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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Apple Reverses Prudish Decision and Allows Rejected
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Apple Reverses Prudish Decision and Allows Rejected iPhone Ebook App
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000574.html
Greetings. A few days ago, in "Apple's iPhone Channels the Prudes --
'Pick a Little, Talk a Little!'" I discussed the inanity of Apple's
iPhone "censorship team" rejecting an ebook application that accessed
classic works of literature, due to the presence of sexually-related
content in some of those volumes ("Chaucer ... Rabelais ...
Baaaalzac!") ( http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000572.html )
Apparently the burst of bad publicity got through to the gang at
1 Infinite Loop. The author of Eucalyptus -- the program in question --
reports receiving a phone call on Sunday (!) from Apple reversing the
rejection and accepting the app
( http://www.blog.montgomerie.net/hither-eucalyptus ).
As I noted previously, Google avoided this entire spectrum of problems
with their Android OS (for the G1 phone, etc.) by not having an
application approval process at all.
Anyway, all's well that ends well this time -- but it's still a sad
commentary on the iPhone application approval process that Apple has
to be subjected to global public ridicule before a sensible decision
is reached in such situations.
When it comes to anything even mildly controversial, don't be so sure
that there's an iPhone "app for that!"
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
- Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition
for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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