Apple has been hit with a fine in China after being found to have illegally distributed copywrited materials.
China Daily reports that the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court ruled against
Apple in a case brought by book writers claiming their works were being sold in Apple’s eBook store without their permission. The court determined that it was indeed Apple’s job to verify that works uploaded to its iOS book store for the
iPhone and
iPad were the property of the parties uploading them, and it fined Apple 730,000 yuan, or approximately $118,000, for its irresponsible verification policies.
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