Google Looks To Cut Funds To Illegal Sites 347

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 18, 2013 @01:04PM from the drying-up-the-well dept.

rbrandis writes "Google is in discussions with payment companies including Visa, MasterCard and PayPal to put illegal download websites out of existence by cutting off their funding. If Google goes ahead with the radical move, it would not mark the first time that illegal websites have been diminished or driven out of business by having a block put on their source of money."

Google Looks To Cut Funds To Illegal Sites

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Re:AKA Google drives Bitcoin Into Mainstream use (Score:5, Funny)

by amiga3D ( 567632 ) writes: on Monday February 18, 2013 @01:21PM (#42936637)

Don't worry, the RIAA are going to sue them for patent infringement.

Re:AKA Google drives Bitcoin Into Mainstream use (Score:4, Funny)

by tripleevenfall ( 1990004 ) writes: on Monday February 18, 2013 @01:26PM (#42936683)

Bitcoin reportedly tried to buy off a number of politicians, but the pols reneged when the bribes were provided in some sort of opaque pretend-currency.

Bye, bye Youtube... (Score:4, Funny)

by flyingfsck ( 986395 ) writes: on Monday February 18, 2013 @01:37PM (#42936849)

So I take it that Youtube will be cut off then?

Re:Difference between "currency" and "legal tender (Score:5, Funny)

by asylumx ( 881307 ) writes: on Monday February 18, 2013 @02:19PM (#42937337)

an understanding that if I do this for you, you'll do something for me later
Sounds like a first date if I've ever heard one described...

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Monday February 18, 2013 @02:32PM (#42937483)

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Re:AKA Google drives Bitcoin Into Mainstream use (Score:5, Funny)

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Bye, bye Youtube... (Score:4, Funny)

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