Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes Match service were dismayed to learn the cloud-based service is "censoring" the music files they are uploading to it.
The iTunes Match service appeared to be censoring songs with explicit lyrics, enthusiast site CultOfMac.com reported.
"iTunes Match had successfully filtered out all the profane and derogatory words by changing the tracks to clean versions of the albums," it said.
CultOfMac said this may be a "travesty tantamount to treason" for many userrs.
The iTunes Match service allows a subscriber - for $24.99 a year - to store music files in Apple's iCloud so they can be downloaded to Apple devices.
It matches ripped tracks to iTunes quality and keeps everything in the cloud.
A separate article on Apple enthusiast site 9to5mac.com said Apple is working on a fix.
"The issue resides in Apple’s iTunes Match software that is sometimes unable to distinguish clean versions of a track from explicit versions due to slight differences. The issue is causing trouble for some, but Apple is already working on a fix," it said.
It said a 9to5 reader emailed Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services about the issue a couple of weeks ago and received a response from one of Eddy Cue’s engineers.
"According to the engineer, Apple is currently investigating the issue and working on a fix. Apple has no interim workaround for users of the iTunes Match service, the email elaborated," it said. — TJD, GMA News
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