Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), she is accused of distributing pornography to minors in one of the countries where subjects of this kind are extremely sensitive, but the whole accusation is as strange as possible and is based on the album linked to the image above. I'm talking about the U2 album offered for free by the Apple company last fall together with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, millions of customers complaining about the free service.
Although most Apple customers complained because the U2 album was automatically downloaded to some iDevices and took up unnecessary space, Russian parliamentarian Alexander Starovoitov claims that Apple illegally distributed pornography to minors. Alexander Starovoitov is a member of the LDPR party and claims that by distributing the Songs of Innocence album through iTunes, Apple illegally distributed pornography to minors.
A RUSSIAN DUMA DEPUTY HAS ASKED RUSSIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE APPLE FOR DISTRIBUTING “GAY PROPAGANDA” TO MINORS. ALEXANDER STAROVOITOV, A MEMBER OF THE RIGHTWING LDPR PARTY, SAYS APPLE SPAMMED YOUTHS WITH ILLEGAL CONTENT WHEN IT RELEASED U2'S LATEST ALBUM, SONGS OF INNOCENCE, TO MORE THAN 500 MILLION ITUNES CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE IN SEPTEMBER 2014.
The basis of the complaint here's the picture above depicting band member Larry Mullen Jr. hugging his 18-year-old son. Those from U2 claim that the picture represents a metaphor that should make it clear that it is much harder to maintain your own innocence than to embrace that of others, but in Russia the image apparently has a much different meaning.
Alexander Starovoitov claims that this image actually represents homosexual propaganda and would be enough to turn his heterosexual son into a homosexual. Of course, if this were true, then Alexander Starovoitov should quickly realize that his son was homosexual from the very beginning, but everything is just a simple exaggeration.
But Starovoitov disagrees. He says the U2 album art promotes sex between men, and the newspaper Izvestia, known for its pro-Kremlin reporting, quotes Evgeny Tonky, a lawyer, who says he's ready to sue Apple for compensation for moral damages on behalf of his own son. If Apple is convicted of distributing gay propaganda to youths, the company could be forced to cease operations in Russia for as many as 90 days, or pay a fine of up to 1 million rubles (£13,000).
Despite this, if Apple is sued and found guilty, then it risks having its activity suspended in Russia for 90 days or paying a fine of 1 million rubles. The attitude of the Russians vis-à-vis homosexuality is not so surprising, a Russian politician demanding the imposition of a ban on Tim Cook regarding visiting Russia, Siri also having some problems with homosexuals in Russia.
