Tag: Visa

Visa halts its service for allofmp3.com

Tags: Visa + allofmp3.com + allofmp3 + copyright + music

Kevom
Posted by Kevom 2 years 1 month ago; via news.com.com/2100-1027_3-...

Credit card company Visa International said Wednesday that it has suspended service to music download site allofmp3.com, the latest setback for the Russian company accused in the U.S. of pirating music.

The company said its move was to comply with recent Russian legislation and international copyright law.
"It's no longer permitted to accept Visa cards," said Simon Barker, a Visa International spokesman. "The action we've taken is in line with legislation passed in Russia and international copyright law."
What's in your wallet?

5 Votes | No Comments | 1 Image

Google To Pay Freight for Number 2 Linux Guy

Tags: Andrew Morton + Aussie Andrew Morton + Google + US + Visa + kernel + Linus Torvalds + Linux

ToPo
Posted by ToPo 2 years 3 months ago; via linux.sys-con.com/read/26...

Now that English-born Aussie Andrew Morton, Linux' second-ranking kernel hacker, has resolved what friends described as his US visa issues, he has "taken a job" with Google. In other words, Google is going to pay his salary while he continues to act as the 2.6 kernel's maintainer full-time.

Nominally Morton, an OSDL Fellow like Linux creator Linus Torvalds, has been working for Digeo Inc, the digital entertainment house backed primarily - not to say ironically - by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, but evidently that situation quietly...

» Read the rest of the post
» View all photos

No Votes | No Comments | 2 Images

« Previous 1 Next »

Subscription Feeds

Other Gates you might be interested in:

More Gates