Google Looks To Cut Funds To Illegal Sites 347
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."
Re:AKA Google drives Bitcoin Into Mainstream use (Score:2, Informative)
AC might be referring to issues like this: (at least in the US)
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/mar/19/local-liberty-dollar-architect-found-guilty/
Re:This is a really bad idea (Score:5, Informative)
Re: This is a really bad idea (Score:4, Informative)
A lot of people died because of that release of raw information
[Citation needed]. The US Department of Defense and NATO have both stated that Wikileaks did not release any sensitive information and did not put any lives in danger. And personally I find them far more credible on this issue than some random guy on Slashdot.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/10/17/170227/dod-study-contradicts-charges-against-wikileaks
FUD Campaign continuing (Score:5, Informative)
I have mod points, but not finding anyone questioning this source... Have you RTFA? This is The Telegraph! There is no source cited AT ALL. You don't know who said what in which context. Nothing.
Microsoft has hired the CEO of Burton-Marsteller with the official function of spreading FUD on Google.
But frankly, this sounds more like this comes from The Onion... Nobody here questions sources anymore?
Re:Difference between "currency" and "legal tender (Score:5, Informative)
"Currency" is anything two or more transacting parties say it is. "Goodwill," "reputation," "an understanding that if I do this for you, you'll do something for me later," and the like are all "currencies" in this sense.
The same goes for Tide laundry detergent, [schneier.com] apparently.
Re:AKA Google drives Bitcoin Into Mainstream use (Score:0, Informative)
Many countries do not have this presumption of innocence - for example France has never had it, and the French get along pretty well as long as the Germans aren't invading.
In other news, some people don't speak English, and aren't even circumcised.