May 22, 2009
Apple bans iPhone program over possible Kama Sutra access
A British-made iPhone program has been banned by Apple - because it could allow people to read the Kama Sutra. The Guardian reports.
Eucalyptus, a book reading application developed, allows users to download and read thousands of classic titles from the library of Project Gutenberg.
But after repeated attempts to get Eucalyptus onto the iPhone's popular App Store, programmer James Montgomerie was told that his application was being rejected because one of Gutenberg's books happens to be Sir Richard Burton's 1883 translation of the Kama Sutra.
However, not only does Eucalyptus not actually contain the book itself - users would have to actively find it and then download it - but the same title is already accessible through a number of other popular ebook applications for the iPhone, and even through the handset's web browser.
Related: - Kama Sutra app should be approved with iPhone 3.0 parental controls
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