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Murderdrome comic refused entry into the App Store
Macworld —
Digital comic creation company, Infurious, is lobbying for a rating system on the App Store after its first entry was refused by Apple . The company's comic, Murderdrome, was apparently refused by Apple because its content may offend some people. According to the SDK guidelines, Apple does have the right to refuse an application for this reason. However, Infurious wants Apple to implement a rating system similar to the ones its uses in other parts of the iTunes Store. Music has an "Explicit" tag on songs and albums that have coarse language, and movies have "PG" or "R" ...
Apple Bans Murderdrome Comic Book from iTunes
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... make their own decisions on what to download. So why the difference with applications? If the guys had released this as a free PDF podcast, all would have been fine. But by making it an application, Apple feels it can step in and either be an arbiter of taste or just nanny its users, neither of which is a good thing.
Still, if you want to check out the comic, a rather violent story called Murderdrome, you can grab it in jpeg form from the artists' site, Infurious Comics.
Murderdrome - KILLER APP [Infurious. Thanks, Paul!]
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Apple Riles Up Comic Fans
WebProNews Feed —
... . This time, Apple itself has refused to offer "Comic Reader," an app that would allow comic publishers to offer their work in a format that could be downloaded to an iPhone or iPod. It's not the app itself that has Apple up in arms, however. Accompanying the app was the violent comic Murderdrome from publisher Infurious. Murderdrome from Infurious Comic fans, including Infurious themselves, are upset due to the fact that other violent content is readily available via iTunes. "Here at infurious, we would love to work with Apple to ensure a content rating system can be put in ...
Violent Comic iPhone App Murderdrome Banned From App Store, Authors Want a Rating System [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
... When the guys at Infurious Comics created Murderdrome (Death Race without the cars, looks like) and submitted it to the App Store as a free download, Apple told them that it did not "satisfy their 'community standards.'" Apparently, a super-cartoony depiction of someone getting decapitated and having his head used as a handball was enough to ban the app from the store for being too "adult." And now, the comic's creators want something that makes a lot sense—a content rating system for iPhone apps. ...
Operations, Transfer All Power From the Reality Distortion Field to the Bad Press Deflector Array
Digital Daily —
... after banning the Murderdrome comic from the App Store for violating the terms of its SDK, which prohibits “content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgment may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.” ...
Violent Comic Book Application Rejected from App Store; Outrage Ensues
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... a dark and violent comic strip noted for its excessive gore that has made its entire genre of fiction so popular, has been the first digital book to get the boot from Apple’s App store censors.
After word of the comics’ Tuesday night disappearance spread, publisher, Infurious Comics, had offered up the first episode for free along with a call for reader support on their blog.
“PLEASE leave a comment,” wrote the strip’s creator, Paul Jason Holden. “We’ll forward ALL of ...
Comic Book Ban Shows That Apple Needs An Appeals Court (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... , which can be customized for each comic book. But "Murderdrome," the proof of concept comic book they hoped to launch with, didn't make it past Apple's censors. The clause of Apple's software developers kit that "Murderdrome" violated, ...
Apple and App Store censorship: where to draw the line?
Infinite Loop —
... frustrated , as it can be difficult to predict what might run afoul of Apple's reviewers. Farts are now, at least ok, but violent comics, available at many newsstands, ...
Ten iPhone apps that didn't make the App Store
Macworld —
... is what really twists the knife in Wankerl’s side: Apps with comparable violence, he notes—such as one in which you use a broken beer bottle as a weapon—have been allowed into the store. Slasher, which only showed an image of a kitchen knife and sounded a scream when you shook it, was not. 8. Murderdrome Non-kid-friendly content has been a contentious issue for Apple since the App Store’s earliest days. Comic creator PJ Holden was one of the first to find this out when his Murderdrome digital comic was deemed too hot for the iPhone. “Aside from a few random voices suggesting ...
