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by paulpauper 1676 days ago
“I would like to inform anybody involved in this kinda thing, that there’s a maximum penalty of $100,000, one year in jail, or both,” Phil Bradford, an FCC spokesman, told a reporter the following day.

does anyone ever pay maximum penalty for these cases?

2 comments

Yes when they want to make an example of you it does happen.

I don't think it would have happened for this though.

Tragically, Aaron Swartz.