Book-burners at Apple censor white-power bands from Itunes

[ShootSpeeders]

But they still carry rap CDs that glorify killing whites and killing cops and raping women.

Apple removes white power bands from iTunes TUAW Apple news reviews and how-tos since 2004

dec 16 2014
The iTunes music store is a great way for small independent artists to give people access to their music, but it's no longer a good place for white power bands. Following a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center on the large number of albums from white power bands available for purchase on iTunes, Apple has made the choice to pull those albums from the store.

These included titles from hate bands like Skrewdriver, Max Resist, the Bully Boys and Brutal Attack. In all 30 bands have had their music removed from the U.S. store out of the 54 that the SPLC identified in its original report. In a statement, the SPLC praised iTunes for removing the albums, while criticizing Amazon and other retailers for still offering them.
"Apple is doing the right thing by preventing iTunes from being used as a recruitment tool for white supremacists," said Heidi Beirich, director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project. "Amazon and other online retailers that continue to sell this music need to realize that they are providing a powerful platform for extremists to reach young people with messages that advocate hate and violence against African Americans, Jews and others."

 

[ShootSpeeders]

All together now - We support free speech not hate speech.

 

[Mr. H.]

Good God that's pathetic.

 

[mdk]

An iBook burning if you will.

 

[Dekster]

An iBook burning if you will.

Just think--in the future they will have to have a kindle burning instead.

 

[hipeter924]

All together now - We support free speech not hate speech.

Sounds unconstitutional, unless the content is encouraging violence towards x group/s or individuals.

But realistically under US law it is very difficult to ban anything, short of violent protests or protests encouraging violence.

Ultimately though it is a business, and they are within their rights to refuse content for submission - unless it is refused on a basis of race, in which case they run they risk of being sued.

 

[Godboy]

Now lets see if they ban all the gangsta rap that glorifies violence. If they dont, they are cowardly hypocrites.

 

[hazlnut]

But they still carry rap CDs that glorify killing whites and killing cops and raping women.

Apple removes white power bands from iTunes TUAW Apple news reviews and how-tos since 2004

dec 16 2014
The iTunes music store is a great way for small independent artists to give people access to their music, but it's no longer a good place for white power bands. Following a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center on the large number of albums from white power bands available for purchase on iTunes, Apple has made the choice to pull those albums from the store.

These included titles from hate bands like Skrewdriver, Max Resist, the Bully Boys and Brutal Attack. In all 30 bands have had their music removed from the U.S. store out of the 54 that the SPLC identified in its original report. In a statement, the SPLC praised iTunes for removing the albums, while criticizing Amazon and other retailers for still offering them.
"Apple is doing the right thing by preventing iTunes from being used as a recruitment tool for white supremacists," said Heidi Beirich, director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project. "Amazon and other online retailers that continue to sell this music need to realize that they are providing a powerful platform for extremists to reach young people with messages that advocate hate and violence against African Americans, Jews and others."

Another Stormfront reject finds her way to USMB.

Terrific.

 

[Abishai100]

Tech-Vulture

When the popular musicians complained that the unmitigated distribution of their music on Napster (the first free Internet music-streaming service), people changed the way they purchased music online.

There's very little enforcement on the widely-used Internet.

Steve Jobs' announcement of the release of 'user-friendly' and Internet-friendly avant-garde iMacs and iBooks in 1998 signaled a new era of home computer use and technology design.

This feels like Fahrenheit 451 for the machine age.







Fahrenheit 451 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

All together now - We support free speech not hate speech.

You're as ignorant as you are stupid.

Free speech restrictions apply only to government, safeguarding the right of citizens to free expression; it doesn't apply to private persons, private organizations, or private corporations such as Apple – where Apple removing white power bands from iTunes in no way constitutes a 'violation' of 'free speech.'