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by TheRealPomax 2705 days ago
It could be a million times higher, but if it's an amount the company in question turns over in less than an hour, it still meaningless. As a fine, it's almost insignificant, but as judicial signal it _is_ important, because it's the first official warning, and ignoring it means the next punitive measure will be orders of magnitude higher.