Will PayPal Reverse It's Censorship Decision?

Just saw this article in TechCrunch:

The last meeting between the EFF and PayPal was on Friday, and its activism director, Rainey Reitman, told TechCrunch that she left with a “good feeling,” with PayPal’s general counsel indicating that they would be “discussing it internally and might even be able to make a public statement in the next week.”

The EFF, she notes, specifically has requested that PayPal “update their policy so that this type of legal fiction would not be affected.”

Not counting them chicken's before they hatch, but it is an encouraging sign.

Comments

[Katrina Strauss]

Let's hope for the best. I'm thankful so many people spoke out about this so it couldn't be ignored. The fallout is still a mess to be waded through. Have you seen All Romance's new "Report Restricted Content" link that now appears under all of our book covers, complete with red flag icon?

[Mountie]

This in from TechCrunch Jessica. Looks like we have some sort of a "WIN".

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/13/paypal-updates-erotica-policy-target-is-specifc-books-with-obscene-images-not-just-words/

"Paypal... that it will only prohibit using its payment system for specific books — not entire classes of books — and that it will only apply to those publications that contain pictures as well as words, and in that case only instances where those images are obscene as defined by the U.S. legal system."

And from PayPal itself https://www.thepaypalblog.com/2012/03/update-paypal’s-acceptable-use-policy/

[Jessica Freely]

Thanks for the link, Mountie!