Ondrej Holzman A halin yanzu yana kan gudu a gaban Kotun da'ira a Oakland, California boj tsakanin Apple da masu shigar da kara, wadanda ke wakiltar abokan ciniki kusan miliyan takwas da kuma manyan dillalai, kan ko kamfanin Apple ya toshe gasar cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata tare da kariya a cikin iTunes da iPods. Apple ya ce bai yi wani laifi ba, masu gabatar da kara suna tunanin akasin haka.
Masu shigar da kara suna neman diyyar dala miliyan 351 daga kamfanin Apple, suna masu cewa sabuntar da Apple ke yi a iTunes ba wani abu bane illa ci gaba, ko kadan ba daga ra'ayin masu amfani ba. Tare da sabon iPod nano da aka gabatar a cikin 2006, an zargi kamfanin na California da ƙuntatawa abokan ciniki da kuma keta dokokin hana amincewa.
iPod don iTunes kawai
Lauyan masu shigar da kara Bonnie Sweeney ta ce a cikin jawabinta na bude ranar Talata, "Yana da ƙwaƙwalwar sau biyu kuma ya zo da launuka daban-daban guda biyar," amma abin da Apple bai gaya wa abokan ciniki ba shi ne lambar da ta zo tare da sabon Nano yana dauke da 'Keybag'. Lambar tabbaci '. Wannan lambar Nano ba ta hanzarta shi ba ko inganta ingancin sautinta ta kowace hanya… bai sanya ta zama kyakkyawa ko salo ba. Madadin haka, ya hana masu amfani waɗanda suka sayi waƙoƙi bisa doka daga masu fafatawa daga kunna su akan iPods ɗin su. ”
Musamman, muna magana ne game da sabuntawar iTunes 7.0 da 7.4, wanda a cewar masu gabatar da kara, an yi niyya ne a gasar. Ba a tuhumi Apple don amfani da DRM don kwafin kariyar kowane se, amma don gyara DRM ɗin sa don rashin aiki tare da, misali, abokin hamayyar Harmony daga Real Networks.
Waƙoƙin da aka saya daga iTunes an ɓoye su kuma ana iya kunna su akan iPods kawai. Lokacin da mai amfani ya so ya canza zuwa samfurin gasa, dole ne su ƙone waƙoƙin zuwa CD, canza su zuwa wata kwamfuta, sannan a tura su zuwa wani na'urar MP3. "Wannan ya ƙarfafa matsayin Apple keɓaɓɓu," in ji Sweeny.
Gaskiyar cewa Apple ya yi ƙoƙarin toshe gasa a kan samfuransa, wanda mai ƙara ya tabbatar da shi tare da wasu imel na cikin gida na manyan wakilan kamfanin. "Jeff, za mu iya canza wani abu a nan," Steve Jobs ya rubuta wa Jeff Robbins lokacin da Real Networks ta kaddamar da Harmony a 2006, wanda ya taka leda a kan iPod. Bayan 'yan kwanaki, Robbins ya sanar da abokan aikinsa cewa lallai akwai bukatar a dauki matakai masu sauki.
A cikin sadarwar cikin gida tare da babban jami'in tallace-tallace Phil Schiller, Ayyuka har ma suna kiran Real Networks a matsayin masu yin kutse da ke ƙoƙarin kutsawa cikin iPod ɗinsa, duk da cewa kason kasuwar sabis ɗin a lokacin yana da kankanta.
Harmony ya kasance barazana
Amma lauyoyin Apple a fahimta suna da ra'ayi daban-daban akan iTunes 7.0 da 7.4, wanda aka gabatar a cikin Satumba 2006 da shekara guda a cikin Satumba 2007, bi da bi. William Isaacson ya shaida wa alkalan alkalai takwas a cikin jawabin bude taron cewa "Idan a karshen shari'ar ka gano cewa iTunes 7.0 da 7.4 sun inganta kayan aiki na gaske, to dole ne ka gano cewa Apple bai yi wani laifi ba a gasar."
A cewarsa, sabuntawar da aka ambata sun fi game da inganta iTunes, ba yanke shawara mai mahimmanci don toshe Harmony ba, kuma sigar 7.0 ita ce "mafi mahimmancin sabuntawa tun farkon iTunes". Ko da yake an ce wannan sakin ba duka game da DRM ba ne, Isaacson ya yarda cewa Apple ya kalli tsarin Real Networks a matsayin mai kutse a cikin tsarinsa. Mutane da yawa hackers kokarin hack iTunes ta hanyar da shi.
"Harmony software ce da ke aiki ba tare da izini ba. Ya so ya tsoma baki tsakanin iPod da iTunes da yaudarar FairPlay (sunan tsarin DRM na Apple - bayanin kula). Ya kasance barazana ga kwarewar mai amfani da ingancin samfurin, "in ji Isaacson a ranar Talata, yana mai tabbatar da cewa a cikin sauran sauye-sauye, iTunes 7.0 da 7.4 sun kawo canji ga ɓoyewa, wanda ya sa Harmony ya fita daga kasuwanci.
A yayin jawabin bude taron, Isaacson ya kuma nuna cewa Real Networks - yayin da dan wasa mai muhimmanci - ba zai bayyana a gaban kotu ba kwata-kwata. Sai dai mai shari’a Rogers ya shaida wa alkalan kotun cewa su yi watsi da rashin halartar shaidun Real Networks saboda kamfanin ba ya cikin shari’ar.
Share waƙoƙi ba tare da faɗakarwa ba
An ci gaba da shari’ar a ranar Laraba, inda Patrick Coughlin, lauyan da ke wakiltar masu amfani da shi, ya bayyana wa alkalan yadda Apple ya goge wakokin da aka siya daga shagunan gasa daga iPods dinsa ba tare da sanarwa ba tsakanin 2007 da 2009. "Kun yanke shawarar ba su mafi munin kwarewa da kuma lalata ɗakunan karatu na kiɗa," in ji Apple Coughlin.
Bayan haka, lokacin da mai amfani ya sauke abun ciki na kiɗa daga kantin gasa kuma yayi ƙoƙarin daidaita shi zuwa iPod, saƙon kuskure ya tashi yana ba mai amfani umarnin sake saita mai kunnawa zuwa saitunan masana'anta. Sa'an nan lokacin da mai amfani ya mayar da iPod, da gasar music bace. Apple ya tsara tsarin don "kar a gaya wa masu amfani game da matsalar," in ji Coughlin.
Shi ya sa, a cikin shari’ar da ta shafe shekaru goma, masu shigar da kara suna bukatar dala miliyan 351 da aka ambata daga kamfanin Apple, wanda kuma zai iya karuwa har sau uku saboda dokokin Amurka na hana amana.
Apple ya musanta cewa matakin tsaro ne na halal. Darektan tsaro Augustin Farrugia ya ce "Ba sai mun ba masu amfani da karin bayanai ba, ba ma so mu rude su." Ya shaida wa alkalan hukumar cewa masu satar bayanai irin su “DVD Jon” da “Requiem” sun sanya Apple ya zama “mai ban tsoro” game da kare iTunes. "An yi wa tsarin kutse kwata-kwata," Farrugia ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa Apple ya cire kide-kiden da ke fafatawa a cikin kayayyakinsa.
"Wani yana shiga gidana," Steve Jobs ya rubuta a cikin wani imel zuwa Eddy Cue, wanda ke kula da iTunes. Ana sa ran masu gabatar da kara za su gabatar da wasu hanyoyin sadarwa na cikin gida na Apple a matsayin shaida yayin da ake gudanar da shari'ar, kuma Cue tare da Phil Schiller ne zai bayyana a gaban shaidu. A lokaci guda, ana sa ran masu gabatar da kara za su yi amfani da sassan faifan bidiyo na shaidar Steve Jobs daga 2011.
Abin kunya sosai. Ina fata Apple da gaske ya yi asarar wannan yaƙin.