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Originally posted by Strokeman
Unfortunately, Acacia is not the first to see us as fragmented and an easy group to rape. Merchant banks, at the prompting of Visa and MC, cut us out from the general merchant herd a few years ago. We have been targetted by them for some time now. My license fee to Acacia would be half the fee I will pay to be 'certified' as an adult online merchant for a new merchant account, regardless of whether I was 'certified' for my last merchant account.
ISP's also created special rules for us years ago... creating rules applied to no others and charging us special fees.
Now, the Attorney General is launching a campaign as well with 25 new attorneys to do nothing but go after obscenity on the net.
We definitely need a group like IMPA - but we need to work together on ALL these issues. I am offering more than money to IMPA, I am offering my time to research the law, lobby my representatives, and start lobbying my peers so we can present a unified, cogent opposition. I encourage all of you to consider what you can do for this cause.
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I agree, we all need to present a unified front and really win this thing, so that we can stop being easy targets of so many mainstream companies. I also think it's great that you are helping out in this fight. I am sure a lot of people don't really know where to start.