NgoDisemba odlule, inkampani ezinze eCupertino umemezele ukuthengwa okusemthethweni kweShazam, insizakalo yokuqashelwa umculo ethandwa kakhulu emhlabeni, yize kungeyona yodwa, ngoba emakethe singathola ezinye izindlela ezihlukile ezilingana noma ezingcono kunalezo ezinikezwa nguShazam.
Kepha lapho inkampani noma insizakalo iba yingxenye enkulu, ukuthandwa kwayo kungaba usongo emncintiswaneni kanye / noma kumasevisi ahlobene. Yilokho kanye okucatshangwe yi-European Union, okuthe ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari kwasho ukuthi kunjalo ngifuna izizathu eziphoqayo zokuphenya lokhu kuthenga. Izizathu ngokusobala azitholile.
Ikhomishini elwa namalungelo okuphathwa kwezimali ye-European Union isanda kumemezela lokho Uphenyo lokuthengwa kweShazam yi-Apple seluqalile, Inkampani yaseBrithani i-Apple eyikhokhele ngaphezulu nje kuka- $ 400 million. Ekuqaleni, lokhu kuthenga akufanele kube ngaphansi kophenyo, kepha ngoba uhlelo olusetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni wonke, abalawuli baseYurophu bakhathazekile ngokuthi ukuthengwa yi-Apple kungayizuzisa kanjani le nsizakalo futhi kulimaze ezinye izindlela ezikhona njengamanje emakethe.
Ngokusho kwe-European Union, i-Apple ingasebenzisa yonke imininingwane yabasebenzisi ababhalisiwe benkonzo ekhokhelwayo neyamahhala yeShazam, ukuze zibakhuthaze ukushintshela ku-Apple Music, Insiza yokusakaza umculo yakwa-Apple, eneSpotify, Deezer, SoundCloud nezinye izinsizakalo zomculo zokusakaza ezithinteka kulokhu kuthenga. Ukuvikela abalawuli ukuthi bangakuboni lokhu kuthenga ngamehlo amabi, i-Apple kufanele iqhubeke njengakuqala, ivumele abasebenzisi ukuthi balalele izingoma abazibonayo nganoma iyiphi insizakalo yokusakaza umculo etholakala manje emakethe.