Amaya Toman Uyakhumbula ukuthi wawuwenzani ngo-2009? Umhlaba wabe usuhlangabezwa yimicimbi efana nokukhethwa kukaBarack Obama njengomengameli waseMelika, ukungena kweCroatia kuNATO, ukuqala kokusakaza kweTV Barrandov noma ukuhambela kukaPapa Benedict XVI eCzech Republic. umrepha odumile u-Eminem kanye nelebuli yakhe yomculo bamangalele i-Apple Eight Mile Style.
Ngokusho kwecala, i-Apple ithengise ngokungemthetho izingoma ze-Eminem ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nantathu esitolo sayo se-iTunes. Bekungekhona okokuqala u-Eminem emangalelwa ngodaba olufanayo - ngo-2004, lo mculi waphikisana nendlela u-Apple asebenzisa ngayo ingoma yakhe eshisa izikhotha ethi Lose Yourself esikhangisweni sikamabonakude senkonzo ye-iTunes.
Ingxabano mayelana nokudayiswa okungekho emthethweni kwezingoma zika-Eminem isukela ngo-2007, lapho i-Eight Mile Style nayo yafaka icala lokuqala ngokumelene ne-Apple. Ngokwezicelo zale lebula, i-Apple ibingenayo imvume efanele evela kulo mculi yokusabalalisa izingoma. Ngenkathi i-Apple isayina isivumelwano ne-Aftermath Entertainment, eyasungulwa nguDkt. U-Dre, abaphathi benkampani babekholelwa ukuthi amalungelo okuthengiswa kwezingoma zika-Eminem ngedijithali nawo ayingxenye yalesi sivumelwano. Abameli abebemele ilebula ye-Eight Mile Style, baveze ukuthi ingxenye yenkontileka ka-Eminem iyisigatshana esikhethekile, ngokusho ukuthi kudingeka imvume ekhethekile ukuze kudayiswe izingoma zakhe ngedijithali - kodwa u-Eminem akazange ayinikeze i-Apple.
I-Eight Mile Style imangalele i-Apple ngo-$2,58 million, abathi iyinani lenzuzo inkampani eyayenza ngokudayisa umculo ka-Eminem. Inkampani eshicilela izincwadi ibifuna enye izinkulungwane eziyi-150 zamadola njengesinxephezelo somonakalo ngamunye - uma zihlangene, lezi zibalo zaba isamba semali eyizigidi eziyi-14 zamaRandi. Kodwa abameli bakwa-Apple bathole ukuthi inkampani yakhokha i-Aftermath Entertainment amasenti angu-70 ngokulanda ngakunye, kanti ilebula ye-Eight Mile Style yathola amasenti angu-9,1 ngokulanda ngakunye kwa-Apple. Kuyaqondakala ukuthi kulezi zinkampani ezibaluliwe ayikho neyodwa inkampani ephikise ukuqoqwa kwala manani.
Yonke ingxabano phakathi kuka-Apple no-Eminem yagcina ixazululiwe - njengaleli cala elishiwo ngenhla elimayelana nokusetshenziswa kwengoma ethi Zilahlekele - ngendlela yesivumelwano esingaphandle kwenkantolo. Kodwa lonke icala libe yisibonelo sobunzima i-Apple engabhekana nayo ngemva kokungena emakethe yomculo. Namuhla, yonke ingxabano ingabhekwa njengexazululwe ngempumelelo. Umeluleki ka-Eminem, uDkt. U-Dre usebenzisana eduze ne-Apple, kanti u-Eminem wavela emsakazweni we-Beats 1, lapho akhuthaza khona umsebenzi wakhe.
Izinsiza: Ihlelo le-Mac, I-CNET, Apple Insider
