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Apple loses another copyright lawsuit in China: Xinhua Dec 28th 2012, 09:35 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News China to crack down on "malicious" trademark registrations Mon, Dec 24 2012 Apple's iPhone 5 starts strong in China but shares pressured Mon, Dec 17 2012 IPhone 5 hits China as Apple shares slide further Fri, Dec 14 2012 iPhone 5 hits China as Apple market share slips Thu, Dec 13 2012 As global consumers shop mobile, Apple outshines rivals Wed, Dec 12 2012 Analysis & Opinion China is the elephant in the situation room Are you ready for doomsday? Related Topics Investing Simplified » Tech » iPad » A security guard stands next to an Apple retail store during the release of the iPhone 5 in Shanghai December 14, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Barria SHANGHAI | Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:35am EST SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese court has fined Apple Inc 1 million yuan ($160,400) for hosting third-party applications on its App Store that were selling pirated electronic books, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Apple is to pay compensation to eight Chinese writers and two companies for violating their copyrights, the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court ruled on Thursday, Xinhua said. Earlier in the year, a group of Chinese authors filed the suit against Apple, saying an unidentified number of apps on its App Store sold unlicensed copies of their books. The group of eight authors was seeking 10 million yuan in damages. "We are disappointed at the judgment. Some of our best-selling authors only got 7,000 yuan. The judgment is a signal of encouraging piracy," Bei Zhicheng, a spokesman for the group, told Reuters. Apple said in a statement that it takes copyright infringement complaints "very seriously". "We're always updating our service to better assist content owners in protecting their rights," Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu said. China has the world's largest Internet and mobile market by number of users, but piracy costs software companies billions of dollars each year. Apple, whose products enjoy great popularity in China, has faced a string of legal headaches this year. In July, Apple paid 60 million yuan to a Chinese firm, Proview Technology, to settle a long-running lawsuit over the iPad trademark in China. ($1 = 6.2360 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom and Melanie Lee; Editing by Kazunori Takada and Matt Driskill) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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