Apple: “The Downward Spiral” too obscene for the App Store, not for iTunes

I saw this via a Tweet from Trent Reznor:

http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?9,651569,651569#msg-651569

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

It’s worth noting that The Downward Spiral is available from the iTunes store, that Trent himself doesn’t seem to know what they hell they’re referring. The song? The album? It’s so unspecific!

But don’t worry. If you want an actual objectionable app, you can always get the frequently reappearing Shaken Baby app!