Vala isikhangiso

Esitolimendeni sanamuhla sochungechunge lwethu lomlando wezobuchwepheshe, sikhumbula ingqophamlando yokulandwa kwezigidigidi eziyi-10 ku-iTunes. Engxenyeni yesibili ye-athikili yethu, sizokhuluma ngosuku lapho i-FCC yaphoqelela ukungathathi hlangothi kwenetha, yaphinde yakhansela futhi ngemva kweminyaka emibili.

10 billion wezingoma ku-iTunes

NgoFebhuwari 26, 2010, i-Apple yamemezela kuwebhusayithi yayo ukuthi insizakalo yayo yomculo we-iTunes isidlule ingqophamlando yokulandwa kwezigidigidi eziyishumi. Ingoma ebizwa ngokuthi "Guess Things Happen That Way" yomculi waseMelika uJohnny Cash yaba ingoma yejubhile, umnikazi wayo kwakunguLouie Sulcer waseWoodstock, eGeorgia, owawina umncintiswano wathola ikhadi lesipho le-iTunes elibiza u-$10.

Ukugunyazwa kokungathathi hlangothi kwenetha (2015)

Ngomhla ka-Februwari 16, 2015, i-Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yagunyaza imithetho yonke yokungathathi hlangothi. Umqondo wokungathathi hlangothi kwengqikithi ubhekisela kumgomo wokulingana kwedatha esakazwa nge-inthanethi, futhi kuhloswe ngayo ukuvimbela ukukhetha ngokwejubane, ukutholakala kanye nekhwalithi yoxhumo lwe-inthanethi. Ngokuvumelana nesimiso sokungathathi hlangothi okuphelele, umhlinzeki woxhumano kufanele aphathe ukufinyelela kuseva enkulu ebalulekile ngendlela efanayo naleyo ebezophatha ngayo ukufinyelela kuseva ngokubaluleka okuncane. Inhloso yokungathathi hlangothi, phakathi kwezinye izinto, yayiwukuqinisekisa izinkampani ezincane ezisebenza ngesisekelo sokuncintisana okungcono kwe-inthanethi. Igama elithi ukungathathi hlangothi kwenetha laqalwa nguSolwazi Tim Wu. Isiphakamiso se-FCC sokwethula ukungathathi hlangothi kwenetha saqala sanqatshwa yinkantolo ngoJanuwari 2014, kodwa ngemuva kokuphoqelelwa kwaso ngo-2015, asihlalanga isikhathi eside - ngoDisemba 2017, i-FCC yasicubungula kabusha isinqumo sayo sangaphambili futhi yakhansela ukungathathi hlangothi kwenetha.

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