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by angersock 4530 days ago
As we've seen with the Google buses, when an individual does it they must follow the laws, and when a company does it it isn't a crime.
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Well it's still a "crime", technically, but for companies at Google/HSBC/BP-scale the consequences are more like those for a misdemeanor -- i.e. you might pay a trivial fine, and maybe get a little egg on your face, but that's pretty much it. Whereas for an individual or a small-timer, the analogous violation would be treated as felony-class, or worse.

So dreht sich alles auf der Welt.