> of suing websites that might make $1000/mo for the full EUR20Million, do you?
I expect some early chilling cases that will scare the shit out of small operators. That's almost guaranteed to happen. I don't expect the EU to need to be aggressive in pursuing small operators (spending lots of money & time on it), a few demonstrative examples will do the job. They'll need to do that to make sure they're all in line. It's too great of a task to force compliance on millions of small businesses otherwise, they will have to make an example of some small businesses. If they don't, compliance by those millions of small businesses will erode over time.
I expect some early chilling cases that will scare the shit out of small operators. That's almost guaranteed to happen. I don't expect the EU to need to be aggressive in pursuing small operators (spending lots of money & time on it), a few demonstrative examples will do the job. They'll need to do that to make sure they're all in line. It's too great of a task to force compliance on millions of small businesses otherwise, they will have to make an example of some small businesses. If they don't, compliance by those millions of small businesses will erode over time.