What you don't realize is that when paypal "locks accounts" they effectively seize the money because you cannot get it out of the FDIC registered banks that they have placed it. You can't, until you file to get it back.
You need to do more research.
Perhaps. But if this is true, it is something that is a consequence of using Paypal as a payment processor. It may even be in their TOS. I even feel for Mr. Assange a bit here, since this is something that may not be obvious to the average Paypal payment-processing client. It's certainly a pretty solid reason for OpenBSD not to accept payments through them. But I still fail to see the "due process" (again, in the Constitutional sense) requirements for Paypal here. They are a private company, contracted by people to process payments -- which inherently involves their holding onto your money for some period of time. If they decide not to process any more payments for you, it is probably a breach of contract at most, and you go after them in civil court. If they possess some of your payments, and won't give them to you, you might be able to bring fraud or possibly theft charges, depending on the jurisdiction. I suspect the filing thing would get Paypal around that, and is standard arse-covering for client disputes of any kind. This is getting off-topic, so I'll shut up for now. I don't use Paypal to process payments, and would need to go read their TOS to offer any further commentary. Corey
