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You don't know what I think. I am well aware of the fact that ascertaining IP rights isn't always straightforward. However, if I understand the report correctly some books were provided illegally not just once, but several times. This indicates a cavalier attitude of Apple towards other peoples' IP. Apple is raking in billions with the iPad and the iTunes store. How much money is being spent on securing that the apps do not violate other peoples' IP? Apple cannot claim that it is just a file hoster that has to do no checks on the files it provides for download, as the app- and iTunes store is run entirely under Apple's control.
BTW, I know that comments on Yahoo news are mostly provided by yahoos, but I do note the very thinly veiled xenophobia in the comments on that story - the same xenophobia that was expressed by Washington lawmakers when they defended SOPA and PIPA. The deplorable American victims and the devious foreign pirates, just as if Western individuals and companies weren't big in IP violations as well.
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