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250k euros per ride? How do they justify that?

• pgeorgi 12y ago
  It's one of the rare cases where we have punitive damages in the German legal system: lawmakers _really_ don't like willful infringement after a judge said "no", and adjust things to the economic capabilities. with 1.5b$ in the bank, 300k$ sounds about right ;-)
• chasing 12y ago
  The idea is to get the violator to stop breaking the law. It's less about fairness and more about deterring criminal behavior. That's the justification.
  • hsod 12y ago
    Sounds pretty similar to the much-derided MPAA/RIAA lawsuits. This probably won't work out too well for the German government PR-wise, at least around here.
    • boomlinde 12y ago
      > Sounds pretty similar to the much-derided MPAA/RIAA lawsuits. Yes, if you dismiss the fact that Uber is a millions-of-dollars business and the individuals targeted by the much-derided MPAA/RIAA lawsuits were not.
• johnhiggerton 12y ago
  If the fine is too high for them, how about not breaking the order and so not incurring it?