Ondrej Holzman A cikin misali na ƙarshe da Apple zai iya ji a cikin babban akwati tare da magudi na wucin gadi na farashin a kasuwar e-book, kamfanin Californian ya gaza. Kotun koli a Amurka ba za ta fuskanci shari'ar ba, don haka Apple dole ne ya biya dala miliyan 450 kwatankwacin kambi biliyan 11,1, wanda a baya ya amince da shi.
Apple zuwa Kotun Koli aka kashe bayan gazawar da aka yi a baya, amma mafi girman shari'a ya yanke shawarar cewa ba za a magance lamarin ba. Asalin ya shafi hukuncin kotun daukaka kara ta tarayya, wanda Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka da jimillar wasu jihohi 30 da suka shigar da karar Apple suka yi nasara.
IPhone manufacturer riga a cikin 2014 ya yarda, cewa sasantawa da abokan cinikin da ake zargi da cutar da su da suka sayi littattafan e-littattafai zai kai dala miliyan 400, tare da wasu dala miliyan 20 za a je jihohi da dala miliyan 30 don biyan kudin kotu.
A cewar Ma'aikatar Shari'a, Apple ya kasance da laifin haɓaka farashin da gangan a cikin masana'antar lokacin da ya shiga kasuwar e-book a 2010 tare da gabatar da iPad na farko da iBookstore. Yana so ya yi gasa tare da hegemon maras tabbas, Amazon, wanda ke rike da yawancin kasuwa kuma ya sayar da littattafan e-littattafai akan $ 9,99.
Kotun dai ta samu kamfanin Apple da laifin tursasa manyan kamfanonin buga littattafai guda biyar da su koma tsarin da ake kira na hukumar, wanda ba masu siyar ba ne suka kayyade farashin. Mai shari'a Denis Cote ya kammala da cewa wannan samfurin ne ya haifar da karin kashi 40 cikin dari na farashin masu siyar da kayan lantarki.
Apple ya yi ƙoƙarin yin jayayya cewa shigarsa kasuwa ya ba abokan ciniki wani zaɓi ga Amazon da ke da rinjaye a yanzu, kuma a cikin lissafin karshe bayan 'yan shekaru bayan bude iBookstore, farashin lantarki ya fadi. Sai dai kotun ba ta saurari hujjojin nasa ba, kuma yanzu Apple ya biya dala miliyan 450 da aka ambata.
Gidajen wallafe-wallafen guda biyar sun zauna tare da Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka ba tare da shari'a ba kuma a baya sun biya dala miliyan 166.
Cikakken ɗaukar hoto na babban harka ana iya samunsa akan Jablíčkář a ƙarƙashin lakabin #kauza-ebook.
