Pani hoʻolaha

Ua hōʻike ʻo ČTK i kēia pule mai ka makahiki hou e maʻalahi ke kiʻi ʻana i nā mele mai ka iTunes Store. Ua ʻae ʻo Apple me EMI a me Universal Music, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, i nā lula hoʻolaha hou, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka European Commission. ʻO nā hana a Apple i kēia manawa he mea paʻakikī ke kūʻai aku i nā mele ma ka pūnaewele.

No ka laʻana, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻo Apple i kēia manawa i nā mea hoʻohana ma ʻEulopa e hoʻoiho i nā hoʻopaʻa leo mai ka pūnaewele iTunes ma kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe i kahi i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ai lākou. Ma ka manawa like, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o nā mele i nā kūʻai mele kikohoʻe honua e hele ma iTunes.

"Ua hōʻike ʻo Apple i ka manaʻo o ka hale kūʻai iTunes e loaʻa i nā poʻe ʻEulopa ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana," wahi a Jonathan Todd, kahi ʻōlelo no ke komisina. Wahi a ia, he hana aloha kēia i nā mea kūʻai aku, kahi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ke kūlana ma ka mākeke.

Ua kakau inoa kekahi mau hui i ka aelike, e like me ka American Amazon.com a me ka Finnish Nokia. Ma waho aʻe o nā mea hoʻopuka mele a me nā mea kūʻai kūʻai pūnaewele, ua pūlima pū nā hui e pani ana i ka poʻe paʻa kope SACEM, PRS no Music a me STIM i ka ʻaelike. Ua pūlima pū ʻia ʻo BEUC, e pani ana i nā mea kūʻai. "ʻO ia ka manawa mua i ʻaelike ai nā mea pāʻani mai nā wahi like ʻole o kēia mākeke i kahi hoʻolālā pāʻani hui," wahi a ke komisina hoʻokūkū ʻo Neelie Kroes e like me ka Reuters.

Manaʻo wau i ka makahiki aʻe hiki iā mākou ke nānā i mua i ka iTunes Store ma Czech Republic pū kekahi. Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Apple e pili ana i ka makemake e komo i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā ʻo nā mea hoʻopuka mele i kāohi iā ia mai ka hana ʻana. Akā i kēia manawa hiki iā mākou ke nānā i mua i nā lā ʻāpōpō!

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