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...am I understanding it correctly that their 'punishment' was having to promise not to break the law again? But only for five years??


Yes. They'll get a "harder" slap if they do it in the next five years (if caught), but after that are free to do so with baseline "penalties" (again, if caught).


"Don't be evil"




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