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Swedish Pirate Party Presses Charges Against Banks For WikiLeaks Blockade

Posted by Unknown on from the obey-the-law dept.

davecb writes "Rick Falkvinge reports today that the Swedish Pirate Party has laid charges against at least Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal before the Finansinspektionen for refusing to pass on money owed to WikiLeaks. The overseer of bank licenses notes (in translation) that 'The law states, that if there aren't legal grounds to deny a payment service, then it must be processed.'"

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  1. Re:Unkown Lamer, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! by Ungrounded+Lightning · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Dollars to doughnuts finansinspektionen will conclude that no one in sweden has done anything wrong...

    Since Wikileaks has its headquarters in Sweden (specifically BECAUSE if its strong journalistic shield laws), and no doubt tried to collect the money there, one end of the transaction is under Sweedish banking law. No doubt some of their contributors are also making donations in Sweden, putting the entirety of those transactions under Swedish law.

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