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Want The Obama “Hope” Artwork On Your iPhone? Nope, Says Apple.
TechCrunch ^

Posted on 07/05/2009 5:25:35 AM PDT by Gomez

Start Mobile has managed to get 18 separate iPhone applications approved by Apple. So you’ll imagine their surprise when one of them was recently rejected. But you may be even more surprised to find out why.

Apparently, Apple doesn’t like the way one piece of art in the app depicts President Obama. Is it out of line or tasteless? Well, you can determine for yourself, because you’ve undoubtedly seen the art in question before: It’s Shepard Fairey’s famous “HOPE” image of Obama that was everywhere during his Presidential campaign.

So why on Earth would this be rejected? Well, here’s the wording in the rejection:

It contains content that ridicules public figures and is in violation of Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement which states: “Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.”


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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; hope; iphone; shepardfairey

1 posted on 07/05/2009 5:25:36 AM PDT by Gomez
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To: Gomez

Well, Obama IS offensive.


2 posted on 07/05/2009 5:29:08 AM PDT by library user
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To: Gomez
Rejected?

Looks like it's "coming soon".

3 posted on 07/05/2009 5:31:51 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: Gomez

No Hope = BHO


4 posted on 07/05/2009 5:37:12 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: raybbr

Just because it says it’s going to happen doesn’t mean it’s going to.


5 posted on 07/05/2009 5:53:00 AM PDT by Gomez (killer of threads)
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To: Gomez

Effete...

ROTFLMAO!!!

6 posted on 07/05/2009 5:56:01 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Gomez

The honeymoon is over when odumbos hope nonsense is now offensive to many


7 posted on 07/05/2009 6:03:29 AM PDT by italianquaker (We went from a country that hates the president to a president that hates his country)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Get used to sainthood-like pictures of Zero. He’s going to be idolized by the easily-led for many years to come.


8 posted on 07/05/2009 6:25:35 AM PDT by Moonmad27
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To: Gomez
Looks like, for Obama and the IPhone:


9 posted on 07/05/2009 7:17:46 AM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: DieHard the Hunter
That's Obama's "down low " persona.
10 posted on 07/05/2009 7:22:23 AM PDT by csvset
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To: Salgak
Photobucket
11 posted on 07/05/2009 7:26:30 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (If Tehran offered an unclenched fist, Obama would be shaking a bloody hand and calling it good.)
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To: Gomez

Even my American Cancer Society Race for the Cure t-shirt says HOPE on it this year... The most prominent font size ...

I can’t wear it.


12 posted on 07/05/2009 5:29:28 PM PDT by IOWAfan (where did my tagline go?)
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To: IOWAfan

Apple and Jobs are a bunch of liberals and they do not want their god defamed in any way shape or form.


13 posted on 07/06/2009 11:25:52 AM PDT by Wooly
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