Apple Inc has been sued by a group of Chinese authors for 11.9 million Yuan ($1.9 million) in compensation for allegedly providing copyright-infringing books for download through its online store, according to Chinese financial magazine Caixin.

The group behind the lawsuit has been lobbying for months to get Apple remove copyright-infringing books from its App Store.

Under the mantle of the China Written Works Copyright Society (CWWCS), the group of nine authors sued Apple in Beijing’s No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court for copyright infringement of 37 works, Caixin reported. An Apple spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment and calls to the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court were not answered.

Tags: App Store, Apple Inc, copyright infringement, online store

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