Friday, November 30, 2012

Apple needs to defend its apps, unless of course there are copyright issues.



Editorial alliance mulls lawsuit against Apple

Updated: 2012-11-30 21:16

By Tang Yue (chinadaily.com.cn)


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Apple needs to have a frank conversation with its users. Sincerely.


Updated: 2012-11-30 21:16'

By Tang Yue (chinadaily.com.cn)

An alliance of publishing houses (click here) and periodicals are considering filing lawsuits against Apple for offering pirated content of their works on its App Store, a senior official of the China Written Works Copyright Society said on Friday.
"We will support the move by the publishing houses and periodicals to defend their rights against Apple," Chen Jiangong, president of the society, said at the International Seminar on the Collective Management of Copyright in the Digital Environment held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
Zhang Hongbo, director general of the society, said the lawsuit could be filed "very soon" but he declined to reveal the list of the publishing houses and the amount of the compensation.
The United States tech giant has recently been entangled in similar controversies....