It was either block Mastercard / Visa, or submit to US laws regarding content distribution and payment. It's exactly the same choking that was done to Pixiv last year, as well as Patreon early last year. DLSite makes a good chunk of their money off hosting a lot R18/porn content, so they weren't going to bend the knee like Pixiv did.

This has been going on for a few years now, but basically anyone operating within the United States has to abide by US laws across the entire company anywhere in the world. So in regards to MC/Visa, that means they have to block purchases in jurisdictions outside the United States if they aren't legal under US law. I have no fucking clue how this is legal internationally or even allowed by the WTO, but somehow the payment processors are abiding by it, potentially committing slowburn economic suicide doing so. (Actually I do remember the excuses they made for this, see below "activist" comment)

When it comes to pornographic content, it's supposedly "not legal" under US Federal Law (because you know, fuck states rights) to profit off of depictions of sexual violence, sexual interactions of the underage, rape, etc, regardless if the characters are fictional or not. Such depictions in the fictional realm are 100% legal in Japan, so as it stands right now, MC/Visa are trying to choke off Japanese porn content by drying up anyone's incentive to make it. Believe me, these artists don't make hentai for free.

Honestly, the right way forward would be for Japan, and many other nations, to pull out of Visa/Mastercard entirely. Kick them out of their nations and choke them instead by denying them a customer base. Make these PPs lobby Congress to remove the bullshit laws.

It was either block Mastercard / Visa, or submit to US laws regarding content distribution and payment. It's exactly the same choking that was done to Pixiv last year, as well as Patreon early last year. DLSite makes a good chunk of their money off hosting a lot R18/porn content, so they weren't going to bend the knee like Pixiv did.

This has been going on for a few years now, but basically anyone operating within the United States has to abide by US laws across the entire company anywhere in the world. So in regards to MC/Visa, that means they have to block purchases in jurisdictions outside the United States if they aren't legal under US law. I have no fucking clue how this is legal internationally or even allowed by the WTO, but somehow the payment processors are abiding by it, potentially committing slowburn economic suicide doing so. (Actually I do remember the excuses they made for this, see below comment)

When it comes to pornographic content, it's supposedly "not legal" under US Federal Law (because you know, fuck states rights) to profit off of depictions of violence, sexual interactions of the underage, rape, etc, regardless if the characters are fictional or not. Such depictions in the fictional realm are 100% legal in Japan, so as it stands right now, MC/Visa are trying to choke off Japanese porn content by drying up anyone's incentive to make it. Believe me, these artists don't make hentai for free.

Honestly, the right way forward would be for Japan, and many other nations, to pull out of Visa/Mastercard entirely. Kick them out of their nations and choke them instead by denying them a customer base. Make these PPs lobby Congress to remove the bullshit laws.

It was either block Mastercard / Visa, or submit to US laws regarding content distribution and payment. It's exactly the same choking that was done to Pixiv last year, as well as Patreon early last year. DLSite makes a good chunk of their money off hosting a lot R18/porn content, so they weren't going to bend the knee like Pixiv did.

This has been going on for a few years now, but basically anyone operating within the United States has to abide by US laws across the entire company anywhere in the world. So in regards to MC/Visa, that means they have to block purchases in jurisdictions outside the United States if they aren't legal under US law. I have no fucking clue how this is legal internationally or even allowed by the WTO, but somehow the payment processors are abiding by it, potentially committing slowburn economic suicide doing so.

When it comes to pornographic content, it's supposedly "not legal" under US Federal Law (because you know, fuck states rights) to profit off of depictions of violence, sexual interactions of the underage, rape, etc, regardless if the characters are fictional or not. Such depictions in the fictional realm are 100% legal in Japan, so as it stands right now, MC/Visa are trying to choke off Japanese porn content by drying up anyone's incentive to make it. Believe me, these artists don't make hentai for free.

Honestly, the right way forward would be for Japan, and many other nations, to pull out of Visa/Mastercard entirely. Kick them out of their nations and choke them instead by denying them a customer base. Make these PPs lobby Congress to remove the bullshit laws.

It was either block Mastercard / Visa, or submit to US laws regarding content distribution and payment. It's exactly the same choking that was done to Pixiv last year, as well as Patreon early last year. DLSite makes a good chunk of their money off hosting a lot R18/porn content, so they weren't going to bend the knee like Pixiv did.

This has been going on for a few years now, but basically anyone operating within the United States has to abide by US laws across the entire company anywhere in the world. So in regards to MC/Visa, that means they have to block purchases in jurisdictions outside the United States if they aren't legal under US law. I have no fucking clue how this is legal internationally or even allowed by the WTO, but somehow the payment processors are abiding by it, potentially committing slowburn economic suicide doing so.

When it comes to pornographic content, it's supposedly "not legal" under US Federal Law (because you know, fuck states rights) to profit off of depictions of violence, sexual interactions of the underage, rape, etc, regardless if the characters are fictional or not. Such depictions in the fictional realm is 100% legal in Japan, so as it stands right now, MC/Visa are trying to choke off Japanese porn content by drying up anyone's incentive to make it. Believe me, these artists don't make hentai for free.

Honestly, the right way forward would be for Japan, and many other nations, to pull out of Visa/Mastercard entirely. Kick them out of their nations and choke them instead by denying them a customer base. Make these PPs lobby Congress to remove the bullshit laws.

It was either block Mastercard / Visa, or submit to US laws regarding content distribution and payment. It's exactly the same choking that was done to Pixiv last year, as well as Patreon early last year. DLSite makes a good chunk of their money off hosting a lot R18/porn content, so they weren't going to bend the knee like Pixiv did.

This has been going on for a few years now, but basically anyone operating within the United States has to abide by US laws across the entire company anywhere in the world. So in regards to MC/Visa, that means they have to block purchases in jurisdictions outside the United States if they aren't legal under US law. I have no fucking clue how this is legal internationally or even allowed by the WTO, but somehow the payment processors are abiding by it, potentially committing slowburn economic suicide doing so.

When it comes to pornographic content, it's "not legal" under US Federal Law (because you know, fuck states rights) to profit off of depictions of violence, sexual interactions of the underage, rape, etc, regardless if the characters are fictional or not. Such depictions in the fictional realm is 100% legal in Japan, so as it stands right now, MC/Visa are trying to choke off Japanese porn content by drying up anyone's incentive to make it. Believe me, these artists don't make hentai for free.

Honestly, the right way forward would be for Japan, and many other nations, to pull out of Visa/Mastercard entirely. Kick them out of their nations and choke them instead by denying them a customer base. Make these PPs lobby Congress to remove the bullshit laws.