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9 Banned Apps: 9. South Park

9. South Park
The defense: An impressive looking ‘South Park’ iPhone app that would download wallpapers, assign character photos to contacts, and, most importantly (and impressively), stream every episode of the show, ever.
The complaint: The official word from Apple is that the content of the streaming episodes was potentially offensive.
Fairness of the judgment: Potentially offensive is a bit of an understatement — ‘South Park’ is incredibly offensive — which is why we and millions of others love it. According to the court of iTunes, however, uncensored seasons of the TV show aren’t offensive enough to keep them from being available for purchase right from your iPhone, which means this ruling puts the prosecution’s case firmly in hypocrisy territory. We suspect that Apple is simply protecting its iTunes revenue stream and motivated by pure greed. But that couldn’t be the case, could it, Apple fanboys?
Likelihood of appeal: Expect the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, to fight tooth and nail to get their application past the approval blockade. Apple knows it was stepping in it (and by “it” we mean a word that starts with “shhhh”) when it banned the app, so it left the door open a crack for future backtracking when it’s beaten down by hordes of ‘South Park’ fans. Parker and Stone were told that standards were evolving, and Apple highlighted that it didn’t sell any music with profanity in it when iTunes first launched. Let’s not forget: These are the guys who got the FCC to allow them to use that previously alluded to “sh” word 162 times, uncensored, in one episode. Apple is up against a formidable opponent.

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