PayPal's Censorship Issue: Where are the Letters to eBay & Amazon?

PayPal missed out on a great press opportunity by neglecting to send eBay (its parent), Amazon, and Books-A-Million the same letter of demands it sent to Smashwords. I'm guessing PayPal doesn't have the cajones and deep-enough pockets. Besides, Amazon could crush PayPal like a grape. So, instead of getting beaten to pulp, PayPal bullies the smaller players?

I targeted eBay, Amazon, and Books-A-Million because it appeared they aren't downstream recipients of book and ebook metadata from other sources. I'm certain there are others, but these provide a good enough sample of the marketplace for titles containing legal fiction that PayPal finds objectionable.

Here's the scoop (as of 08 March 2012):

Amazon had 17,240 titles that had objectionable / forbidden text in their listing. Of these, 9,325 were works of fiction.

eBay had 1,621 titles with objectionable text in their listings. Of these, 276 are listed as fiction.

Books-A-Million had 1,393, with 164 were fiction.

Smashwords' numbers were minor, and BookStrand and eXcessica had already caved to PayPal's demands, as they didn't have any listings containing the objectionable words.

It's all in the data below. I'd be glad to provide the Excel spreadsheet to warranted parties. Just let me know.

	eBay				Amazon				Books-A-Million				Smashwords				BookStrand.com				eXcessica
		Books, as Percent				Books, as Percent				Books, as Percent				Books, as Percent				Books, as Percent				Books, as Percent
Objectionable	Total Books	of Listings	Fiction		Total Books	of Listings	Fiction		Total Books	of Listings	Fiction		Total Books	of Listings	Fiction		Total Books	of Listings	Fiction		Total Books	of Listings	Fiction
or Banned	Listed Using	Containing	and		Listed Using	Containing	and		Listed Using	Containing	and		Listed Using	Containing	and		Listed Using	Containing	and		Listed Using	Containing	and
Keyword	Keyword	Keyword	Literature	Non-Fiction	Keyword	Keyword	Literature	Non-Fiction	Keyword	Keyword	Literature	Non-Fiction	Keyword	Keyword	Literature	Non-Fiction	Keyword	Keyword	Literature	Non-Fiction	Keyword	Keyword	Literature	Non-Fiction
bestiality	9	13%	1	8	132	65%	45	87	5	83%	0	5	23	100%	Unknown	Unknown	0	N/A	0	0	0	N/A	0	0
incest	363	83%	34	329	3,275	86%	1,676	1,599	246	98%	31	215	>10	100%	Unknown	Unknown	0	N/A	0	0	0	N/A	0	0
rape	1,163	49%	128	817	7,140	55%	1,775	5,365	1,034	97%	115	919	>10	100%	Unknown	Unknown	0	N/A	0	0	2	100%	2	0
pedophile	13	19%	6	7	464	72%	98	366	28	100%	5	23	37	100%	Unknown	Unknown	0	N/A	0	0	0	N/A	0	0
BDSM	73	6%	57	16	6,229	62%	5,731	498	85	99%	13	72	>10	100%	Unknown	Unknown	847	100%	847	0	86	100%	86	0
TOTALS	1,621	38%	226	1,177	17,240	62%	9,325	7,915	1,393	97%	164	1,265	>60	100%	Unknown	Unknown	847	100%	847	0	88	100%	88	0