Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: BBB revokes seal of approval for Paypal

pjanak opened this issue on Nov 16, 2004 ยท 67 posts


lmckenzie posted Wed, 17 November 2004 at 3:06 PM

Whatever your feelings about "junk," PayPal paints with a very broad and arbitrary brush. Crime scene photos are forbidden but "War documentaries or documentary photos portraying victims of war or violence" are OK. The mind boggles at the possibilities. Are the Abu Gahrib photos alright or are they forbidden because of sex or possibly violence? Can I sell Iraq hostage execution videos? What's the criteria, violence, politics, good taste? You can't sell hate literature butdoes that include various religious texts that exhort their followers to smite their enemies? Only the rulers of PayPalestine know the answers and they'll probably freeze your money and tell you about it afterwards. They can run their business any way they want but an increasing number of people seem to be finding that dancing to their tune isn't worth paying the piper. When you've pissed off the Better Business Bureau, pornophiles and the neo-Nazis you must be doing something seriously messed up.

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