PayPal Blocks Sale Of Book For Having “Iranian” In The Title: How a photo book portraying regular Iranians in their homes got automatically banned by PayPal "Fabrica, a “research centre, studio and school” based in Italy (and linked to the Benetton fashion group), recently released a book called Iranian Living Room, a collection of photos from inside typical Iranian homes, taken by Iranian photographers. The concept was only vaguely political: to provide a glimpse of life in Tehran near an election not through street-level shots from the media, but in regular homes. Fabrica published the book itself, then marketed it through a prefab website that it linked to a PayPal account. But something wasn’t working. The book had been blocked, he was eventually told, because its title contained the word “Iranian,” which was on some sort of “blacklist.” The “blacklist” ...was most likely an automated system to prevent sales that might run afoul of international sanctions against Iran, many of which are imposed by he United States."
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:08:18 +0000
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