[A2k] Apple says no Project Gutenberg for iPhone because some old books are dirty - Boing Boing

[Manon Ress]

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/22/apple-says-no-projec.html

Apple says no Project Gutenberg for iPhone because some old books are
dirty

Posted by Cory Doctorow, May 22, 2009 2:13 AM | permalink

Apple has rejected Eucalyptus, an ebook reader that facilitates
downloading public domain books from Project Gutenberg, because some
Victorian books mention sex (many of these same books can be bought as
ebooks through the iPhone Kindle reader or purchased as audiobooks
from the iTunes store). It's amazing to think that in 2009 a phone
manufacturer wants to dictate which literature its customers should be
allowed to download and read on their devices.

     Thank you for submitting Eucalyptus -- classic books, to go. to
the App Store. We've reviewed Eucalyptus -- classic books, to go. and
determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application
to the App Store because it contains inappropriate sexual content and
is in violation of Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement which
states:

     "Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic,
offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text,
graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials
that in Apple's reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by
iPhone or iPod touch users."

     Please view the attached screenshot for further information.

Remember, Apple is also petitioning the government to make it illegal
to install any application on your phone that they haven't approved.

Whither Eucalyptus?

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