Ondrej Holzman Pomaliza pomwe Apple idamva pamlandu waukulu ndikuwongolera mitengo pamsika wa e-book, kampani yaku California idalephera. Khoti Lalikulu ku United States silingagwirizane ndi mlanduwu, kotero Apple iyenera kulipira $ 450 miliyoni (korona 11,1 biliyoni), zomwe idagwirizana kale.
Apple ku Khothi Lalikulu kuyimitsa pambuyo pa zolephereka m'mbuyomu, koma khoti lalikulu kwambiri lidasankha kusachita nawo mlanduwo. Choyambirira chikugwira ntchito chigamulo cha khoti la apilo la federal, momwe Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ku US ndi mayiko ena 30 omwe adasumira Apple adapambana.
Wopanga iPhone kale mu 2014 adavomera, kuti kuthetsa kwa makasitomala omwe akuti adavulazidwa omwe adagula ma e-mabuku kudzakhala madola 400 miliyoni, ena 20 miliyoni adzalandiridwa ndi mayiko ndipo 30 miliyoni adzapita kukalipira ndalama zakhoti.
Malinga ndi Dipatimenti Yachilungamo, Apple inali ndi mlandu wokweza mitengo mwadala pamakampani onse pamene idalowa mumsika wa e-book mu 2010 ndikuyambitsa iPad yoyamba ndi iBookstore. Inkafuna kupikisana ndi hegemon yosadziwika bwino, Amazon, yomwe inkagwira msika wambiri ndikugulitsa ma e-mabuku kwa $ 9,99.
Khotilo linapeza kuti Apple ali ndi mlandu wokakamiza nyumba zisanu zazikulu zosindikizira kuti zisinthe ku zomwe zimatchedwa bungwe lachitsanzo, momwe iwo, osati wogulitsa, amaika mitengo. Woweruza Denis Cote adatsimikiza kuti ndi chitsanzo ichi chomwe chinapangitsa kuti pakhale kuwonjezeka kwa 40 peresenti pamitengo ya ogulitsa zamagetsi.
Apple anayesa kunena kuti kulowa kwake mumsika kunapatsa makasitomala njira ina yopitilira Amazon yomwe idakhalapo mpaka pano, ndipo pomaliza zaka zingapo kutsegulidwa kwa iBookstore, mitengo yamagetsi idatsika. Komabe, khothi silinamve zonena zake ndipo Apple tsopano iyenera kulipira madola 450 miliyoni omwe tawatchulawa.
Mabungwe asanu osindikizira adakhazikika ndi dipatimenti ya chilungamo ku US popanda mlandu ndipo m'mbuyomu adalipira ndalama zokwana $166 miliyoni.
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