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this is far from peaceful and force is very much involved: "Not being able to receive money from the public for a week can cost Wikileaks 7 digit figures in lo
by borism 16y ago
this is far from peaceful and force is very much involved:
"Not being able to receive money from the public for a week can cost Wikileaks 7 digit figures in losses, and DataCell as well, as it is unable to process any cards," Fink said.
The suit will be filed in the UK against Visa Europe. The company will file a court case with a request for an immediate injunction "to limit further damage," Fink said.
Wikileaks donations can still be made via wire transfer, but that MasterCard and Visa handle small donations, which make up the majority, according to Fink.
"Wire transfers are good if you want to transfer €10,000, but if you want to pay €10, the costs of the transfer eat up the donation," said Fink. "Visa and MasterCard are vital for the small amount donations, and that's around 99.9 percent of the donations."
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/security-bullet-in-10000166/legal-threat-to-visa-mastercard-over-wikileaks-move-10021271/ http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/security-bullet-in-10000166/leg...
- zabuni 16y agoUgh. The person conflates not gaining money with losing money, the same rhetorical trick that the record companies make when talking about piracy.
- pyre 16y agoNot necessarily. If they are consistently pulling in $X per month, then it is reasonable to state that depriving them of service for a month is depriving them of $X (i.e. a good estimate of what they would have made that month).
- borism 16y agoabsolutely. donations = 100% income.
- CWuestefeld 16y agoNo. You assume that those that would be donating today will never come back. But it's reasonable to believe that many/most of those people will try again next week.
- xenophanes 16y agoIf Visa cut off service with Apple, no one would say Visa was using force against Apple unless they violated a contract. If Apple didn't have a contract with Visa with some guarantees in it (for transition time or whatever) that was their own fault. Everyone making 7 digits or more has lawyers, or should, to deal with such contracts.