Ondrej Holzman Sizichitika kawirikawiri, koma mlandu wokhudza ma iPods ndi iTunes, momwe Apple akuimbidwa mlandu wovulaza makasitomala ndi omwe akupikisana nawo, alibe wotsutsa panthawiyi. Pafupifupi ogwiritsa ntchito mamiliyoni asanu ndi atatu aima motsutsana ndi chimphona cha California, koma wodandaula wamkulu akusowa. Woweruza Rogers adaletsa am'mbuyomu. Koma wodandaulayu ali ndi mwayi wobwera ndi mayina atsopano kuti mlandu upitirire.
Pambuyo pa Apple, ogwiritsa ntchito ovulala amafuna ndalama zokwana madola 350 miliyoni (ngati atapezeka kuti ali ndi mlandu wophwanya malamulo osakhulupirira, akhoza kuwirikiza katatu), koma pakalipano ali ndi vuto lalikulu - palibe dzina limodzi loyenera pa mndandanda wa otsutsa otsogolera. Lolemba, Woweruza Yvonne Rogers adachotsa womaliza wa iwo, Marianna Rosen. Ngakhale sanathe kupereka umboni woti adagula ma iPod ake pakati pa Seputembala 2006 ndi Marichi 2009.
Inali mpaka nthawi imeneyi pamene mlanduwo unachepetsedwa usanalowe ku jury. Pamaso pa Rosen, woweruzayo adatsutsanso otsutsa ena awiri, omwe adalepheranso kutsimikizira kuti adagula ma iPods panthawi yoikidwiratu. Mlanduwo ulibe wotsutsa, iye anabwera Apple sabata yatha ndipo woweruza adagamula mokomera. Nthawi yomweyo, komabe, sanavomereze pempho la Apple loti mlandu wonse uchotsedwe patebulo chifukwa cha izi.
Otsutsa ali ndi mpaka Lachiwiri kuti abwere ndi munthu watsopano yemwe angakhale wotsutsa woimira pafupifupi ogwiritsa ntchito miliyoni asanu ndi atatu omwe adaguladi ma iPods panthawiyo. Wotsogolera "wotchulidwa wotsutsa" ndizofunikira pazochitika za m'kalasi. Rosen sangakhale, chifukwa Apple wapereka umboni kuti iPods mwina anagulidwa pa nthawi yosiyana ndi iye anatchula, kapena anali ndi mapulogalamu oipa.
Otsutsa amapeza mwayi wachiwiri
Woweruza Rogers adadzudzula woweruzayo ndipo adawonetsa kuti sakonda kuthana ndi nkhaniyi pomwe oweruza anali atamva kale umboni kwa sabata. "Ndili ndi nkhawa," adatero Rogers ponena za Rosen ndi nduna zake kuti alephera kugwira ntchito yawo ndipo alephera kupeza wodandaula.
Mwamwayi kwa iwo, komabe, woweruzayo adawona kuti ali ndi udindo kwa "mamiliyoni a mamembala omwe sanapezekepo" motero adapatsa maloya mwayi wachiwiri. Otsutsawo anali ndi mpaka Lolemba usiku kuti apereke mndandanda wa otsutsa atsopano ku Apple kuti oimira kampani ya California awunikenso. Ayenera kuperekedwa kwa oweruza Lachiwiri.
Koma wodandaulayo ayenera kupeza munthu woyenera mwa makasitomala mamiliyoni angapo. "Pali odandaula omwe ali okonzeka komanso okonzeka kutenga nawo mbali ndipo tidzakhala nawo kukhoti mawa," loya wa odandaula Bonny Sweeney adatero dzulo.
Mlanduwu upitirirebe, ndipo ikhala kwa oweruza kuti asankhe ngati zosintha za Apple za iTunes ndi iPod m'mbuyomu zidachitika makamaka kuti ziwongolere malonda ake kapena kuletsa mpikisano mwadongosolo. Oimira Apple, motsogoleredwa ndi Steve Jobs (adachitira umboni asanamwalire mu 2011) ndi mkulu wa iTunes Eddy Cuo, adanena kuti adakakamizika ndi makampani ojambulira kuti ateteze nyimbo zomwe adagulitsa, ndipo kuletsa kulikonse kwa mpikisano kunali "zotsatira zake".
Komabe, otsutsawo amawona muzochita za Apple cholinga chodziwikiratu choletsa mpikisano kuti usakule pamsika, ndipo nthawi yomweyo kampani ya apulo inavulaza ogwiritsa ntchito omwe, mwachitsanzo, sakanatha kutenga nyimbo zogulidwa mu iTunes ndikuzitumiza ku kompyuta ina ndikusewera. pa player wina.
Mungapeze nkhani yonse ya mlanduwu apa.
