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Old 07-31-2009, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Ara T. View Post
So how do they set these hilarious fines? It's not as if you can tell your insurance company to give you 500,000 dollars because your 5000 dollar car got stolen.
Statutes set the fines. Simple math.

Shoplifting is a crime; taking shellfish from another fisherman's traps is a crime; even borrowing my bicycle without permission is a crime . . . but everything on the internet should be free.
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