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Apple rejects iMix playlist

by brian d foy
May. 6, 2004
URL: http://methodshop.com/mp3/articles/iMix/index.stm

Go figure---Apple Computer rejected "One To Tango---Songs With a Masturbation Theme", although it will sell you all of the songs in that rejected iMix playlist.

I think the playlist may have been rejected for a single word in its title, and Apple did clearly state that they will not publish iMixes that are "obscene, objectionable or in poor taste", even if they will sell songs marked with little "explicit" boxes next to them.

I do not think Apple has the potential to dominate global digital music downloads if it does not want people to share or discuss what a lot of music actually says.

brian d foy is a Perl trainer for Stonehenge Consulting Services and is the publisher of The Perl Review.