Duk da cewa a halin yanzu sayar da kiɗa a tsarin jiki da na dijital an yadu ta hanyar yaɗa ayyukan sabis na kiɗa, dukkanin sifofin suna ci gaba da kasancewa muhimmin ɓangare na samun kuɗin wasu masu zane-zane, mawaƙa da ƙungiyoyi kuma a hankalce suna ƙoƙari su kare haƙƙoƙinsu ga komai.
Apple, kamar Amazon, Google, Microsoft da Pandora, tsakanin sauran kamfanoni da yawa, sun kasance karar dan ɗa mawaki ne na "Sama da Bakan gizo", wakar da tayi fice ta fito a fim din The Wizard of Oz. Dan Harold Arlen ya zargi kamfanonin da kirkirar "aikin satar fasaha."
A cewar Harold, wadannan kamfanonin rarraba nau'ikan waƙoƙin mallaka da ba lasisi da lasisi. An shigar da wannan kara ne a Kotun Lardin Amurka a ranar 9 ga Mayu ta SA Music da Harold Arlen Trust kuma tana da jerin sunayen wadanda ake zargi, inda akwai kuma Studios na kiɗa, ban da kamfanonin fasahar da aka ambata a sama.
Shari'ar ta mai da hankali kan llasisin kiɗa, batun da Apple ya saba dashi sosai saboda bukatu daban daban daya karba a baya. Koyaya, a cikin wannan takamaiman lamarin, ba a zargin su da gazawar biyan bashin da suka dace, amma sun ɗauki wata hanya ta daban, suna zargin su da tallan waƙar da aka sace.
Takardar shaidar ta tabbatar da cewa al'adar ba da lissafin ikon mallakar kiɗan da ake samu a cikin shagunan kiɗa na dijital, a yawancin lokuta yana nufin cewa basu da izini mai dacewa da lasisi don tallatawa tare dashiSaboda haka, bisa ga buƙatar, ana yin rikodin 'yan fashi. Rashin samun lasisi don ba da izinin hayayyafa, rarrabawa, sayarwa ko watsa rakodi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin take haƙƙin ikon mallakar fasaha na mawaƙin.
Sigogin fasikanci na iya rikicewa tare da ingantattun bugu, kuma a mafi yawan lokuta, ana farashinsu ƙasa da asalin take. A zahiri, yawanci suna haɗawa da hoton ɗaukar hoto iri ɗaya amma cire alamar kamfanin rikodin. Wannan buƙatar ba'a iyakance shi ga maras aure ba amma kuma yana shafar kundin faya-fayai gaba ɗaya.
Kodayake Apple kamar sauran shagunan yake ba a zarge su kai tsaye da yin fassarar satar fasaha ba, amma saida wakokin da basu da izini a hukumance ya mayar dasu cikin masu hannu da shuni. Saboda yawan wadanda ake tuhuma, wanda ya hada da 216 da'awar don keta hakkin mallaka, Apple ya shafi 39 kawai.