Tsekani malonda

Chaka chapitacho zinkawoneka ngati Apple anali ndi vuto ndi DRM chitetezo mu iTunes, koma zosiyana ndi zoona. Choyambirira chisankho Khothi la apilo tsopano lasinthidwa ndi Woweruza Rogers, ndipo Apple iyenera kukayang'ana kukhoti kwa ogwiritsa ntchito omwe akuti "yatsekera" mu dongosolo lake pakati pa 2006 ndi 2009, kuwaletsa kusamukira kwina. Otsutsawo akufuna ndalama zokwana madola 350 miliyoni (korona 7,6 biliyoni) kuchokera ku Apple ngati chipukuta misozi.

Otsutsawo, omwe ndi ogwiritsa ntchito omwe adagula ma iPod pazaka zomwe tafotokozazi, akuti Apple idawaletsa chifukwa cha dongosolo lake la FairPlay DRM ndipo zidapangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kuti asinthe kwa omwe akupikisana nawo monga Real Networks. Apple imasinthiratu iTunes nthawi zonse, kuwonetsetsa kuti nyimbo zogulidwa m'sitolo ya Real Networks sizingakwezedwe ku ma iPod. Malinga ndi otsutsawo, ichi chiyenera kukhala chifukwa chomwe Apple ikanatha kulipiritsa nyimbo zambiri m'sitolo yake.

Loya wa Apple m'mbuyomu adanenanso kuti oimbawo "alibe umboni konse" wotsimikizira kuti Apple idavulaza makasitomala chifukwa cha FairPlay DRM, koma maloya a odandaulawo akuwonetsa madandaulo masauzande ambiri kuchokera kwa ogwiritsa ntchito okwiya omwe sanakonde kuti ma iPod awo samasewera nyimbo zomwe adalandira. kunja iTunes.

Pomwe Woweruza Yvonne Rogers adapereka chigamulo sabata yatha kuti nkhaniyi idzazengedwe, mpira tsopano uli kukhothi la Apple. Kampani yaku California ikhoza kuthana ndi wodandaulayo kunja kwa khothi kapena kuyang'anizana ndi ziwerengero zisanu ndi zinayi pakuwonongeka. Malinga ndi otsutsawo, Apple idapanga madola mamiliyoni ambiri chifukwa cha DRM. Mlanduwu uyamba pa Novembara 17 ku Oakland, California.

Nkhani zakumbuyo

Mlandu wonse ukuzungulira DRM (kasamalidwe ka ufulu wa digito) yomwe Apple idagwiritsa ntchito pazomwe zili mu iTunes. Izi zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kuzigwiritsa ntchito pazinthu zina osati zake, potero kuletsa kukopera nyimbo mosaloledwa, koma nthawi yomweyo kukakamiza ogwiritsa ntchito ma akaunti a iTunes kuti agwiritse ntchito ma iPod awo okha. Izi ndi zomwe otsutsa sakonda, omwe akunena kuti Apple idayesa kuyimitsa mpikisano kuchokera ku Real Networks yomwe idayamba mu 2004.

Real Networks adabwera ndi mtundu watsopano wa RealPlayer, mtundu wawo wa sitolo yapaintaneti pomwe amagulitsa nyimbo zamtundu womwewo wa iTunes wa Apple, kotero kuti zitha kuseweredwa pa ma iPod. Koma Apple sanaikonde, chifukwa chake mu 2004 idatulutsa zosintha za iTunes zomwe zidaletsa zomwe zili ku RealPlayer. Real Networks adayankha izi ndikusintha kwawo, koma iTunes 7.0 yatsopano kuchokera mu 2006 idaletsanso zomwe zimapikisana.

Malinga ndi otsutsa pakali pano, ndi iTunes 7.0 yomwe imaphwanya malamulo odana ndi kudalirana, monga ogwiritsa ntchito amakakamizika kuti asiye kumvetsera nyimbo zomwe zagulidwa ku Real Networks sitolo, kapena kuzisintha kukhala mtundu wopanda DRM (mwachitsanzo. poyatsa ku CD ndi kubwereranso ku kompyuta). Otsutsawo akuti izi "zimatsekera" ogwiritsa ntchito mu iTunes ecosystem ndikuwonjezera mtengo wogula nyimbo.

Ngakhale apulo adatsutsa kuti Real Networks sanaganizidwe pamtengo wa nyimbo pa iTunes, komanso kuti anali ndi zosakwana zitatu peresenti ya msika wa nyimbo pa intaneti mu 2007 pamene iTunes 7.0 inatulutsidwa, Woweruza Rogers adagamulabe kuti nkhaniyi ikhoza kupita kukhoti. . Umboni wa Roger Noll, katswiri wa odandaula ku yunivesite ya Stanford, unathandiza kwambiri.

Ngakhale Apple idayesa kunyoza umboni wa Noll ponena kuti chiphunzitso chake chowonjezera sichinafanane ndi mtengo wamtengo wapatali wa Apple, Rogers adati m'chigamulo chake kuti mitengo yeniyeniyo sinali yofanana, ndipo pali funso lazinthu zomwe Apple adaziganizira. mitengo. Komabe, vuto pano siliri ngati malingaliro a Noll ndi olondola, koma ngati amakwaniritsa zofunikira kuti adziwike ngati umboni, zomwe malinga ndi woweruza amachita. Rogers adatenga mlanduwu womwe watenga pafupifupi zaka khumi pambuyo pa James Ware yemwe adapuma pantchito, yemwe poyamba adaweruza mokomera Apple. Otsutsawo adayang'ana kwambiri momwe Real Networks adazembera chitetezo cha Apple, komanso kuukira kotsatira kwa kampani ya apulo. Tsopano apeza mwayi kukhothi.

Chitsime: ana asukulu Technica
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