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Ex-Amazon AI exec claims she was asked to ignore IP law (www.theregister.com)

submitted 8 months ago by EnderMB@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 85 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

"Hello, we're <insert multi billion mega corporation here>. Laws and rules do not apply to us. Go ahead. Give us a fine. Sue us. Whatever amount you request is mere crumbs to us."

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fines should be a percentage of annual revenue, not a fixed dollar amount. That way it will hurt a large company just as much as it would a small one.

[–] randompasta 30 points 8 months ago

The GDPR fines are. Other laws should be similar.

[–] subignition@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

This is why we need a corporate death penalty.