[Infowarrior] - Apple, a puritanical company?

[Richard Forno]

Apple says no Project Gutenberg for iPhone because some old books are  
dirty
Posted by Cory Doctorow, May 22, 2009 2:13 AM | permalink

Apple has rejected Eucalyptus, an ebook reader that facilitates  
downloading public domain books from Project Gutenberg, because some  
Victorian books mention sex (many of these same books can be bought as  
ebooks through the iPhone Kindle reader or purchased as audiobooks  
from the iTunes store). It's amazing to think that in 2009 a phone  
manufacturer wants to dictate which literature its customers should be  
allowed to download and read on their devices.

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