Thread: Smashwords Succumbs to Censorship
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Old 02-26-2012, 03:43 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
But why aren't you equally outraged that Smashwords can refuse certain material? Why do you think it's OK for Smashwords to have certain standards and rules, but not PayPal? It seems logically inconsistent to me. Smashwords gets to use its discretion about its business practices, but you are upset when PayPal does.
My guess: Because when PayPal does, they try to force other businesses to follow their standards, and they bully them in the process of doing so. Smashwords can have certain standards and rules, but if they tried to force either Sony or B&N to comply by said standards before they were allowed to sell Smashwords books in their ebook stores, then Smashwords would be as wrong there as PayPal is here.

Setting your own moral standards is always fine. Forcing others to live by them without giving them a choice, is not.
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