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Originally Posted by howyoudoin
However, it's obvious that Smashwords bases their censoring of certain genres based on a moral code, not on literary merit. One cannot state that this is purely the realm of the publisher. There's no distinction between a publisher doing it, and the transaction merchant doing it. One can either be comfortable with them both doing it, or opposed to them both doing it.
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why not? why is it wrong for a publisher or seller to say " i publisher /sell this but no that"
if its okay for someone to say " we publish/sell erotic art" it also okay for someone to say "we do not publish/sell erotic art"
for the payment processor to say they will not process the payment for a transaction because they object to something in the transaction is very different. that should actually be illegal. if they want to be a payment processor they should have to process any legal payment that comes through their system.
really Im not even sure they should know what the product is to make the determination. MC /VISA/ MAstercad/My Debit CARD Bank looking at each product before they process the sale to decide if they feel like it? no and they shouldnt.
edit- i read a book years ago titled "the entity" during the book a woman is raped by a ghost. since this policy includes text of rape are they suggesting they wont allow it to be sold as an ebook using paypal? or since it actually is a part of the overall story arc and plot does it have "serious literary or artistic" value? "will it be okay with them to sell paper copies?