Vhara shambadzo

Musi waKubvumbi 11 gore rino, Dhipatimendi reRuramisiro reUS (DOJ) rakamhan'ara Apple nevatsikisi vashanu vemabhuku vachipomerwa mhosva ye-e-book gouging uye kubatana zvisiri pamutemo. Pakarepo mushure mekuburitswa kwemhosva, vatatu vevaparidzi vashanu vakagara kunze kwedare neDOJ. Zvisinei, Macmillan naPenguin vakaramba kupomerwa uye, pamwe chete naApple, vanoda kuendesa nyaya yacho kudare, kwavanoedza kuratidza kusava nemhosva.

Chiito

Takakuzivisa nezvenyaya yemhosva munyaya yapfuura. Mukuita, uku kuyedza kwakaitwa neDOJ kuratidza kuti Apple nevashanu vambotaurwa vakashanda pamwechete kuseta e-book mitengo yepamusoro pasi rose. Vazhinji vevamiriri vevaparidzi vadudzwa vanoramba idzi pomero uye, somuenzaniso, maneja mukuru weimba inotsikirira yeMacmillan, John Sargant, anowedzera kuti: "DoJ yakataura kuti kubatana nevakuru vakuru veMacmillan Publishing nevamwe kwaive kuita kuti mafemu ese achinje kune ejensi modhi. Ini ndiri CEO weMacmillan uye ndafunga kufambisa nzira yatinotengesera kune imwe agency modhi. Mushure memazuva ekufunga uye kusava nechokwadi, ndakaita sarudzo iyi muna Ndira 22, 2010 na4 am pabhasikoro rangu rekurovedza muviri muimba yepasi. Ndiyo imwe yesarudzo dzakasurukirwa dzandati ndamboita.”

Apple inozvidzivirira

Kunyange zvazvo mhosva ichitaura nezvekuedza kugadzirisa misika uye kuisa mitengo yakatarwa nevanopomerwa, Apple inozvidzivirira nekutaura kuti nekuisa kukwanisa kuona mutengo wechigadzirwa zvakare mumaoko evanyori, misika yakatanga kubudirira. Kusvika panguva iyoyo, Amazon chete ndiyo yakaisa mutengo we e-mabhuku. Kubva pakubuda kweiyo agency modhi mue-books, mitengo yakatemwa nevanyori nevaparidzi. Apple inowedzera kuti kufarira kwese kwe-e-mabhuku kwakawedzera, izvo zvinobatsira vatori vechikamu vese vemusika uye zvinosimudzira makwikwi ane hutano. Chirevo chekuti hapana chisiri pamutemo pamusoro peiyo agency modhi inotsigirwawo nekushanda kwayo mukutengesa zviri pamutemo mimhanzi, mafirimu, nhevedzano uye kunyorera kweanoverengeka (munyaya yemimhanzi, anopfuura 10) makore, uye iyi ndiyo nyaya yekutanga mumutemo. nguva yese iyoyo. Naizvozvo, Apple inotaurawo kuti kana dare rikarasikirwa uye iyo agency modhi ichinzi isiri pamutemo, inotumira meseji yakaipa kuindasitiri yese. Kusvika nhasi, ndiyo yega nzira yakapararira yekutengesa zviri pamutemo zvedhijitari paInternet.

Special charges

Chimwe chikamu chemhosva chinotaura nezvemusangano wakavanzika wevaparidzi muhotera yeLondon imwe nguva mukutanga kwe2010 - asi yaingova musangano wevaparidzi. Kunyangwe zvakaitika kana kwete, iyo DOJ pachayo inoti vamiriri veApple havana kubatikana. Ndosaka zvichishamisa kuti fungidziro iyi chikamu chemhosva yakanangana neApple, kunyangwe iyo kambani yaive isina chekuita nazvo. Magweta ekambani yeAmerica akapikisawo nyaya iyi uye ari kubvunza DOJ kuti itsanangure.

Kumwe budiriro

Saka maitiro anotora majana anofadza kwazvo. Nekudaro, Reuters inotaura kuti kunyangwe Apple ikarasikirwa nedare, yaizofanira kubhadhara faindi ye'chete' 100-200 miriyoni emadhora, iyo isiri iyo yakakosha mari tichifunga nezve account yekambani, inochengeta anopfuura mabhiriyoni zana emadhora. Nekudaro, Apple inotora muyedzo uyu sekurwira musimboti uye ivo vanoda kudzivirira bhizinesi ravo modhi mudare. Kutongwa kwedare kunotevera kuri muna Chikumi 100 uye ticharamba tichikuzivisai pane zvimwe zviri kuitika muhurongwa uhu husati hwamboitika.

Zviwanikwa: Justice.gov, 9to5Mac.com, Reuters.com
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