[Coco] Coco Digest, Vol 73, Issue 31

[Andrew]

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> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Brian Blake <random_rodder at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Banned C64 Emulator
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> I'm not 100% sure that pictures of partially naked women equal the definition of 'porn,' but, who am I to say? I saw the same articles yesterday, including one for the 'My Vibe' app that may make some of those same women semi-happy. I find it ironic that Apple banned an 8-bit emulator yet is allowing these apps...
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> Brian

First off, Brian - anything can equal the "definition of porn" in 
somebody's eyes. If you can think of it, there is a high likelyhood of 
it being on the internet: rule 34. The problem with the "I know it when 
I see it" mindset of the supreme court and porn is a fallacy - I am 
certain I could show those justices many images and/or videos that they 
wouldn't recognize as porn; if they did, then I would definitely be able 
to know who has interesting kinks.

That aside, I also know why Apple pulled the emulator, but not this 
"porn" app: money. An emulator might eat into their profits (not sure 
how, but that is how they probably see it), but that porn app is sure to 
bring in a ton of money for them (and the developers). I wouldn't be 
surprised if they offered the developers high-traffic hosting space for 
the application (not sure how i-phone app downloads are set up - if they 
were seeing high traffic and then pulled it, I assume it is because the 
developers have to host the file for download and they didn't have the 
bandwidth - I can think of other reasons, but this seems the most likely 
from my limited perspective).

I tend to wonder what they would do if the emulator happened to be an 
Apple IIe emulator (running Montezuma's Revenge, or even better, Bolo - 
btw, why hasn't anyone created a Bolo clone for the CoCo?)...?

-- Andrew L. Ayers, Glendale, Arizona