Amaya Toman Mukukumbukira zomwe munkachita mu 2009? Panthawiyo dziko linakumana ndi zochitika monga kusankhidwa kwa Barack Obama kukhala pulezidenti wa US, kulowa kwa Croatia ku NATO, kuyamba kwa wailesi ya TV Barrandov kapena ulendo wa Papa Benedict XVI ku Czech Republic. Komabe, chaka chino chinalinso chaka chomwe Rapper wotchuka Eminem ndi gulu lake lanyimbo adasumira Apple Eight Mile Style.
Malinga ndi chigamulochi, Apple yagulitsa mosaloledwa nyimbo za Eminem makumi asanu ndi anayi ndi zitatu pa iTunes Store yake. Aka sikanali koyamba kuti Eminem aimbidwe mlandu pa nkhani ngati yomweyi - mu 2004, woyimbayo adatsutsana ndi momwe Apple adagwiritsira ntchito nyimbo yake yotchuka Lose Yourself potsatsa pa TV pa ntchito yake ya iTunes.
Mkangano wokhudza kugulitsa kosaloledwa kwa nyimbo za Eminem unayamba mu 2007, pamene Eight Mile Style inaperekanso mlandu woyamba motsutsana ndi Apple. Malinga ndi zonena za lembalo, Apple analibe chilolezo choyenera kuchokera kwa woimbayo kuti agawire nyimbozo. Apple itasaina mgwirizano ndi Aftermath Entertainment, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi Dr. Dre, oyang'anira kampaniyo amakhulupirira kuti ufulu wotsatsa nyimbo za digito za nyimbo za Eminem nawonso unali gawo la mgwirizanowu. Maloya omwe adayimira chizindikiro cha Eight Mile Style, adawonetsa kuti gawo la mgwirizano wa Eminem ndi gawo lapadera, malinga ndi zomwe chilolezo chapadera chimafunikira pakugulitsa kwa digito kwa nyimbo zake - koma Eminem sanapereke kwa Apple.
Eight Mile Style ikusumira Apple $2,58 miliyoni, zomwe akuti ndi kuchuluka kwa phindu lomwe kampani idapanga pakugulitsa nyimbo za Eminem. Madola ena 150 amafunidwa ndi nyumba yosindikizira ngati chipukuta misozi paomwe adawonongeka - pamodzi, ndalamazi zidakwana madola 14 miliyoni. Koma maloya a Apple adazindikira kuti kampaniyo idalipira masenti 70 a Aftermath Entertainment pakutsitsa kulikonse, pomwe zolemba za Eight Mile Style zidalandira masenti 9,1 pakutsitsa kuchokera ku Apple. M'pomveka kuti palibe makampani omwe atchulidwawa omwe adatsutsa kusonkhanitsa ndalamazi.
Mkangano wonse pakati pa Apple ndi Eminem pamapeto pake udathetsedwa - monganso mlandu womwe watchulidwa pamwambapa wokhudzana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito nyimbo ya Lose Yourself - mwanjira yothana ndi khothi. Koma mlandu wonsewo unakhala chitsanzo cha zovuta zomwe Apple angakumane nazo atalowa mumsika wa nyimbo. Masiku ano, mkangano wonsewo ukhoza kuthetsedwa bwino. Mlangizi wa Eminem, Dr. Dre amagwira ntchito limodzi ndi Apple, pomwe Eminem adawonekera pawailesi ya Beats 1, komwe adalimbikitsa ntchito yake.
Zida: Chipembedzo cha Mac, CNET, Apple Insider
