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WikiLeaks will fund itself via Flattr (techcrunch.com)
32 points by riffer on Aug 2, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments



Here's a couple flattr invites if anyone wants 'em:

both have been used

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I'm very interested but honestly, based on how much WikiLeaks is ticking off the U.S. Govt, how long until one of their donors is convicted of supporting a terrorist organization?

I mean, they just convicted a guy in New York for letting an alleged terrorist store socks and ponchos in his apartment.


Hey thanks, flattr seems to be pretty much the content micropayment system I have been wishing for (being one of those people who actually want to give money for content I love).


Has Wikileaks ever explained how they're using their budget? The last number I read was $600k per year, with no explanation of what that money went to.


No idea, but Julian Assange's talk at TED did mention sending people to Baghdad to gather details for "Collateral Murder". That doesn't come for free.

Assange is "living in airports these days" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange - frequent flying isn't a cheap lifestyle.


Uhm. Wikileaks is based in Sweden? I don't think so.


The primary servers are in Sweden because of the favorable free speech climate -> higher barriers to take down notices. The video editing was done in Iceland a few months ago. Julian Assange is Australian. There are people from pretty much everywhere working on the project.

WikiLeaks is a trans-national organization, trying to fit things like it into a construct where it has a nationality is obsolete.


What, were you expecting Tech Crunch to check facts beyond a trip to Wikipedia? Actually seems like they can't even handle that a lot of the time. So, I guess WL is based in Iceland now or something, but I guarantee very few people actually care.


If I recall, Wikileaks does work Swedish jurisdiction (where it is illegal to reveal a source in some circumstances) into their submission chain somehow. Or is it The Netherlands I am thinking of?




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