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WikiLeaks takes war against Visa and MasterCard to Europe WikiLeaks and its payment partner DataCell have filed a formal complaint to the European Commission saying the decision by Visa Europe and MasterCard to block donations violates EU antitrust laws. In a complaint filed alongside Iceland-based IT company DataCell, WikiLeaks says Visa and MasterCard have breached Articles 101 and 102 of the EU Treaty. DataCell has a contract with WikiLeaks to collect credit card donations on its behalf. Since December, Visa and MasterCard blocked WikiLeaks from using their networks to collect donations. DataCell, which operates a data centre in Iceland powered by renewable energy resources, said it believes Visa and MasterCard are abusing their dominant positions in the market. “It can be said that responsibility to our surroundings, politically, socially and environmentally, brought WikiLeaks to DataCell,” it said in a statement. DataCell offered payment gateway services to WikiLeaks through DataCells merchant account with a licensee of Visa and MasterCard in Denmark and through this gateway DataCell received donations for WikiLeaks. “In December 2010, after only seven weeks of operation, the Danish licensee terminated its order of the card companies, and thereby the gateway for donations to WikiLeaks was closed. “WikiLeaks is not a business organisation, but DataCell is. Together Visa and MasterCard have over 96pc of the payment card market in Europe and when these organisations deny businesses which rely on selling their services online access to their networks they contravene the antitrust rules of the European Union, both as regards the ban on restrictive business practices and the one that prohibits the abuse of market dominance,” DataCell said. Article courtesy of Siliconrepublic.com
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WikiLeaks tuži Mastercard i Visu zbog blokade računa za donacije Ukoliko hitno ne odblokiraju račun na koji udruga prima donacije, Wikileaks će tužiti kartičarske kuće Europskoj komisiji Ukoliko Visa i MasterCard ne ukinu blokadu računa Wikileaksa, ova će organizacija podnijeti tužbu Europskoj komisiji protiv ovih dviju kartičarskih tvrtki, prenosi Hina. Još dvije tužbe, jedna u Danskoj, a druga na Islandu, trebale bi slijediti u rujnu kako bi WikiLeaks dobio povrat nekoliko desetaka milijuna eura koje je mogao dobiti da mu kartičarske kuće prije sedam mjeseci nisu uvele blokadu, rekao je odvjetnik Svein Andri Sveinsson. "U ovom slučaju imamo tri bojna polja. Jedno u Bruxellesu, jedno u Danskoj i jedno na Islandu", istaknuo je. Pred Europskom komisijom WikiLeaks i islandska tvrtka za prikupljanje sredstava DataCell žalit će se zbog "zloporabe dominantnog položaja" i "kršenja europskih pravila tržišnog natjecanja", rekao je Sveinsson, istaknuvši da Visa i MasterCard posjeduju 96 posto kartičarskog tržišta u Europi. "Ako se ništa ne promijeni, tužba će biti podnesena u četvrtak", rekao je. "Visa i MasterCard ne mogu odlučiti da suspendiraju plaćanja bez opravdana razloga. Mnogi misle da je WikiLeaks piratska stranica, no to je medij kao i drugi, koji ponekad dobija povjerljive informacije koje procure. To nisu pirati i nisu odgovorni za curenje informacija", rekao je odvjetnik.