PayPal as Arbiter of What Should Be Censored

[alfreda89]

A solid article detailing to date what is known about PayPal demanding that Smashwords and other indie distributors stop handling erotica dealing with certain themes. (IE incest, rape and bestiality.)

This, of course, means that if they're really going through with this, distributors will have to yank the Bible, Heinlein (To Sail Beyond the Sunset) paranormal romance, Real fairy tales, and a LOT of literary novels, starting with LOLITA.

What else will we lose?

NOTE: #@#%@ typos...I hate that I can't change the font when I look at things. That's when I see typos.

Comments

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I missed this post, K, since I was moving at the time. You're right, R & J are considered to be in the range of 14 for her and 16 for him. Common for the time, but a no-no now. And several paranormal romances address this -- men and women who are hundreds of years old still remember older decisions, and romances that were not young but were happening at halfway through life. (If you lived to 30, 15 was not too old to marry!)

I think PayPal has backed off slightly on this (the credit card companies started it! they say) but I expect it will raise its head again.