UFiliphu Novotny Kube khona ithuba elithokozisayo endabeni ye-iBooks ebook cartel. I-Apple iphinde yacubungula indlela yayo yokubheka i-antitrust watchdog yayo inkantolo yenhlangano eyabelwe ngo-Okthoba odlule. Ekuqaleni, i-Apple yenqaba ukubambisana, kodwa emasontweni amuva nje iguqule amadigri ayikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili. Umphathi ngokwakhe wazisa ngalokhu embikweni osemthethweni.
Ukugadwa kochwepheshe phezu kwe-Apple kuqaphile ngoba icala ngokwenyusa ngokwenziwa izintengo zezincwadi ze-elekthronikhi. UMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US usole inkampani yaseCalifornia ngokusayina izinkontileka ezingalungile nabashicileli abakhulu abafana noHarperCollins, Penguin noma Macmillan. Inkantolo yombuso yakhipha isinqumo esivuna umnyango futhi yayala i-Apple ukuthi ibuyekeze izivumelwano ezikhona. Oqokwe yinkantolo, umqondisi omelene nodlame olulodwa uMichael Bromwich wayezokwengamela ukuhambisana nokuzibophezela kwakhe.
Nokho, bavela ngemva nje kokuqala komsebenzi wakhe izinkinga. U-Apple wakhalaza ngo-Bromwich ngenxa yeholo lakhe eliphezulu (ukhokhisa u-$1 ngehora + imali engu-100% yokuphatha) kanye nezimfuno zakhe zemihlangano noTim Cook, uPhil Schiller noma uSihlalo weBhodi u-Al Gore. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umphathi ukugxekile ukungabaza kuka-Apple ukuletha izinto ezibalulekile noma ukuhlela imihlangano ngqo endlunkulu yenkampani eCupertino. Wabe esephendula ngesicelo sikaBromwich isikhalazo.
Isigamu sonyaka ngemuva kwesinqumo senkantolo, konke kubukeka kuhlukile. Ngokusho kwe-watchdog uqobo, i-Apple izama kancane ukulungisa lesi simo futhi yenze isiqalo esithembisayo ohlelweni lwayo "lwe-anti-cartel". "Kodwa usemningi umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe," u-Bromwich ukhomba ukuqhubeka kuka-Apple ukungabaza ukukhipha imibhalo ethile.
Ngenkathi ngoJanuwari walo nyaka umphathi wakhononda ngokuthi inkampani yaseCalifornia imphatha "njengesitha nesigebengu", ngenyanga elandelayo kusolakala ukuthi yaqala kabusha ubudlelwano. I-Apple yaqala ngokuzimisela ukuzama ukulungisa imikhuba yayo yebhizinisi yangaphambilini futhi yavuma ukuba nemihlangano yanyanga zonke nethimba lika-Bromwich.
"Siqala ukuthola ulwazi olwengeziwe, sibona ukuzibophezela okukhulu ekuxazululeni ukungaboni ngaso linye okungapheli, futhi sesiqala ukubona inkampani igcwalisa izibopho zayo zokubambisana nokusebenzisana osekunesikhathi eside kubhalwe phansi," kubhala u-Bromwich. yakhe yokuqala umbiko osemthethweni. Ngokusho kwakhe, indlela yokusetha kabusha ubudlelwano ekugcineni ivulekile futhi uma ukubambisana kuqhubeka kanje, yena nethimba lakhe bangagcina befeze umsebenzi wabo ngenxa yesinqumo senkantolo yenhlangano.
Ungathola ukumbozwa okuphelele kwalo lonke icala lapha.
