This is rather surprising, that they would do this. Regarding the 18+ thing, there are apps that won't download unless you consent that you are not a minor. Unfortunately, that requires a simple yes/no click, but at the same time, it's after your password, so that's some layer of protection...but i don't know.
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Joe Plummer <joeplum...@tds.net> wrote: > Well this is a law suit waiting and begging to be picked up and they will > win it. This is going against the your US right as a citizen. Called > Freedom > of speech and Freedom of Press! So I think this is why Apple changed it > mind > This is like saying you can surf the internet but here is where you can go > and read and this it. This is not right for adults. Now for children under > the age of 18 this might have some value. So they I think should say yes > you > can have it on the store but because of the nature of the app you need to > have some kind of age verification. But this is my thoughts and I been > around the legal system a long time. > > > > Sign, > Joe Plummer ( JP ) > joeplum...@tds.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ch...@q.com > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 12:48 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Fwd: Apple regulating news and political content??? > > I got this and thought it would be of interest to some n the list. Not > sure what I think yet. > Carolyn > > > Mark Fiore's job is making fun of political figures. And he's > actually quite good at it, according to the Pulitzer Prize Committee. > > Earlier this week it named him the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in > editorial cartooning, but Apple rejected an iPhone app containing Fiore's > cartoons in > December. The reason? Apple said applications that ridicule public > figures are not allowed. > > That presents a problem for Fiore, and all editorial cartoonists and > political satirists who'd like to submit their work to the App Store for > that matter, > because, well, that's what they do. > > Luckily for Fiore, the Nieman Journalism Lab took up his cause and > wrote about his app's rejection. A day later Apple relented, and on Friday > asked Fiore > to resubmit. The New York Times reported Friday afternoon that Steve > Jobs himself called it "a mistake that's being fixed." That's great for > Fiore, but > not every political satirist is a Pulitzer winner who can get > publicity for his app's unfair rejection. > > So what does that mean for the future of news or editorial products > on the iPad and iPhone? It's safe to assume that quashing political satire > isn't Apple's > goal here. But it's a legitimate concern for the journalism > community that to be featured on the App Store they have to submit their > news content to a > company unafraid to exercise what sometimes seems like arbitrary > control. The thinking goes, what if Apple finds a headline offensive? Or > what if there's > an unfavorable article about Apple itself even? That's not to say > Apple would do that, but its inconsistent handling of App Store submissions > sets a troubling > precedent. > > The rejected-then-unrejected brouhaha surrounding Fiore's cartoon > app, and others like it--the Mad Magazine artist's Bobble Rep app comes to > mind--also > illuminate the central issue facing Apple with the App Store right > now. The company's decision to tightly control what is and is not allowed > on > the iPhone > or iPad has led it to develop a review process that is not > sustainable. > > Having individuals look at each one of the hundreds of thousands of > apps that pour into the App Store and accurately and consistently police > them for both > technical and content issues is impossible now and will only be more > so as the App Store inevitably grows. The solution would be to have clear, > stated > rules of what can or can't be put on the App Store, but that's not > what Apple has chosen. And that gray area is what scares developers who put > a lot of > work into their apps, and who could be rejected outright for some > subjective problem an App Store reviewer has found with that particular > app. > > Which brings us back to the news issue. The problem of Apple's lack > of transparency with App Store rules and tendency toward control is > compounded by Apple > luring the print news industry to the iPad. It's a device that > (rightly or wrongly) is being praised as a way to save print publications. > And that control > inevitably raises new questions about Apple's relationship with > newspapers, like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal for > example, > that are putting > their content on the App Store via paid applications. > > The Columbia Journalism Review has issued a call to media companies > not to get too cozy with Apple. Writes Ryan Chittum: > > Look, let's face it. The iPad is the most exciting opportunity for > the media in many years. But if the press is ceding gatekeeper status, even > if it's > only nominally, over its speech, then it is making a dangerous > mistake. Unless Apple explicitly gives the press complete control over its > ability to publish > what it sees fit, the news media needs to yank its apps in protest. > > Yes, this is that serious. It needs to wrest back control of its > speech from Apple Inc. > > The CJR then points out the obvious: newspapers and magazines > wouldn't put itself under the influence of the government like this, so why > is a corporation, > especially one with control-freak tendencies like Apple, any > different? > > If the iPad does become a significant revenue source for print > publications who turn their newspapers or magazines into iPad apps, it is > logical that it > could be harder for them to stand up to Apple. > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<macvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<macvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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