I just saw this on JMG and I wonder what's really going on here?
Gizmodo reports:
In the case of a graphic novel of Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, the objectionable nature of the content appears to be simply that two men were kissing.
Can only be downloaded like this:
That's after you've already told Apple that you're 17 or older. Blacking out seven consecutive panels of a graphic novel makes that novel basically unreadable.
However, in straight graphic novels, you can see a whole lot more before the censors sets in. This is a concern because there many Gay comics and graphic novels this censoring could affect. I can't help but to think about Class Comics or other gay themed comics with sexual content. Will their comics be covered in black boxes too?
This type of censoring could turn folks off from the iPad or anything Apple does. And to be real, it's insulting to see our comics or stories hidden behind black boxes, when you can see straight sex on a hood of a car in colorful and bright pixels.
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That is infuriating.
They are inconsistent. I heard on NPR today, about a graphic novel of a James Joyce Novel that was censored by Apple.
Well, this will help the competition when they come out.
Yeah Mecha, I agree. I look at it the way I did Blockbuster versus Netflix. Blockbuster was more convenient but Netflix had movies that catered to more than the mainstream family right wing audience. As soon as Blockbuster stop carried indie and gay oriented movies they lost me as a customer. I imagine this will be the same for Apple. Adults don't need someone telling them what they can and can't see or read, especially when they are paying for it. Hypocricy won't get my money.
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