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Fixed fines are silly, make it a percentage of revenue or profit. Give them a real incentive to change.

This sort of thing is done with speeding fines in several countries (link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/295905?tp=1)

Fixed fines are silly, make it a percentage of revenue or profit. Give them a real incentive to change.

What do you think Google's claimed revenue/profit in France would be, in that case?

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