WikiLeaks Continues To Fund Itself Via Flattr 194
novenator writes "Since the corporations MasterCard, PayPal, and Visa have been trying to shut down the cash flow to the Wikileaks project, those who wish to donate have been having trouble finding a way to help out. The social media/micropayment site Flattr (run from Sweden) continues to leave the channels open."
Re:News For Nerds (Score:5, Interesting)
Big news for nerds in Spain today [google.com] has got Spanish "internautas"riled: The US pressured all major political parties to change Spanish laws regarding P2P downloads.
Specifically: these two cables (248887 [elpais.com] and 213345 [elpais.com]) are revealing the backroom pressure to ignore the wishes of the Spanish people and slip the laws in without any debate. Even going as far as to tell elected representatives not to meet with the internet community to debate the issue.
This, right on the heels of a votation without public debate going on right now in congress to force through new laws giving the Spanish Gov the right to shutdown websites at will without so much as a court order...
Re:Legal clauses please. (Score:5, Interesting)
They aren't guilty of the Espionage Act. They haven't even been officially charged with anything. It's questionable if they even can be charged under the act (since they do/may-fall-under the journalism exception). So far they are in exactly the same legal situation Intel is over spying on US intelligence: none.
There is lots of saber-rattling and threats; but no charges. Thus they can't be guilty. Arguably, there are no charges because then they could be proved innocent, where as right now they're basically stuck as "we assume they're guilty" unless for push for a court to say otherwise (directed verdict?).