Led By PayPal, Smashwords Updates Erotica Rules
Digital publishing site Smashwords has updated its policy, requiring certain restrictions to erotica content published on its site, because of pressure from PayPal.
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, explains the new terms in a letter posted on the site: “…we are modifying our Terms of Service to clarify our policies regarding erotic fiction that contains bestiality, rape and incest…PayPal is requiring Smashwords to immediately begin removing the above-mentioned categories of books.”
Coker goes on in the letter to explain that PayPal’s enforcement division contacted Smashwords on February 18th, “with an ultimatum.”
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