Ondrej Holzman Dzulo, oweruza asanu ndi atatu adapereka chigamulo pa nkhani ya chitetezo chomwe Apple adagwiritsa ntchito mu iTunes ndi iPods, ndipo amayenera kuvulaza ogwiritsa ntchito, ndikulipira makasitomala oposa 8 miliyoni chiwonongeko chonse cha madola biliyoni imodzi. Koma oweruza onse adagwirizana kuti Apple sinawononge ogwiritsa ntchito kapena opikisana nawo.
Gulu la oweruza linanena Lachiwiri kuti kugwa kwa 7.0 iTunes 2006 pomwe mlanduwo unayambika kunali "kusintha kwazinthu zenizeni" zomwe zinabweretsa zatsopano kwa makasitomala. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, idayambitsa njira yofunika yotetezera kuti, malinga ndi mlanduwu, osati mpikisano wokhawokha, komanso kuvulaza ogwiritsa ntchito omwe sakanatha kusamutsa nyimbo zogula pakati pa zipangizo, koma oweruza sanapeze vuto.
Chisankho chawo chikutanthauza kuti Apple sanaphwanye malamulo odana ndi kukhulupilira mwanjira iliyonse. Akanawaphwanya, ndalama zoyambilira za $ 350 miliyoni zomwe zidafunidwa ndi mlanduwo zikanatha kuwirikiza katatu chifukwa cha malamulowo. Komabe, odandaula a makasitomala oposa mamiliyoni asanu ndi atatu omwe adagula ma iPods pakati pa September 2006 ndi March 2009 sadzalandira chipukuta misozi, osachepera malinga ndi chigamulo cha khoti.
"Tikuthokoza a jury chifukwa cha ntchito yawo ndikuyamika chigamulo chawo," Apple adatero m'mawu ake atolankhani oweruza atapereka chigamulo chawo. "Tidapanga iPod ndi iTunes kuti tipatse makasitomala njira yabwino yomvera nyimbo. Nthawi zonse tikasintha zinthuzi - ndi china chilichonse cha Apple - tachita izi kuti ogwiritsa ntchito azigwiritsa ntchito bwino. ”
Panalibe kukhutitsidwa koteroko kumbali ina, pomwe loya wamkulu wa otsutsa, a Patrick Coughlin, adawulula kuti akukonzekera kale apilo. Sakonda kuti njira ziwiri zachitetezo - kuyang'ana pankhokwe ya iTunes ndikuyang'ana njanji ya iPod - zidaphatikizidwa ndi zina zatsopano mu iTunes 7.0, monga chithandizo chamavidiyo ndi masewera. "Osachepera tapeza mwayi wopita nawo ku jury," adauza atolankhani. Oimira Apple ndi oweruza adakana kuyankhapo pamlanduwo.
Apple idachita bwino ndi oweruza chifukwa idamanga chilengedwe chake motsekeka, mwachitsanzo, Sony, Microsoft kapena Nintendo ndi masewera awo amasewera, kotero kuti zinthu zomwe zili (panthawiyi, iTunes ndi iPods) zimagwira ntchito bwino wina ndi mnzake. , ndipo sikunali kotheka kuyembekezera kuti mankhwala ochokera kwa wopanga wina adzagwira ntchito pa dongosololi popanda mavuto. Nthawi yomweyo, maloya a Apple adanenanso kuti chitukuko cha chitetezo cha DRM, chomwe chinalepheretsa kupezeka kwa zinthu zopikisana pa chilengedwe cha Apple, chinali chofunikira kwambiri chifukwa cha mapangano omwe adagwirizana ndi makampani ojambulira.
Pambuyo pa milungu iwiri, mlandu wa Oakland, womwe unayamba kale ku 2005, unatsekedwa ngakhale kuti oweruza tsopano asankha kuti agwirizane ndi Apple, koma mlanduwu ukukonzekera kale apilo, malinga ndi mawu ake, kotero sitingathe kuyitana. mlandu uwu watsekedwa.
Mutha kupeza nkhani yonse ya mlanduwu apa apa.
