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		lotsofmangos on Nov 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel subsidiary fined for unlawful export of soft... This could be just meant as a message to other firms. Intel might even be getting the money back through routes like tax breaks and just be playing along.

Kalium on Nov 4, 2014 [–]

Then the message is "Obey the law, or you will be slapped with trivial and meaningless fines".

lotsofmangos on Nov 4, 2014 | [–]

The contracts the fine was over were valued at less than 3 million dollars, so it was pretty sizable in those terms.

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