Ondrej Holzman Dare reAppeal harina kunzwa chikumbiro cheApple ichipokana nemutongo wa2013 wakaitongera mhosva yekubata nekukwidza mutengo wema e-book payakapinda mumusika. Kambani yeCalifornia inofanirwa kubhadhara kare vakabvumirana 450 mamiriyoni emadhora, zvizhinji zvacho zvichaenda kune vatengi.
Dare redzimhosva reManhattan rakapa mutongo neChipiri mushure memakore matatu ekurwira mutongo wepakutanga, vachitsigira Dhipatimendi reUnited States reJustice uye nyika makumi matatu nenhatu dzakabatana naro mukumhan'arira Apple. Mhosva yakamuka muna 33, gore rakatevera Apple yaive kuwanikwa ane mhosva uyezve iwe akanzwa chirango.
Nepo vaparidzi Penguin, HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, uye Macmillan vakasarudza kugadzirisa kunze kwedare neDhipatimendi reRuramisiro (kubhadhara $ 164 mamiriyoni), Apple yakaramba ichichengetedza kusava nemhosva uye yakasarudza kuendesa nyaya yacho kutongwa. Ndosaka akapikisa mutongo usina kunaka gore rapfuura akamiswa.
Pakupedzisira, kukwidza nyaya kwakagara imwe inopfuura gore. Panguva iyoyo, Apple yaiti mukwikwidzi wayo chete pakupinda mumusika we-e-book yaive Amazon, uye sezvo mutengo wayo we9,99 e-book waive wakaderera padanho rekukwikwidza, Apple nevaparidzi vaifanira kuuya nemutengo wetag. iva yemugadziri we iPhone ane pundutso yakakwana kuti atange kutengesa e-mabhuku.
[su_pullquote align = "kurudyi"]Tinoziva kuti hapana chatakatadza muna 2010.[/su_pullquote]
Asi dare redzimhosva harina kubvumirana neiyi nharo yeApple, kunyangwe pakupedzisira vatongi vatatu vakasarudza kupokana nekambani yeCalifornia muchiyero chepedyo che2: 1. Apple inonzi yakatyora mutemo weSherman Antitrust Act. "Isu tinogumisa kuti dare redunhu raive rechokwadi pakubata kuti Apple yakarangana nevaparidzi kuti vakwidze mutengo we-e-books," Mutongi Debra Ann Livingston akadaro mumutongo wedare redzimhosva.
Panguva imwecheteyo, muna 2010, apo Apple yakapinda mumusika neBookstore yayo, Amazon yakadzora 80 kusvika 90 muzana yemusika, uye vaparidzi havana kufarira maitiro ayo ane utsinye kumitengo. Ndicho chikonzero Apple yakauya neinonzi agency model, apo iyo pachayo yakagamuchira imwe komisheni kubva kune imwe neimwe kutengesa, asi panguva imwechete vaparidzi vaigona kuisa mitengo ye e-mabhuku ivo pachavo. Asi mamiriro eiyo agency modhi yaive yekuti mumwe mutengesi paakangotanga kutengesa e-books zvakachipa, muparidzi aifanira kutanga kuapa muBookstore nemutengo mumwe chete.
Nokudaro, semugumisiro, vaparidzi vakanga vasisakwanise kutengesa mabhuku kuAmazon nemari isingasviki madhora gumi, uye chiyero chemutengo chakawedzera pamusika wose we e-book. Apple yakaedza kutsanangura kuti haina kunanga vaparidzi pamusoro pemitengo yeAmazon nechinangwa, asi dare rekukwidza rakatonga kuti iyo tekinoroji yainyatsoziva mhedzisiro yezviito zvayo.
"Apple yaiziva kuti zvibvumirano zvakarongwa zvaikwezva kune vanopomerwa vaparidzi chete kana vakachinja pamwe chete kune ejensi modhi muhukama hwavo neAmazon - iyo Apple yaiziva kuti yaizokonzera mitengo yepamusoro e-book," Livingston akawedzera mukutonga pamwe naRaymond Lohier. .
Apple ikozvino yave nemukana wekuendesa nyaya yese kuDare Repamusorosoro, inoramba ichiomerera pakusava nemhosva. "Apple haina kurangana kukwidza mutengo wema-e-mabhuku, uye sarudzo iyi haichinji zvinhu. Isu takaodzwa mwoyo kuti dare harina kuziva hunyanzvi uye sarudzo yakaunzwa neiBookstore kune vatengi, "kambani yeCalifornia-yakadaro mukutaura. “Kunyangwe tichida kumuisa kumashure kwedu, nyaya iyi ndeye maprinciples and values. Tinoziva kuti hapana chatakatadza muna 2010 uye tiri kufunga matanho anotevera.”
Mutongi Dennis Jacobs akatsigira Apple mudare redzimhosva. Akavhota achipokana nemutongo wekutanga wedare redunhu kubva muna 2013, apo, maererano naye, nyaya yacho yese yakabatwa zvisina kunaka. Mutemo weAntitrust, sekureva kwaJacobs, haugone kupomera Apple yekubatana pakati pevaparidzi pamatanho akasiyana eketani yebhizinesi.
Kuti Apple ichakwidza nyaya kuDare Repamusorosoro haisati yave nechokwadi. Kana akasadaro, anogona kubva atanga kubhadhara 450 miriyoni yaakabvumirana neDhipatimendi reJustice kubhadhara vatengi.
