Apple rejected an iPhone app that remotely controls Transmission.
Turns out it’s not even because it requires a companion desktop app, which was previously used as grounds for rejection (despite the existence of Apple’s own “Remote”), but because “this category of applications” is frequently used for infringing copyright.
Here’s another application frequently used for infringing copyright: iPod. No, those episodes of The Wire on mine are totally legit, I swear.
Steve’s summary of the App Store approval process is spot-on. Some entrepreneuring soul could do worse than to start a website that helps developers publish stories of their nonsensical rejections from the App Store, guaranteeing enough publicity to get on Apple’s radar and move toward approval. Call it StoreBitch, maybe.