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Apple Bans Sale of Comic Book On All iOS Apps Over Gay Sex Images - Update
New submitter RicardoGCE writes "Apple has banned all iOS apps from carrying Saga #12, a comic book created by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, and published by Image Comics. The reason for the ban is the depiction of oral sex appearing on the computer monitor that serves as the head of one of the characters. The content has been deemed pornographic, and sale of the comic has been blocked. Comixology will allow users to sync their purchases, however, so users of their app will be able to read the book on their i-devices. They just won't be able to buy it through the iOS version of the app."
Vaughan himself points out the sexual representation in this issue ("two postage stamp-sized images") are not as graphic or as prominent as other situations from past issues. The difference is that this depiction is of a homosexual encounter rather than a heterosexual one. Image Comics took the high road, saying they regret the decision, but that it's "Apple’s decision and it would be inappropriate for us to tell another company how to run its business."
Update: 04/10 18:36 GMT by S : As it turns out, reports of Apple censorship were wrong. Comixology posted today on their blog that they were the ones who decided to remove the issue of Saga from the app. They did so because they were trying to follow Apple's content guidelines. The issue will be available via their app soon.
Update: 04/10 18:36 GMT by S : As it turns out, reports of Apple censorship were wrong. Comixology posted today on their blog that they were the ones who decided to remove the issue of Saga from the app. They did so because they were trying to follow Apple's content guidelines. The issue will be available via their app soon.
Yeah, it's an outrage when a minority group doesn't get their porn pushed out onto a family oriented medium like the Apple App Store. In comic books no less.
Watch all the liberals go crazy detracting it as "censorship OMGZ" and all the moronic LGBT activists have hissy fits. Sorry but your gay porn doesn't belong on an app store where little kids spend a fair amount of their time. Especially when its in a fucking comic book app that kids will naturally be drawn too. Keep your perverted bullshit to yourselves.
(And I think the ban on porn in general is childish)
Then you're an idiot. Lets show your 6 year old daughter some anal penetration porn in her my little pony app, see how that goes over. Fuckwads like you are a blight on society.
Exactly, if it was a depiction of heterosexual sex, Apple would have behaved the same way.
I'm an ex-apple guy and we feel about Apple the same way ex-smokers feel about cigarette smoke so I'm not a fanboi or an apologist. I'm just pointing out that this is consistency, not persecution.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
Heh, they get rid of some pictures of cocksuckers and you want to go to war over that. Frankly I doubt any but a few will miss them and most will be grateful it was expunged. Maybe you should pick something to fight over that people actually care about?
maybe you try to RTFA. None of the links pull at the "gay sex vs. hetero sex" thread. This is fud thrown in by the submittor. At most, the artists state that other sexual content has passed. it's in your own reactive brain that you jump on the homophobe! bandwagon. advice? chill before you spill.
they think you are TOO DAMN STUPID to make choices for yourself.
In your case, they're right.