Ondrej Holzman Kotun daukaka kara ba ta saurari karar da kamfanin Apple ya daukaka kan hukuncin da ya yanke a shekarar 2013 da ta same shi da laifin yin magudi da kuma kara farashin litattafai a lokacin da ya shiga kasuwa. Ya kamata kamfanin California ya biya yanzu an amince Dala miliyan 450, mafi yawansu zai tafi ga abokan ciniki.
A ranar Talata ne wata kotun daukaka kara a Manhattan ta yanke hukunci bayan shafe shekaru uku ana tafka shari’a, inda ta amince da hukuncin na asali, wanda ya baiwa ma’aikatar shari’a ta Amurka da jihohi 33 da suka hada kai da Apple kara. Shari'ar ta tashi a cikin 2012, shekara guda bayan Apple ya kasance samu da laifi sannan ku ya ji hukuncin.
Yayin da masu wallafa Penguin, HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, da Macmillan suka yanke shawarar yin sulhu a cikin kotu tare da Ma'aikatar Shari'a (biyan dala miliyan 164), Apple ya ci gaba da kiyaye rashin laifi kuma ya yanke shawarar kai dukan shari'ar zuwa kotu. Shi ya sa ya yi adawa da hukuncin da bai dace ba shekara guda da ta wuce aka kashe.
A ƙarshe, tsarin daukaka karar ya dade wani fiye da shekara guda. A lokacin, Apple ya yi iƙirarin cewa kawai abokin hamayyarsa na shiga kasuwar e-book shine Amazon, kuma tun da farashinsa na $9,99 akan kowane littafin e-littafi ya yi ƙasa da matakin gasa, Apple da mawallafin dole ne su fito da alamar farashin da za ta iya. zama ga iPhone maker riba isa ya fara sayar da e-littattafai.
[su_pullquote align=”dama”]Mun san ba mu yi wani laifi ba a 2010.[/su_pullquote]
Sai dai kotun daukaka kara ba ta amince da wannan gardamar ta Apple ba, duk da cewa a karshe alkalan uku sun yanke hukunci kan kamfanin na California da kusan 2:1. Ana zargin Apple da keta dokar Sherman Antitrust Act. "Mun kammala cewa kotun da'irar ta yi daidai wajen rike cewa Apple ya kulla makarkashiya a kwance tare da masu wallafawa don kara farashin littattafan e-littattafai," in ji alkali Debra Ann Livingston a hukuncin da kotun daukaka kara ta yanke.
A lokaci guda kuma, a cikin 2010, lokacin da Apple ya shiga kasuwa tare da iBookstore, Amazon yana sarrafa kashi 80 zuwa 90 na kasuwa, kuma masu wallafa ba sa son yadda ya dace da farashi. Shi ya sa Apple ya fito da abin da ake kira samfurin hukumar, inda shi da kansa ya karɓi wani kwamiti daga kowane tallace-tallace, amma a lokaci guda masu wallafa za su iya tsara farashin littattafan e-littattafai da kansu. Sai dai yanayin tsarin hukumar shi ne da zarar wani mai siyar ya fara siyar da littattafan e-littattafai mai rahusa, sai mawallafin ya fara ba da su a kantin sayar da littattafai a kan farashi iri ɗaya.
Saboda haka, a sakamakon haka, masu wallafa ba za su iya samun damar sayar da littattafai a kan Amazon a kan kasa da dala $10 ba, kuma matakin farashin ya karu a duk kasuwannin e-book. Apple ya yi kokarin bayyana cewa bai kai hari ga masu wallafawa a kan farashin Amazon da gangan ba, amma wata kotun daukaka kara ta yanke hukuncin cewa kamfanin na fasahar ya san illar ayyukansa.
Livingston ya kara da cewa, "Apple ya san cewa kwangilolin da aka gabatar na da kyau ga masu wallafa wadanda ake tuhuma kawai idan suka hade tare zuwa tsarin hukuma a cikin alakar su da Amazon - wanda Apple ya san zai haifar da hauhawar farashin e-littattafai," in ji Livingston a cikin hukuncin hadin gwiwa tare da Raymond Lohier. .
Apple yanzu yana da damar da za ta juya dukkan shari'ar zuwa Kotun Koli, yana ci gaba da dagewa kan rashin laifi. "Apple bai hada baki don kara farashin e-littattafai ba, kuma wannan shawarar ba ta canza abubuwa ba. Mun ji takaicin cewa kotu ba ta amince da sabbin abubuwa da zabin da iBookstore ya kawo wa abokan ciniki ba, ”in ji kamfanin na California a cikin wata sanarwa. “Kamar yadda muke son saka shi a bayanmu, wannan shari’ar ta shafi ka’idoji da dabi’u ne. Mun san ba mu yi wani laifi ba a 2010 kuma muna nazarin matakai na gaba."
Alkalin kotun Dennis Jacobs ya goyi bayan Apple a kotun daukaka kara. Ya kada kuri’ar kin amincewa da matakin farko da kotun da’ar ta yanke daga shekarar 2013, inda a cewarsa, an gudanar da dukkan lamarin ba daidai ba. Dokar Antitrust, a cewar Jacobs, ba za ta iya zargin Apple da haɗin kai tsakanin masu wallafa a matakai daban-daban na sarkar kasuwanci ba.
Ko Apple a zahiri zai daukaka kara zuwa Kotun Koli ba ta da tabbas. Idan bai yi haka ba, nan ba da jimawa ba zai iya fara biyan miliyan 450 da ya amince da ma’aikatar shari’a don biyan kwastomomi diyya.
