probably not lol.
- sofixa 3y agoDo you think European regulations don't apply to European companies? They do, it just gets less publicity when e.g. Criteo get fined for abusive tracking than when Google do.
- mardifoufs 3y agoThey do, just less so. It's harder to poke around big industrial players of member states.
- faeriechangling 3y agoSize might let you escape with a slap on the wrist but it’s hard to imagine Poland doesn’t get its pound of flesh over this.
- artursapek 3y agoSomeone’s definitely going to jail for this. I can’t even think of what the defense’s argument could be.
- actionfromafar 3y agoMaybe “I am friends with the Law and Justice party”?
- TeMPOraL 3y agoMost people in Poland don't even understand how rail has been privatized and shattered into half a million companies. To a regular person, if it's a train, it's "PKP" (Polish National Railways) - therefore something the government is responsible for. I don't think Law and Justice will be happy about some corp screwing with infrastructure and having the voters blame the government for it.
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- actionfromafar 3y agoI hope you are right. I'm maybe too cynical, thinking something along the tune of: "If only more of OUR judges were in place, you wouldn't see such corruption, dear people."
- TeMPOraL 3y agoWhy not both? What better way to underline the point than pressuring to make an example out of Newag? EDIT: PiS has been at the core of political turmoil for the past decade or more, but rail transportation has been an issue for much longer. It's legendary at this point, it transcends politics, and portals you straight into the 1990s. So I feel it would be in the self-interest of everyone in the government to throw the book at Newag right now.
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- throwaw33333434 3y agoIf I understand correctly apart from hardcoded `ifs` there was a backdoor as well. Russian agencies could use it to slow down transit of military aid to Ukraine. In my book you could argue a criminal case.
- tormeh 3y agoIt's not a monopoly, so no. Would make just as much sense to ask for a DMCA takedown of the trains.
- namaria 3y agoDo you think anti monopoly legislation only applies when some company controls some market outright?
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- throwaway092323 3y agoHelp us, European Union. You're our only hope.
- fransje26 3y agoWhy does about half the country keep voting for a party that is clearly against the EU then? Is it because of their unwavering love of ransomware and other frauds?
- faeriechangling 3y agoI would reach for other laws like sabotage and extortion and something that probably exists specifically for the protection of public infrastructure and charge them criminally and raid the offices and take out the executives in cuffs. They screwed with the rich and powerful here why not throw the book at them?
- ThrowAwayAcc-- 3y agoWho is the rich? The richest man in the picture is Z. Jakubas, who controls Newag. Forbes estimated his net worth for 1.9 mld PLN in 2021.