Apple Confirmed that South Park Episode “200″ is taken off iTunes Store. April 24, 2010
Posted by 37prime in : Announcement, Apple, Comedy, Entertainment, Humor, iTunes, Media, News, Resources, South Park, Tech, Troubleshooting, TV , trackbackiTunes Store Season Pass customer for “South Park: Uncensored, Season 14” reported that they were able to download Episode “200″ prior the airing of Episode “201″ on Wednesday. The Episode “200″ has since disappeared from iTunes Store. The controversy surrounding Episode “201″ seemed to be the reason why Episode “200″ was taken off the iTunes Store, Amazon Digital Download and the broadcast.
The previously available episode “200″ was identical to the Uncensored version that was streamed at South Park Studios.
According to an Apple iTunes Store Representative, South Park Episode “200″ was indeed taken off the iTunes Store citing the iTunes Usage Rules:
Apple reserves the right not to post or publish any materials, and to delete, remove or edit any material, at any time in its sole discretion without notice or liability.
It is unclear if South Park Episode “200″ was taken off the iTunes Store by Apple or by request from Comedy Central. Episode “201″ was scheduled to be made available on iTunes Store this Saturday April 24th, 2010. It is unclear if and when Episode “201″ will be made available for purchase.
At the Amazon Video On Demand, Episode “200″ is also unavailable.
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This is just stupid. Comedy Central, iTunes, and Amazon are cowards. This is America, home of the free ffs. Stop being cowards. You are 'negotiating' with terrorists by being cowards and not airing the episodes like the artists intended. Way to side with terorists, and not the country that gives you your freedom. Cowards.
You have to be fair. It is likely that Comedy Central is the one taking the episode down. Amazon and iTunes Store are merely the reseller.
[...] April 21st, 2010 Comedy Central aired “201” with tons of extra audio bleeps. Sure they bleeped out profanities. Comedy Central also bleeped out any utterance of “Muhammad” from the episode. Even further, Comdey Central bleeped out the closing speech that didn’t even mention anything about Muhammad. According to South Park Studios, Comedy Central does not approve the airing or streaming of Episode “201″ in its original form. The episode was subsequently pulled off the air and has not been approved for sale on places such as iTunes Store and Amazon Video On Demands. In addition to that Comedy Central also pulled Episode “200″ off the rebroadcast and the online stores. [...]
Comedy Central started this coward crap. Im done watching their channel. This is America and I refuse to agree with a station that is afraid of using the right of freedom of speech over some low life threat. You lost a long time fan CS. I hope your cowardness was worth it.