The good with the bad
While I don't care for the types of fiction being protected here, I am glad to see them being protected. It is bad enough that our government acts like our parents, we don't need corporate masters too.
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Well it was the fairly large public backlash against the plans that caused Paypal to change their minds... but Politicians and large international conglomerates will probably just blame Social Network...
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I'm confused... I thought the whole reason for withholding services was because they were forced into it by credit card companies? Was that a lie?
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Another trial-run of direct commercial censorship, with mere fictional writing as its target, perpetrated by the corporate money-handlers against a seemingly uncontroversial and defenseless victim,...
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Good. Censoring what is "extreme and potentially illegal" is a Very Bad Idea(tm). Extreme is in the eye of the beholder, and PayPal does not get to decide what is legal and what is illegal.
View ArticleLooks like they didn't change all that much.
Let's see. We ban anything that smells of CP. So, does that include Lolita? Anything appealing to the purient interest. Well thats just about any porno tape, dvd, book or story. Then there is good ol'...
View ArticleIs this really any different?
First and foremost, we are going to focus this policy only on e-books that contain potentially illegal images, not e-books that are limited to just text. The policy will prohibit use of PayPal for the...
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PayPal is not a government institution, it is a private business. This is not a glorious victory for free speech against the horrible evils of censorship. It's a decision made by a private business....
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It doesn't matter that they are not a government institution. If not an absolute monopoly, PayPal is still a de facto monopoly in the business they're in. So I agree that it is a question of censorship.
View ArticleUmmmm but.. but.. but..
But.. the interwebs community affecting policy was only a one time freak accident.
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Agreed, this is an improvement, but why is PayPal still censoring books? Why don't they release a statement that says they're not in the publishing business, and will comply with any court orders and...
View ArticleI'm not sure Paypal did anything wrong.
Morality had nothing at all to do with the decision to block the hardcore porn books. Money had a lot to do with it. When someone disputes a charge on their credit card, the credit card companies...
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All times are one time now. Welcome to the quantum internet.
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So basically PayPal lied when they said it was the credit card companies that set this requirement.
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I'm confused. I thought Paypal was leaning on Smashwords because Paypal was getting leaned on by credit card companies. So Paypal wasn't getting leaning on? Or did Paypal work out a deal with credit...
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So is Paypal now setting up a separate category for these transactions to reflect the higher transaction fee?
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