Apple rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone app update

Ah, power tripping at the App Store - it must be sweet.

Some dude is just sitting in his cube, sees an app update come across and decides (maybe he had a bad day or failed a trig exam) to arbitrarily reject an update to one of the most popular apps on the store, just because it references a podcast containing a popular song which happens to contain an obscenity.

Never mind the fact that someone can use the bundled iTunes app to buy the same song from Apples storefront.

It should be interesting to see how this one plays out what with Trent Reznor being quite the Apple proponent. Below is the rejection letter Apple sent back to NiN.

From: iPhone Developer Program
Date: April 27, 2009 11:44:12 AM PDT
To: help@store.nin.com
Subject: nin: access 1.0.3: Application Submission Feedback

Please include the line below in follow-up emails for this request.

Follow-up: XXXXXXXXXX

Dear Craig,

Thank you for submitting nin: access to the App Store. We've reviewed nin: access and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store at this time because it contains objectionable content which 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."

The objectionable content referenced in this email is "The Downward Spiral". Since the app is live on the App store, please make the necessary changes to the application as soon as possible, and resubmit your binary to iTunes Connect. Thank you

Regards,

iPhone Developer Program

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