news.bbc.co.uk - 10/27/2008
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A temporary error with the UK's iTunes Music Store has caused some inoffensive song titles to be censored. Tracks affected include Hot by Avril Lavigne, which is displayed as H*t, while The Cheeky Girls' biggest hit has become Cheeky Song (Touch My B*m). An Apple spokesman said a "database ...
gizmodo.com - 10/27/2008
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gizmodo.com —
Thanks to a f*****g stupid error, the iTunes
Music Store in the UK has accidentally censored thousands...
of songs, albums, and artists' names. Innocent songs—like Danny Kaye's "I Thought I Saw A P***y Cat"—and not-so-innocent ones—like Nirvana's ...
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Apple Accidentally Censors iTunes UK Songs, Shows Dumb Politically Correctness In the Process [F*****g Censorship]
Gizmodo —
... Seems to me like a level of idiotic politically correct censorship that not even the FCC will apply here in the United States. [BBC News] ...
Apple Accidentally Censors iTunes UK Songs, Shows Dumb Political Correctness In the Process [F*****g Censorship]
Gizmodo —
... Seems to me like a level of idiotic politically correct censorship that not even the FCC will apply here in the United States. [BBC News] ...
iTunes UK asterisk censors H*t T**n K****r P****y
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... speech advocacy, Mr. Eric Idle. Jesus then observed that this was "a level of idiotic politically correct censorship that not even the FCC will apply here in the United States"... an excellent point, considering the fact that nothing about the censorship of the word "teen" could be characterized as "politically correct."
A brave stand, indeed, Mr. Diaz! For in the immortal words of Martin Niemöller, "First they came for Devo's 'Pink Pussy Cat' and I did not speak..."
iTunes glitch censors song titles [BBC]
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