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

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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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