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An shigar da karar ta asali a cikin 2005, amma yanzu shine gaba daya shari'ar, inda ake zargin Apple da keta dokokin hana amana saboda hani kan amfani da kiɗan da aka saya daga Store ɗin iTunes, yana zuwa kotu. Wata muhimmiyar kara ta fara ranar Talata a Oakland, kuma daya daga cikin manyan rawar da marigayi Steve Jobs zai taka.

Mun riga mun yi cikakken bayani game da shari'ar da Apple zai fuskanci karar miliyan 350 suka sanar. Kayan aikin aji ya ƙunshi tsofaffin iPods waɗanda za su iya kunna waƙoƙin da aka sayar kawai a cikin Store na iTunes ko zazzage su daga CD ɗin da aka saya, ba kiɗan daga shagunan gasa ba. Wannan, a cewar masu gabatar da kara na Apple, ya saba wa dokar hana amana saboda ta kulle masu amfani da ita a cikin tsarinta, wadanda za su iya, alal misali, siyan wasu 'yan wasa masu rahusa.

Duk da cewa Apple ya watsar da tsarin da ake kira DRM (tsarin kula da haƙƙin dijital) da dadewa kuma yanzu an buɗe waƙar a cikin Shagon iTunes don kowa da kowa, Apple a ƙarshe ya gaza hana ƙarar da Thomas Slattery ta yi kusan shekaru goma ta zuwa. kotu. Gabaɗayan shari’ar ta ƙara girma a hankali kuma yanzu tana tattare da ƙararraki da yawa kuma tana ɗauke da takardu sama da 900 waɗanda bangarorin biyu ke takaddama a kai ga kotun.

Lauyoyin masu shigar da kara a yanzu sun yi alkawarin gardama a gaban kotun game da abin da Steve Jobs ya aikata, wato sakwannin imel da ya aike wa abokan aikinsa a lokacin da yake rike da mukamin Babban Jami’in, wanda a yanzu hakan na iya yin illa ga kamfanin na California. Tabbas ba shine karo na farko ba, shari'ar da ake ciki yanzu ita ce babbar shari'ar adawa ta uku wacce Apple ke da hannu a ciki, kuma Steve Jobs ya taka rawa a kowannen su, ko da bayan mutuwarsa, ko ma dai labaran sa da aka buga.

Saƙonnin imel da kuma bayanan da aka yi rikodi na Ayuba sun kwatanta wanda ya kafa kamfanin a matsayin wanda ya yi shirin lalata wani samfurin gasa don kare dabarun kiɗan dijital na Apple. "Za mu nuna shaidar cewa Apple ya yi aiki don dakatar da gasar kuma saboda wannan gasa mai cutarwa da cutar da abokan ciniki," in ji shi NYT Bonny Sweeney, Jagoran Lauyan Mai Kara.

An riga an bayyana wasu shaidun a bainar jama'a, misali a cikin imel na 2003 Steve Jobs ya nuna damuwa game da buɗe kantin sayar da kiɗan ta Musicmatch. "Muna buƙatar tabbatar da cewa lokacin da Music Match ya ƙaddamar da kantin sayar da kiɗan su, kiɗan da aka sauke ba zai kunna akan iPod ba. Shin zai zama matsala?" Ayyuka sun rubuta wa abokan aiki. Ana sa ran za a fitar da ƙarin shaidu yayin gwajin da zai haifar da matsala ga Apple.

Manyan jami'an Apple na yanzu kuma za su ba da shaida a wurin gwajin, ciki har da Phil Schiller, shugaban tallace-tallace, da Eddy Cue, wanda ke gudanar da iTunes da sauran ayyukan kan layi. Ana sa ran lauyoyin Apple za su yi jayayya cewa sabuntawar iTunes daban-daban na tsawon lokaci sun fi inganta samfuran Apple maimakon cutar da masu fafatawa da abokan ciniki da gangan.

An fara shari'ar a ranar 2 ga Disamba a Oakland, kuma masu gabatar da kara suna neman Apple ya biya masu amfani da suka saya tsakanin Disamba 12, 2006 da Maris 31, 2009. iPod classic, iPod shuffle, iPod touch ko iPod nano, dala miliyan 350. Alkalin kotun mai shari’a Yvonne Rogers ne ke jagorantar shari’ar.

Sauran biyun da aka ambata a cikin shari'ar rashin amincewa da Apple ya shiga bayan mutuwar Jobs sun hada da kamfanoni shida na Silicon Valley da ake zargin sun hada baki don rage albashi ta hanyar rashin daukar juna aiki. A wannan yanayin, kuma, yawancin sadarwa daga Steve Jobs sun bayyana wanda ke nuna irin wannan hali, kuma ba shi da bambanci a cikin yanayin. kayyade farashin e-littattafai. Yayin da shari'ar ta ƙarshe ta riga ta kasance a fili zuwa sama har zuwa karshen sa, shari’ar kamfanoni shida da rashin amincewar ma’aikata za su garzaya kotu a watan Janairu.

Source: The New York Times
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