Theo co quan chuc nang cua Lien
minh chau Au cho biet hom thu 3 vua qua, nhung thoa thuan ma Apple Inc. ky voi
cac hang thu am nham cung cap cho dich vu nhac so iTunes tai Chau Au co the vi
pham luat canh tranh cua EU.
Phat ngon vien cua EU, ong Jonathan Todd, cho biet: Apple va cac cong ty thu am
da duoc thong bao se co mot cuoc dieu tra nham vao cac thoa thuan cua ho sau khi
nhung nha dieu hanh Lien minh EU nhan manh ve mot "truong hop rat nang ne".
Uy ban chau Au cho biet: Chinh sach cua iTunes chi cho phep khach hang download
cac ca khuc don hoac album trong pham vi lanh tho ho cu tru tai chau Au. Day
thuc chat la mot chinh sach "gioi han pham vi ban hang trong noi dia" mot cach
bat hop phap.
"Vi nhu vay, khach hang se bi han che trong viec chon noi mua nhac, va dan
toi he qua la han che loai nhac nao thi san co va o muc gia bao nhieu", Uy
ban nay cho biet trong mot tuyen bo.
Tuy nhien, phat ngon vien cua Apple, ong Steve Dowling cho biet Apple muon xay
dung mot kho nhac so rieng cho ca Chau Au, nhung cac hang thu am va nha phat
hanh nhac da han che va khong trao cho Apple cac quyen nay. "Chung toi khong
tin Apple da lam bat cu dieu gi vi pham luat phap EU" ong noi. "Chung
toi se tiep tuc lam viec voi EU de giai quyet van de nay".
Cac nha dieu tra da thu thap chung cu tu cac hop dong cua Apple voi Sony BMG
Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group va EMI Group PLC trong 2 nam qua, sau
khi Hiep hoi Tieu dung Anh de don khieu nai len Uy ban Chau Au vao nam 2004.
 "Chung
toi khong tin la minh da vi pham luat canh tranh cua Chau Au. Chung toi se theo
duoi vu nay den cung", ba Amanda Conroy, phat ngon vien cua EMI cho biet
tai London. Phat ngon vien cua Sony, ba Sylvia Shin khong dua ra phan ung truc
tiep nao ve cuoc dieu tra nay. Universal Music cung chua co phan ung gi ve vu
viec.
Apple va cac hang thu am se co 2 thang de tra loi cau hoi trong "giai doan phan
bien" truoc cac co quan hanh phap EU. Neu co chung cu sai pham, moi cong ty se
phai doi mat voi muc phat tien kha nang ma theo ly thuyet co the len toi 10%
doanh thu hang nam cua cong ty tren toan cau.
Chi phi mua mot ca khuc o 27 quoc gia Chau Au rat khac nhau tren cac kho nhac so
cua iTunes. Chang han, download 1 ca khuc tai Anh co chi phi la 1,56 USD, tai
Dan Mach la 1,44 USD, trong khi tai cac nuoc su dung dong euro nhu Duc va Bi thi
chi phi lai la 1,32 USD.
Cac to chuc khach hang rat hoan dong thai nay cua EU. "Trong khi toi co the
di tu Anh sang Duc de mua mot CD tai nuoc nay, no co the re hon hoac dat hon so
voi tai Anh, thi toi cung phai co co hoi mua sam truc tuyen tuong tu nhu vay. Do
la dieu chung toi doi hoi." Ba Cornelia Kutterer, co van luat phap cao cap
cua BEUC - mot to chuc bao ve nguoi tieu dung cua Chau Au, cho biet.
Vu dieu tra cua EU duoc tien hanh boi cac to chuc ve quyen loi nguoi tieu dung
tai Duc, Phap, Ha Lan va cac nuoc Bac Au yeu cau Apple thay doi cac quy tac nham
tao thuan loi cho khach hang mua nhac truc tuyen. Cac to chuc nay dang yeu cau
Apple do bo rao can khong cho khach hang thuc hien viec download tu cac thiet bi
nhac so khac ngoai san pham iPod cua Apple.
Vao thang 2, Na Uy, mot quoc gia khong thuoc EU, da tuyen bo nhung han che tren
la bat hop phap va cho Apple co hoi den 1/10 nham thay doi de dua ra nhung quy
tac phu hop hoac se phai doi mat voi kien cao va phat tien.
Tuy nhien, viec dieu tra nay cua EU khong lien quan den nhung moi quan tam tren.
Apple cho biet se san sang mo cua iTunes cho cac may nhac so khac chu khong phai
chi rieng co iPod neu cac hang thu am lon cua the gioi thay doi cong nghe chong
sao chep cua ho.
Hom thu 2 vua qua, Apple va EMI cung da tuyen bo ky ket mot hop dong cho phep
nhac cua EMI duoc ban tren phan mem cua iTunes ma khong dung cong nghe DRM chong
vi pham ban quyen. Dong thai nay hy vong se duoc cac hang thu am khac huong ung
theo.
Theo AP, VietNamNet
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