Cupertino,
Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has rejected an iPhone
application from the band Nine Inch Nails, reportedly due to its inclusion of a
song with explicit lyrics — which ironically may be purchased from the
company’s iTunes Store, frontman Trent Reznor explained in a series of posts on
Twitter. Reznor was particularly frustrated with Apple’s
explanation of the app’s removal. "Thanks Apple for the clear description
of the problem – as in, what do you want us to change to get past your stupid
fucking standards?" Reznor wrote on Twitter.
Some have speculated that the issue is one of parental control, as Apple includes a feature on iTunes that can be used to prevent accounts from purchasing songs marked as having ‘explicit’ lyrics — a feature that does not exist for the iPhone.
But Reznor points out that much explicit content is available on the iPhone, if not directly from the App Store.
"Hey Apple, I just got some spam about fucking hot Asian teens through your e-mail program. I just saw two guys having explicit anal sex right there in Safari! On my iPhone!
"Come on Apple, think your policies through and for fuck’s sake get your app approval scenario together," Reznor wrote in a post on the band’s online forum.
http://mashable.com/2009/05/04/trent-reznor-jailbreak/
http://snipurl.com/hctdd (Wired)
http://snipurl.com/hcsnd (TechCrunch)
http://twitter.com/trent_reznor/status/1681690305
http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?9,651569,651569#msg-651569
I think that the author of this application is a little bit rude talking with Apple guys. He don’t have such rights. I don’t think that his app was removed without any normal reason. It is obvious that the reason is, so he don’t have to be rude about that. But is is just my own opinion.
This is interesting, post more often!
Keep ‘em coming… you all do such a great job at such Concepts… can’t tell you how much I, for one appreciate all you do!
No doubt rejected. I wonder why apple is not making their move regarding this issue.
not surprised they rejected it though – it’s a pretty silly app. Apple does need to maintain some quality standards.
A clarification on “inclusion of a song with explicit lyrics”
The nin:access app doesn’t contain any content at all. No music files are natively included in the app itself.
The music file Apple cited as ‘offensive’ refers to a podcast you can access through the NIN:ACCESS app that resides on the remix.nin.com servers. …..
Much like how one can access porn via Apple Safari.
The file has since been removed from the nin.com servers as per Apple’s ”standards”, in order to get the update (fixing international positioning) pushed through.
-g-
trent reznor is a fag
They should really consider revising the policy. it sounds unworthy.
This is defintely some funny stuff. Apple and its policies seem to get dummer with the days, I mean, they can affford such stupidities cant they
Apple and its policies seem to get dummer with the days, I mean, they can affford such stupidities cant they ?
Grow up Trent and lose the anger and foul mouth. You’re a multi-millionaire remember? Nice try though being all angry…
This is defintely some funny stuff. Apple and its policies seem to get dummer with the days, I mean, they can affford such stupidities cant they ?
I can understand Apple wanting to protect the children, but who’s forking out that kinda dough for a kid? I can’t afford an iPhone, and I work for a living…
Apple sells The Downward Spiral on iTunes!
Apple is starting to sound like Sony, where two (or more) competing ideologies threaten to drag the entire company down. Jobs needs to issue a set of objective, fair guidelines that apply across ALL content Apple sells on ALL of its storefronts. And yes, those guidelines need to come from His Steveness Himself, so that random lackeys in the App Store aren’t left making judgment calls on the company’s strategic direction.
This really is pretty outrageous; if you’ve seen the advance publicity for the NIN app, you’d probably agree that it was looking impressive as hell.