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Posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday December 17, 2012 @09:10PM 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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Re:Excellent. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday December 17, 2012 @09:22PM (#42320743)

Corporations are people too, Sweden has just unilaterally declared war on an American citizen, our drones will be there and filled with democracy and liberty for the Swedish people soon.

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