eBay banning Death Metal.

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Paula Hogan of MANIC Music & Distribution and Candlelight Records USA has contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET to report that "eBay is [allegedly] currently starting a ban on black/extreme metal. A few of our vendors who have sizeable eBay stores are now finding their items pulled down by eBay directly. The list we have compiled so far that have been pulled for sale via any eBay stores or auctions is noted below. I'm sure there are more."

Added Dan Ferguson of Indianapolis, IN's Abyss Records: "I had a number of items removed and account suspended by selling black metal. It seems a group of so-called Christians have been reporting black metal bands (even though eBay has black metal as a search genre) as all racist and hateful and discriminatory."

The items that were allegedly removed by eBay because they "violated the eBay Hateful or Discriminatory policy" are as follows:

BURZUM - Complete 6 LP SET

EMPEROR - IX Equilibrium ORIG. LP

WOTANORDEN - From The.. CD

BURZUM - s/t / Aske DOUBLE LP

1349 - Beyond The CD

DARKTHRONE - Panzerfaust CD

MAYHEM - Collection 4 LP SET

PANTHEON - Krihapentswor CD

DARKTHRONE - Total Death CD

BURZUM - Draugen CD DVD

BURZUM - Daudi Baldrs LP

BURZUM - Daudi Baldrs CD

ZYKLON B - Blood Must Be Shed CD

ARMAGGEDON - Imperium CD

EMPEROR - Demo LP

1349 - Hellfire DOUBLE LP

DARKTHRONE - Hate Them CD

BURZUM - Filosofem DOUBLE LP

BURZUM - Hlidskjalf LP

BURZUM - Det Som Engang Var DIGI CD

CAMULOS / AINSHVAL - Split CD

BURZUM - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss LP

BURZUM - Det Som Engang Var LP

NOKTURNAL MORTUM - Weltanschauung CD

SATYRICON - Now, Diabolical CD

In eBay's e-mail to Ferguson explaining their decision to remove his listing, they write, "eBay doesn't permit sellers to list items that promote or glorify hatred, violence, or racial intolerance. Items that promote organizations with such views are also prohibited.

"eBay will judiciously disallow listings or items that promote or glorify hatred, violence or racial intolerance, or items that promote organizations (such as Nazis, neo-Nazis and Aryan Nation) with such views. This policy also applies to listings that offer shipping to countries where certain items may be illegal."

I understand the eBay has this thing against racist stuff, but metal is metal. Why don't they censor just about everything in Rap since it says the N word every five seconds? How far does eBays policy go?