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Offensive Materials List

Sellers may not list items that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial or religious intolerance, or items that promote organizations with such views.

Sellers wishing to list items that may be covered by this policy must review the “Examples” section for detailed information about items that may and may not be permitted on 4Sale4Now.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

Items that Promote Hatred, Violence, Racial or Religious Intolerance

4Sale4Now has always exercised judgment in allowing or disallowing certain listings consistent with the spirit of a worldwide community. Therefore, 4Sale4Now will judiciously disallow listings or items that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial or religious intolerance, or items that promote organizations (such as the KKK, Nazis, neo-Nazis and Aryan Nation) with such views. For example, 4Sale4Now will generally remove items that bear the marks of such organizations, such as relics from the KKK or certain Nazi memorabilia.

Under this policy, 4Sale4Now may in its discretion, remove items when the item or description graphically portrays violence or victims of violence, and lacks substantial social, artistic or political value.

For example, 4Sale4Now may disallow sales of explicit crime scene photographs or morgue photos, while permitting military documentaries or photographs of war victims. 4Sale4Now may also, in its discretion and out of respect for the families of murder victims, remove listings of items closely associated with individuals notorious for committing murderous acts within the last 100 years, such as personal belongings of such criminals, letters or artwork created by such criminals, or novelty items that bear the name or image of the criminal.

Further, 4Sale4Now will remove any listing and suspend the users involved where it appears that a person convicted of a violent felony is attempting to use 4Sale4Now (directly or through another person) to benefit financially from his or her criminal notoriety.

Items related to Natural Disasters or Human Tragedies

4Sale4Now does not permit listings that graphically portray, glorify or attempt to profit from human tragedy or suffering, which lack substantial social, artistic, or political value. This includes items that may be deemed inappropriate or insensitive to victims of natural disasters or human tragedies.

Exception: Items related to natural disasters or human tragedies that have substantial social, artistic or political value are generally permitted on 4Sale4Now. Such items may include newspaper clippings, documentaries, books, and commemorative photographs or paintings.

Racially or Ethnically Offensive Historical Items and Reproductions

Accordingly, listings that are racially or ethnically offensive are not permitted on 4Sale4Now. 4Sale4Now and its community of users will not tolerate such material.

Occasionally, there may be listings of antiques or historical pieces (often referred to as ’Black Americana‘) that, while unacceptable in today's society, are relics of an era where racially inappropriate and insensitive products were widely available. While these items are offensive to 4Sale4Now and its community, 4Sale4Now recognizes that such historical items find their way into museums and private collections, and serve as important tools for education about the past.

4Sale4Now permits such listings of historical pieces, but at the request of community members, 4Sale4Now will not permit listings of racial or ethnically inappropriate reproductions.

Further, when selling potentially offensive yet true historical pieces, sellers must ensure that the language in their listings shows appropriate sensitivity to those in the community that might view it. For example, sellers may not use offensive words and phrases such as ’Jap‘ or ’Nigger‘ in the title or description of their listing, even if that word is part of the proper name or trademark of the item. Sellers may, however, display an image of such historical items within their listing even if the offensive word is plainly visible within the historical item.

Racially or Ethnically Offensive Works of Art, including Books, Movies, Music and Artwork

Artists occasionally use offensive words and phrases such as ’Nigger‘ and ’Jap‘ in the titles of media items such as books, movies, music and artwork. Examples of such items include books from prominent authors such as Randall Kennedy, Joseph Conrad and H. Rap Brown, and musicians such as John Lennon. Sellers may use such words and phrases in the title and description of their listings within media categories such as Books, Movies and Music, provided that the offensive words are actually part of the title of the listed item. 4Sale4Now urges all of its community members to treat others as they themselves would like to be treated.
4Sale4Now will review listings that are brought to its attention by its worldwide community, and will look at the entire listing to determine whether it falls within this rule.

Examples of items that will generally be removed:

Examples of items that may generally be listed: