Ondrej Holzman Tam sim no nws tab tom khiav ua ntej Circuit Court hauv Oakland, California boj nruab nrab ntawm Apple thiab cov neeg foob, uas sawv cev txog yim lab tus neeg siv khoom nrog rau cov khw muag khoom loj, dhau ntawm seb Apple lub tuam txhab thaiv kev sib tw dhau kaum xyoo dhau los nrog kev tiv thaiv hauv iTunes thiab iPods. Apple hais tias nws tsis muaj dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm, cov kws lij choj xav tias lwm yam.
Cov neeg foob tab tom nrhiav $ 351 lab hauv kev puas tsuaj los ntawm Apple, hais tias qhov hloov tshiab Apple tau dov tawm rau iTunes tau ua dab tsi tab sis kev txhim kho, yam tsawg kawg tsis yog los ntawm cov neeg siv qhov kev xav. Nrog rau lub iPod nano tshiab tau tshaj tawm xyoo 2006, lub tuam txhab California tau raug liam tias txwv cov neeg siv khoom thiab ua txhaum txoj cai tiv thaiv kev ntseeg.
iPod rau iTunes nkaus xwb
"Nws muaj ob zaug lub cim xeeb thiab tuaj hauv tsib xim sib txawv," tus kws lij choj Bonnie Sweeney tau hais hauv nws cov lus qhib hnub Tuesday, "tab sis qhov uas Apple tsis tau qhia rau cov neeg siv khoom yog qhov code uas tuaj nrog Nano tshiab kuj muaj 'Keybag. Verification Code '. No Nano code tsis ua kom nws nrawm lossis txhim kho nws lub suab zoo nyob rau hauv txhua txoj kev ... nws tsis ua kom nws zoo nkauj dua lossis stylish. Hloov chaw, nws tiv thaiv cov neeg siv uas raug cai yuav cov nkauj los ntawm cov neeg sib tw los ntawm kev ua si ntawm lawv iPods. "
Tshwj xeeb, peb tab tom tham txog iTunes 7.0 thiab 7.4 hloov tshiab, uas, raws li cov neeg foob, tau tsom mus rau kev sib tw. Apple tsis raug foob rau kev siv DRM rau kev tiv thaiv ib qho, tab sis rau kev hloov kho nws DRM kom tsis ua haujlwm nrog, piv txwv li, kev sib tw Harmony los ntawm Real Networks.
Cov nkauj yuav los ntawm iTunes tau encoded thiab tsuas yog ua si ntawm iPods. Thaum tus neeg siv xav hloov mus rau cov khoom sib tw, lawv yuav tsum hlawv cov nkauj rau hauv CD, hloov mus rau lwm lub khoos phis tawj, thiab tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau lwm MP3 player. Sweeny tau hais tias "Qhov no txhawb nqa Apple txoj haujlwm monopoly," Sweeny tau hais.
Qhov tseeb tias Apple sim tiag tiag thaiv kev sib tw ntawm nws cov khoom tau lees paub los ntawm tus foob nrog qee cov email sab hauv ntawm cov neeg sawv cev sab saum toj ntawm lub tuam txhab. "Jeff, tej zaum peb yuav tau hloov qee yam ntawm no," Steve Jobs tau sau ntawv rau Jeff Robbins thaum Real Networks launched Harmony hauv 2006, uas ua si tus neeg sib tw cov khoom lag luam ntawm iPod. Ob peb hnub tom qab, Robbins qhia rau nws cov npoj yaig tias kev ntsuas yooj yim yuav tsum tau ua tiag tiag.
Hauv kev sib txuas lus sab hauv nrog tus thawj tswj hwm kev lag luam Phil Schiller, Cov Haujlwm txawm hais txog Kev Networks tiag tiag li cov neeg nyiag nkas sim ua rau nws lub iPod, txawm tias qhov kev sib tw cov kev pabcuam kev lag luam thaum lub sijhawm me me.
Kev sib raug zoo yog ib qho kev hem thawj
Tab sis Apple cov kws lij choj nkag siab tias muaj kev xav sib txawv ntawm iTunes 7.0 thiab 7.4, qhia hauv lub Cuaj Hli 2006 thiab ib xyoos tom qab lub Cuaj Hli 2007, raws li. "Yog tias thaum kawg ntawm qhov kev sim siab koj pom tias iTunes 7.0 thiab 7.4 yog cov khoom txhim kho tiag tiag, ces koj yuav tsum pom tias Apple tsis muaj dab tsi tsis ncaj ncees lawm nrog kev sib tw," William Isaacson hais rau yim tus kws txiav txim plaub hauv nws cov lus qhib.
Raws li nws hais, cov kev hloov kho tshiab tau hais txog kev txhim kho iTunes, tsis yog qhov kev txiav txim siab zoo los thaiv kev sib haum xeeb, thiab version 7.0 yog "qhov hloov tshiab tseem ceeb tshaj plaws txij li thawj iTunes". Txawm hais tias qhov kev tso tawm no tau hais tias tsis yog txhua yam hais txog DRM, Isaacson tau lees paub tias Apple tau saib tiag tiag Networks 'system li tus neeg nkag tebchaws hauv nws lub cev. Ntau hackers sim hack iTunes los ntawm nws.
“Kev sib haum xeeb yog software uas khiav tsis tau kev tso cai. Nws xav cuam tshuam ntawm iPod thiab iTunes thiab dag FairPlay (lub npe ntawm Apple's DRM system - editor daim ntawv). Nws yog ib qho kev hem thawj rau cov neeg siv kev paub thiab qhov zoo ntawm cov khoom, "Isaacson tau hais rau hnub Tuesday, lees paub tias ntawm lwm cov kev hloov pauv, iTunes 7.0 thiab 7.4 kuj tau coj kev hloov pauv rau encryption, uas ua rau Harmony tawm ntawm kev lag luam.
Thaum lub sijhawm nws cov lus qhib, Isaacson kuj tau taw qhia tias Real Networks - thaum tus neeg tseem ceeb - yuav tsis tshwm sim hauv tsev hais plaub txhua. Txawm li cas los xij, Tus Kws Txiav Txim Rogers tau hais rau pawg txiav txim kom tsis lees paub Real Networks 'tsis muaj neeg ua pov thawj vim tias lub tuam txhab tsis yog koom nrog kev foob.
Rho tawm nkauj tsis ceeb toom
Qhov kev sim txuas ntxiv mus rau hnub Wednesday, nrog Patrick Coughlin, tus kws lij choj sawv cev rau cov neeg siv, piav qhia rau pawg neeg txiav txim siab li cas Apple tshem tawm cov nkauj yuav los ntawm cov khw muag khoom sib tw los ntawm nws cov iPods yam tsis tau ceeb toom ntawm 2007 thiab 2009. Apple Coughlin tau hais tias "Koj tau txiav txim siab muab lawv qhov kev paub phem tshaj plaws thiab rhuav tshem lawv cov tsev qiv ntawv suab paj nruag," Apple Coughlin tau hais.
Tom qab ntawd, thaum tus neeg siv rub tawm cov ntsiab lus suab paj nruag los ntawm lub khw muag khoom sib tw thiab sim sync nws rau iPod, cov lus yuam kev tau tshwm sim qhia tus neeg siv kom rov pib dua tus neeg ua si rau lub Hoobkas. Tom qab ntawd thaum tus neeg siv rov qab lub iPod, cov suab paj nruag sib tw ploj lawm. Apple tsim lub kaw lus kom "tsis qhia cov neeg siv txog qhov teeb meem," Coughlin piav qhia.
Tias yog vim li cas, nyob rau hauv ib tug kaum-xyoo-laus rooj plaub, cov neeg foob tau thov cov lus hais txog $ 351 lab los ntawm Apple, uas tuaj yeem nce mus txog peb zaug vim yog US txoj cai tiv thaiv kev ntseeg.
Apple tau tawm tsam tias nws yog kev ntsuas kev nyab xeeb raug cai. "Peb tsis tas yuav muab cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv rau cov neeg siv, peb tsis xav kom lawv tsis meej pem," tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev ruaj ntseg Augustin Farrugia tau hais. Nws hais rau pawg neeg txiav txim siab tias hackers zoo li "DVD Jon" thiab "Requiem" ua rau Apple "txaus ntshai heev" txog kev tiv thaiv iTunes. "Lub kaw lus tau raug hacked kiag li," Farrugia hais txog vim li cas Apple tau sib tw suab paj nruag tshem tawm ntawm nws cov khoom.
"Ib tug neeg tawg rau hauv kuv lub tsev," Steve Jobs tau sau lwm email rau Eddy Cue, uas yog tus saib xyuas iTunes. Cov kws lij choj yuav tsum qhia lwm yam Apple kev sib txuas lus sab hauv los ua pov thawj thaum lub sijhawm rooj plaub, thiab nws yog Cue nrog Phil Schiller uas yuav tshwm sim ntawm cov neeg pov thawj. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, cov kws lij choj yuav tsum siv qee qhov ntawm kev kaw video ntawm Steve Jobs cov lus pov thawj los ntawm 2011.
txaj muag heev. Kuv vam tias Apple yeej tsis muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua no.