WikiLeaks wins case against Visa contractor pay '$204k per month if blockade not lifted'

[lovuian]

http://rt.com/news/wikileaks-visa-iceland-valitor-346/

Iceland's Supreme Court has ruled that Valitor (formerly Visa Iceland) must pay WikiLeaks $204,900 per month or $2,494,604 per year in fines if it continues to blockade the whistle-blowing site.

The court upheld the decision that Valitor had unlawfully terminated its contract with WikiLeaks' donation processor, DataCell.

[Phillip McCleod]

1. i almost hope they continue the blockade.

that'd be a nice steady chunk of change for the wikianonyleaks. oughta pay some bills at a secure datacenter in luxemburg or the like.

[lovuian]

2. Denmark next

A similar legal battle is currently taking place against a Danish sub-contractor for Visa, equivalent to Valitor.

[Luminous Animal]

3. Yep. They are going to pick them off one by one.

[Luminous Animal]

4. I posted the press release this morning. None of the MSM has picked up the story.

I balked at posting the RT link given that the "usual suspects" would dis it. Meanwhile, I was hoping that the BBC or the Guardian would report it but so far, crickets.

[lovuian]

5. I noticed the same thing

only RT not BBC or Guardian

The whistle-blowing site says it has launched a formal complaint to the European Commission on the basis that Visa and MasterCard have unlawfully abused their dominant market position. The two credit card companies currently take up 95 per cent of the European market. It remains unclear whether the Commission will open a formal investigation.

It does show the monopoly Visa and Mastercard have in Europe

[Poll_Blind]

6. Oh SNAP!

PB

[snot]

7. GO, ICELAND!