A Chinese court fined Apple 1 million yuan, or roughly $160,000, because its App Store hosted third-party applications that were peddling pirated e-books. The ruling stems from a suit brought by a group of Chinese authors earlier this year. The group originally was seeking 10 million yuan. There is a hint of irony in China fining an American company for piracy. The U.S. has claimed for years that China is willfully negligent about piracy of American music, television and movies.
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Man Bites Dog: China Fines Apple for Copyright Infringement
Posted by: David Vranicar December 28, 2012 09:32 AMA Chinese court fined Apple 1 million yuan, or roughly $160,000, because its App Store hosted third-party applications that were peddling pirated e-books. The ruling stems from a suit brought by a group of Chinese authors earlier this year. The group originally was seeking 10 million yuan. There is a hint of irony in China fining an American company for piracy. The U.S. has claimed for years that China is willfully negligent about piracy of American music, television and movies.