Katafaren kamfanin sayar da intanet na Amazon ya karba a biya $ 70 miliyan a cikin rago don sayayya a cikin aikace-aikace tsakanin ƙa'idodi mara izini da aka yi tsakanin watannin Nuwamba 2011 da Mayu 2016. Shawarwarin ta zo ne bayan shekaru na babbar gwagwarmayar shari'a daga iyayen da suka ga kuɗinsu ya haɓaka ƙwarai sakamakon sayayyar aikace-aikacen da 'ya'yansu suka yi.
Hukumar Kasuwancin Tarayyar Amurka (FTC) ta sanar a jiya cewa duk Ya kamata masu amfani da abin ya shafa sun riga sun fara karɓar imel daga Amazon sanar da su game da maidowa. Hakazalika, duk wani mai amfani a Amurka da yake ganin yana da haƙƙin yin haka ya ziyarci shafin da Amazon ya ƙirƙira musamman saboda wannan dalili.
Ya kasance kusan shekaru uku da suka wuce, a cikin 2014, lokacin da US FTC ta fara ƙarar wanda ya haifar da wannan sakamakon. A ce kara An zargi Amazon da rashin samun izinin iyaye don sayayya da aka yi a cikin aikace-aikace da wasannin da ke cikin shagonsa Kuma wannan shine, a wancan lokacin, ba a buƙatar kalmar sirri don biyan kuɗi.
Wannan ba shine karo na farko da hakan ke faruwa ba, haka kuma Amazon ba shi kadai kamfanin da abin ya shafa ba; Kafin, duka Google da Apple sun sami wannan zargi daga FTC, kuma dukansu sun kwance adadin miliyoyin daloli cikin sayayya a cikin aikace-aikace mara izini.
Kamar yadda mukaddashin darekta na Ofishin kula da masu sayayya na FTC Thomas B. Pahl ya bayyana a watan Afrilun da ya gabata, wannan shari'ar ta nuna cewa duk kamfanoni dole ne su mallaki ƙa'idar asali, yardar abokan harka kafin cajin su.
Ba tare da wata shakka ba, wannan babban labari ne ga duk waɗanda abin ya shafa, kuma kodayake yanzu ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba wannan ya faru, shi ma ba mai yuwuwa bane.