Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] Level of detail needed in a TC Charter

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marbux <marbux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Under antitrust law, the "audience" is the range of 
>consumers whose needs will be fulfilled by the market 
>created by the standard to be developed.... 
>If we don't have that as an agreed goal, the
>criminal penalty exposure is up to 10 years in federal
>prison and/or a $1 million fine per participant. 
>The civil liability exposure is treble the damages 
>of all co-conspirators' acts, with each
>co-conspirator liable for the entire amount individually.

I'm just an interested lurker, and I'm not a lawyer, but
this sounds like FUD to me.