James Joyce's Ulysses banned again, this time from App Store

Though James Joyce's famous -- perhaps infamous -- novel Ulysses was banned from publication in the US years ago, and later revoked (the offending scene, which features Leopold Bloom masturbating on a beach while fireworks go off nearby, was found by the courts to not promote lust), Apple seems to have a different idea.

The latest App Store fiasco (with its long riddled history of contradictions and double standards), has found a webcomic adaptation of the work unsuitable for its service, due to the depiction of cartoon nudity (one of the offending sections is pictured below).

It's easy enough to understand Apple's position, but consider first they're not required to ban the work, and second that it's availably freely to view via the iPhone's web browser.

This all reminds of Nine Inch Nails' frontman Trent Reznor, whereafter his app was banned from the App Store, he noted to the company, "Hey Apple, I just got some SPAM about f*cking hot asian teens THROUGH YOUR MAIL PROGRAM. I just saw two guys having explicit anal sex right there in Safari! On my iPhone!" In another portion of his address, he recalls Wal-Mart's censorship of music, yet if one turned around in the same store, they'd find an uncensored version of Scarface.

Co-creator of the comic adaptation Rob Berry says they expected they may have had to censor some bits with "fig leaves" and the like, but Apple's policies do not allow it.