Apple has pulled the best-selling iPad RSS application, Pulse, from the app store at the request of the New York Times. Why? Because it downloads and displays the New York Times RSS feed, just like every other RSS reader on the planet.
Pulse has been an app-store hit thanks to its slick design, which pulls news from various sources and aggregates them in an easy-to-read manner, perfectly suited to the flick-and-scroll interface of the iPad. The design was good enough to impress even Steve Jobs, who mentioned it in his WWDC keynote speech Monday. The application, which costs $4, has been downloaded 35,000 times. It was the top paid app for a while.
Pulse was removed from the App Store yesterday after a takedown request was sent by a the NYT’s legal counsel. Here is the relevant excerpt:
The Pulse News Reader app, makes commercial use of the NYTimes.com and Boston.com RSS feeds, in violation of their Terms of Use*. Thus, the use of our content is unlicensed. The app also frames the NYTimes.com and Boston.com websites in violation of their respective Terms of Use.
Read more: WIRED
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