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WikiLeaks Donations By Visa Ruled OK In Iceland

Posted by samzenpus on from the put-it-on-the-card dept.

angry tapir writes "The three-year blockade against donations to WikiLeaks may have just been chiseled away, in Iceland, by a ruling handed down by the European country's Supreme Court. The verdict says that the Visa subcontractor Valitor had unlawfully terminated its contract with WikiLeaks' donation processor, DataCell, and must re-open the processing of donations to the whistle-blowing site within 15 days or else face a fine of ISK800,000, or US$6,830, per day."

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  1. Good news! by Bearhouse · · Score: 4, Funny

    All those rich Icelanders can now donate! Oh wait...

  2. ISK is the Icelandic currency? by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Funny

    All this time I thought Isk was some sort of space money for Eve Online. Icelandic Kroner? I am an idiot.

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    1. Re:ISK is the Icelandic currency? by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Redundant. We already knew.

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  3. InterStellar Kredits by cbhacking · · Score: 5, Funny

    800k ISK? Man, that's pocket change. Go shoot belt rats for a few minutes and you'll make that back easy.

    Where's "Europe" anyhow? Can't find it on the map. Sounds like it should be part of Gallente space, though...

    (lol, burning karma)

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