Looks like Paypal's caught up with the incest ebook market... - GoFuckYourself.com

RubyGoodnight · 02-26-2012, 12:28 PM

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/26/pay...rds-censorshi/

Paypal have told Smashwords that they can't sell any indie books with rape, bestiality, and one of the biggest sellers on the market - incest.

All the indie authors on the web forums I go to are all 'chicken-little' about the situation, while I'm sat there thinking that I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. Hasn't this been in Paypal's T&Cs for years?

Well, hopefully, Smashwords can hook up with folks at CCBill or Paxum...

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Originally Posted by Smashwords

?You might wonder if Smashwords should simply switch to a different payment provider. It?s not so easy. PayPal is designed into the wiring of the Smashwords platform. They run the credit card processing for our retail store, and they?re how we pay our authors and publishers. PayPal is also an extremely popular, trusted payment option for our customers. It is not feasible for us to simply switch to another provider, should such a suitable provider even exist, especially with so few days notice.?

Is it really as hard as he makes it sound?

pornmasta · 02-26-2012, 12:30 PM

RubyGoodnight · 02-26-2012, 12:31 PM

They are even including pseudo-incest (as in step-relations) in this group...

pornmasta · 02-26-2012, 12:32 PM

seriously i'm not aware of the laws of your countries, but if something is legal, it is illegal to forbid it..
You can't just come and say: "you are black it is against my TOS, good bye"

baryl · 02-26-2012, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pornmasta

seriously i'm not aware of the laws of your countries, but if something is legal, it is illegal to forbid it..
You can't just come and say: "you are black it is against my TOS, good bye"

So you're saying it's illegal for a private company to choose what they want to associate with? Would it be illegal for a children's toy store to refuse to sell anal bukkake gangbang dvds?

RubyGoodnight · 02-26-2012, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by baryl

So you're saying it's illegal for a private company to choose what they want to associate with? Would it be illegal for a children's toy store to refuse to sell anal bukkake gangbang dvds?

That's the point I've been trying to make to these authors...that it's not censorship, it's a business choice, and one that anyone who deals with adult material should have seen coming from a mile away...

I'm just a bit confused as to why Paypal hasn't made the same decision with eBay.

Fletch XXX · 02-26-2012, 01:09 PM

Imagine Hollywood without rape scenes and incest lol

Sly · 02-26-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pornmasta

seriously i'm not aware of the laws of your countries, but if something is legal, it is illegal to forbid it..
You can't just come and say: "you are black it is against my TOS, good bye"

In your country, a restaurant cannot ban smoking?

Deputy Chief Command · 02-26-2012, 01:36 PM

lol@pornmasta... porn is not illegal, yet paypal does not allow processing for adult sites ... idiot

epitome · 02-26-2012, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pornmasta

seriously i'm not aware of the laws of your countries, but if something is legal, it is illegal to forbid it..
You can't just come and say: "you are black it is against my TOS, good bye"

So in your country if somebody wants to bring a fifth of jack in a grocery store and drink it while shopping since drinking is legal, nobody can stop them? Of course not. Companies are free to set their own rules.

mynameisjim · 02-26-2012, 02:38 PM

Once again the internet generation shows their ignorance. Instead of reading rape books maybe they should read up on what censorship actually is instead of crying wolf all the time.

Apparently they are all for internet freedom until a company decides to exercise it's own freedom in a way they don't like, then they call it censorship.

Personally, I don't think Paypal should ban anything that is legal. But they can do whatever they want as long as they don't base it on race, religion, ethnicity, or any other protected class.

Dirty Dane · 02-26-2012, 02:42 PM

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ottopottomouse · 02-26-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane

Donation button pulled.

Hope she's not your sister

ElleSorbet · 02-27-2012, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX

Imagine Hollywood without rape scenes and incest lol

don't make me...

cherrylula · 02-27-2012, 04:49 PM

Yeah what about all the mainstream dvds you can buy all over the place with your paypal card with incest and rape in them.

paypal is the stupid! lol

MrBottomTooth · 02-27-2012, 04:54 PM

Well, looks like it's suicide for me.

Django · 02-27-2012, 04:57 PM

Extreme illegal boards accept donations through Paypal since long time.
Are there 2 Paypal?

QuantumDesigns · 02-27-2012, 08:45 PM

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Yeah what about all the mainstream dvds you can buy all over the place with your paypal card with incest and rape in them.

Well, let's not even talk about Bitcoins...

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