I think its unlikely that Apple would settle these. IANAL so I have no idea of the relevant case law but likely Apple would want this to go to court to get a r

I think its unlikely that Apple would settle these. IANAL so I have no idea of the relevant case law but likely Apple would want this to go to court to get a ruling saying "Apple is not responsible for the content provided by the app developers". Then they're off the hook permanently. The device can download images and copyrighted content, apple can not control downloaded content so there's a nice out here.