As reported by China Daily, a Beijing court has ordered Apple to pay three Chinese authors US$118,000 in damages for selling their books without prior consent through apps available on its App Store.
The lawsuit was filed against Apple by the Writers’ Right Protection Union (also known as the Writers’ Rights Alliance), an organization that protects the copyrights of authors whose works are published online.
According to China Daily, Judge Feng Gang, who was presiding over the case, said Apple “has the duty of checking whether books uploaded by third parties are in line with current laws.”
The ruling follows a long line of complaints and lawsuits against Apple by Chinese authors who claim their works have been uploaded through apps to Apple’s App Store without their permission.
[Via Engadget]
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