“But these ones are allowed ‘cos they’re art,” Ray reports. “The new applications consist of sliding puzzles showing nudes taken from classical paintings, which obviously don’t offend in the way that modern nipples do.”
“Americans get a selection of bathing beauties, while iPhone users in the UK will have to satisfy themselves with one application featuring nudes by Modigliani – not our own cup of tea, but it takes all sorts,” Ray reports.
“We look forward to finding out exactly where Cupertino draws the line as hordes of ‘artistic’ applications head for the breach,” Ray writes.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lava_Head_UK” for the heads up.]
Nip on Botha.
Line drawing consists of Apple knowing about it. There’s 175,000 apps in the app store. They don’t allow “nips”. When they find it, they’ll ban it. You can use your browser however you want. Jesus- it’s really not that hard to understand.
John Ashcroft will not approve!
I don’t think your ‘nips’ mean what I think they mean…
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I felt a little nip in the air today.
This is nothing new and presents a perennial problem in the US, due to the awkward and quite bizarre moral standards there. There was a massive sigh of relief in US when Euro was introduced as a common currency across Europe (including France). Before Euro, France used the French Franc. The 100 F note (at the time of Euro conversion worth some $20 US) had bare woman’s breasts on its back. The image was from Eugène Delacroix’s painting, “Liberty Leading the People”. Many American parents avoided letting their pre-college children travel through France because they knew that they will be exposed to “nudity” the moment they exchanged their money.
Censoring images that have been hanging in museums for the past 100 years just because they depict exposed women’s torso would align the store squarely with Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, and similar theocratic countries. I’m not sure Apple would want this, regardless of some domestic backlash if they allowed this kind of art.
Nipples are for feeding babies the healthiest food.
Ban them!
Cheese Nips?
There’s a difference between nudity and objectification of women.
@Predrag. “Many American parents avoided letting their pre-college children travel through France because…”
Are you serious? Man, that is just… amazing. I’m from Europe, and probably never understand censorship in the US.
I watched “Jersey shore” yesterday for the first time… and last time. I could not believe they censored a “middle-finger gesture” but left all of the other crap uncensored, you know… the sleazy (wo)men, low morals and violence. Appalling. Talking about double standards.
Japanese soldiers?
uh, what is the “objectification of women” ?
There’s no nipples like old nipples… 20th century nipples are crass, obscene, sleazy and degrading to women. But 18th and 19th century nipples, those are some tasty taters!
> uh, what is the “objectification of women” ?
The idea that a picture of a modern naked women makes the man viewing it believe all women are just mobile vagina and boob carriers.
Bun-Wah-Nip
“Objectification of women.” Hah! Women spend two hours a day fixing themselves up to be objectified. Nature.
Means something completely different to me.
We can’t force apple to show us anything. If we want nips and porn apps that bad, we should move to another system that doesn’t restrict it. Apple can run their own system any way they want. I know I would!
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