Ondrej Holzman A jiya ne wasu alkalai takwas suka yanke hukunci kan tsarin kariya da Apple ya aiwatar a cikin iTunes da iPods, kuma ya kamata ya cutar da masu amfani da shi, kuma ya biya fiye da abokan ciniki miliyan 8 diyya har zuwa dala biliyan daya. Amma alkalai baki daya sun yanke shawarar cewa Apple bai yi wata illa ga masu amfani da shi ba ko kuma masu fafatawa.
Wani kwamitin alkalai ya fada jiya Talata cewa sabunta iTunes 7.0 na shekara ta 2006 wanda shari'ar ta ta'allaka ne "ingantacciyar samfuri" wanda ya kawo sabbin abubuwa masu kyau ga abokan ciniki. A lokaci guda kuma, ta gabatar da wani muhimmin matakin tsaro wanda a cewar karar, ba kawai hana gasar ba, har ma da cutar da masu amfani da su wadanda ba za su iya canja wurin kiɗan da aka saya a cikin na'urori cikin sauƙi ba, amma masu shari'a ba su sami matsala ba.
Shawarar da suka yanke na nufin cewa Apple bai keta dokokin hana amincewa ba ta kowace hanya. Idan da ya keta su, ainihin diyyar dalar Amurka miliyan 350 da shari’ar ta nema za ta ninka sau uku saboda wadannan dokokin. Duk da haka, masu shigar da kara na abokan ciniki fiye da miliyan takwas da suka sayi iPods tsakanin Satumba 2006 da Maris 2009 ba za su sami wani diyya ba, aƙalla bisa ga hukuncin kotu na yanzu.
"Muna godiya ga alkalan kotun saboda hidimar da suka yi kuma mun yaba da hukuncin da suka yanke," in ji Apple a wata sanarwa da ya fitar bayan alkalan sun gabatar da hukuncin nasu. "Mun kirkiro iPod da iTunes don ba abokan ciniki hanya mafi kyau don sauraron kiɗa. Duk lokacin da muka sabunta waɗannan samfuran - da kowane samfurin Apple - mun yi haka don ƙara haɓaka ƙwarewar mai amfani. "
Babu irin wannan gamsuwa a daya bangaren, inda lauyan masu shigar da kara, Patrick Coughlin, ya bayyana cewa tuni ya shirya daukaka kara. Ba ya son cewa matakan tsaro guda biyu - iTunes database checking da iPod track checking -- an dunkule su tare da wasu sabbin abubuwa a cikin iTunes 7.0, kamar tallafin bidiyo da wasan. "Aƙalla mun sami damar kai shi gaban alkali," kamar yadda ya shaida wa manema labarai. Wakilan Apple da alkalai sun ki yin tsokaci kan lamarin.
Apple ya yi nasara tare da juri ta yadda ya gina tsarin halittarsa a rufaffiyar hanya kamar, alal misali, Sony, Microsoft ko Nintendo tare da na'urorin wasan bidiyo na su, ta yadda samfuran guda ɗaya (a wannan yanayin, iTunes da iPods) suyi aiki daidai da juna. , kuma ba shi yiwuwa a yi tsammanin cewa samfurin daga wani masana'anta zai yi aiki akan wannan tsarin ba tare da matsaloli ba. A sa'i daya kuma, lauyoyin Apple sun bayyana cewa, samar da tsarin kariya na DRM, wanda a karshe ya hana samun damar yin gasa a cikin halittun Apple, ya zama tilas sosai saboda yarjejeniyar da aka kulla da kamfanonin rikodin.
Bayan makonni biyu, an rufe shari'ar a Oakland, wanda aka fara a shekara ta 2005, kodayake yanzu alkalai sun yanke shawarar amincewa da Apple, amma karar ta riga ta shirya daukaka kara, bisa ga kalmominta, don haka ba za mu iya kira ba. har yanzu an rufe wannan shari'ar.
Kuna iya samun cikakken bayanin shari'ar anan nan.
