News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow faster. Parent comment

Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by logifail on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:52AM (#37359659)
> Damages are well regulated so you can't sue for €1 million just because someone's bicycle ran over your toe.

Counter-example: a website uses Google Fonts and the owner gets a letter from someone's German lawyer demanding they pay "damages" for the GDPR "violation"

[0] https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/german-websi... [1] https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/razzia-wegen-betrugs-run...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Pooling and Sharing of wealth make everyone's wealth grow... by RandomLensman on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:59AM (#37359697)
You notice that the Spiegel article talks about criminal behavior by a lawyer (and the individual sums are tiny, not even clear they would have taken this to court as German courts take upfront fees).
[ Parent | on HN ]