According to Laura McGann, Apple has banned an iPod/iPad app featuring the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore. Why? Because, in Apple's words,
"...it contains content that ridicules public figures."
Cupertino. Kazakhstan. What's the difference?
My previous riffs on Apple's dictatorial dickbrainedness here and here.
[thanks, Erik!]


As long as they are applying it to all three sides of the aisle, I can abide it. It is when they decide that it only applies on board member Al Gore's side that I'll be up in arms. Until then, it's their garden to keep as they like.
Posted by: Everlasting Phelps | Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 05:07 PM
Then don't buy there products. Problem solved. Next.
Posted by: tim | Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 05:44 PM
Icensor
Posted by: George Arndt | Friday, April 16, 2010 at 06:36 PM