Toothless against corporations; armed to teeth against good samaritans
You're not really a good samaritan when you're using emergency frequencies without authorization. Sounds like he deserves the punishment.
He wasn't told not to, either!
I can't help but feel that the punishment is overly harsh. Yes he absolutely shouldn't have done it. But they haven't said that it actually caused any harm, and he was doing it in good faith (although, again shouldn't have). They also admit that his financial situation could justify a reduced penalty, so it feels ridiculous that they don't reduce the penalty to something he can actually afford.
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