Amazon Legal Liability

Discussions revolve around whether Amazon violates laws or its Terms of Service with certain practices, Amazon's potential liability for unauthorized uses or third-party seller actions, and if they enforce or allow such activities despite reports.

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throwaway2048 β€’ Apr 1, 2020 β€’ View on HN

You sound like you have it all figured out, perhaps you can point at which law amazon violated.

loceng β€’ Nov 19, 2013 β€’ View on HN

Could Amazon disallow that if they wanted?

g8gggu89 β€’ Aug 16, 2015 β€’ View on HN

Unsanctioned by Amazon? You'd get in serious trouble for that.

swang β€’ Jan 30, 2016 β€’ View on HN

what did amazon do that was skirting the rules?

aidenn0 β€’ Aug 18, 2015 β€’ View on HN

IANAL, but...It seems possible that Amazon could set up ToS for purchase of this that would make doing this actionable.

cagenut β€’ Dec 1, 2010 β€’ View on HN

so is amazon going to even attempt to frame this as a terms-of-service violation? not a peep so far.

cush β€’ Apr 17, 2024 β€’ View on HN

If there any kind of liability for Amazon, they’d be able to stop this practice in a heartbeat

mathattack β€’ Oct 25, 2013 β€’ View on HN

I'm surprised it's legal. Didn't Amazon have to backtrack on something like this?

jhasse β€’ Dec 6, 2017 β€’ View on HN

Well, Amazon directly is allowed. They just don't want to ;)

hanniabu β€’ May 30, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Amazon is a company so they'll just pay lawyers and some under the table deals to make it go away.