A group of Chinese writers has nearly doubled the amount of compensation it is seeking from Apple in a lawsuit that alleges the U.S. tech giant has been selling pirated versions of the authors' works on the company's App Store.
On Wednesday, the group filed a revised petition with the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court, demanding Apple compensate the writers for 23 million yuan (US$3.6 million), up from the previous 11.9 million yuan they had asked for in December.
The group increased the amount, after finding an additional 26 pirated works that were being sold on the App Store, according to Bei Zhicheng, executive for the writer's group.
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