Liverpool Bias? So I make a few posts that don't sit well with the crowd that claim everything in the football world is aligned with the sole intention of ensuring Liverpool win the PL, and i'm a secret Liverpool fan? The actual post you referenced had absolutely nothing to do with Liverpool either.
For what its worth on the actual subject, and these points are made without knowing the law, just an opinion:
The way I see it, Liverpool hired some former City staff who for a period of 8 months used existing login details whilst employed at Liverpool to see details of City's activities on the Scout7 platform. I don't believe this to be morally right, and Liverpool could have gained some vital information on who we were tracking and potentially gained an advantage when deciding which players to try and sign. I think it is safe to say Liverpool had knowledge that this was happening, although their payment of £1m was made without any acknowledgement of liability.
Whilst City are in this instance the victims, they have also shown themselves to have made some pretty basic errors. Upon leaving the club, why were the staff members credentials not deleted? I agree that this is a serious crime (someone can tell me exactly what the crime is), and Liverpool should face some form of punishment, but there must be some reason why the club did not inform the FA of the situation? That would appear to be the most obvious course to take. Accepting the £1m, whilst maybe not the end of the matter by law (again, maybe someone can explain this), suggests to me, that City saw this as an acceptable resolution to the situation.
So whilst I understand the displeasure in Liverpool's actions, who may well have been better advised to sack the staff members in question along with making a payment City accepted, I also find it hard to be too bothered by the whole episode considering City's stance. A lot of people on here are suggesting serious sanctions, such as point deductions etc, and surely they agree that the likelihood of this happening would have been much higher if City had made a big story out of this at the time. Something doesn't add up, or people at City who have more information regarding the matter, decided it was not worth pursuing.