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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
You can protest to Paypal all you want to, but it seems as though they are just trying to follow the regulations set forth by the government of India. Looking over Paypal's Donate button page it looks like the US government also has some fingers in this regulatory pie. |
Look, I am glad the situation is resolved. But I haven't seen any cites to any code or regulation, whether in India or the United States, in either of the pages you reference. Accordingly, I don't know where you come up with the idea that there is a regulatory issue in the United States, and it is at least open to question whether there is one in India. Just because PayPal waves around some vague language about complying with an unspecified law that supposedly prohibits use of the word "donate" doesn't make it the law. Even if there is a law, there is no way to determine whether PayPal is interpreting it correctly or consistently in light of the lack of information PayPal has provided. A choice of words as fine grained as "donate," "support," or "assist" in a "commercial" enterprise is arbitrary on its face, and PayPal has done nothing to show otherwise. A quick Google search shows that there is a great deal of confusion about the "donate" button in India but little clarity. I agree that the issue is moot, for the moment, but only because PayPal has apparently arbitrarily decided that "support" is O.K. but "donate" is not.