前幾天還蠻引人注目的案件，Amazon 被判決要對平台商家透過 Amazon 平台賣出去的產品負責：「Federal appeals court says Amazon is liable for third-party sellers' products」。
這個案例裡面是消費者透過 Amazon 的平台，向上架的商家購買 hoverboard (懸浮滑板？)，結果把消費者家給搞爆了：
Last year, a judge in Tennessee ruled the company was not liable for damages caused by a defective hoverboard that exploded, burning down a family's house.
目前最新的判決中指出，Amazon 在合約裡面簽訂消費者必須透過 Amazon 的平台跟賣家溝通，使得賣家與消費者之間沒有直接的管道可以處理爭議，所以 Amazon 不能免責：
"Amazon fails to account for the fact that under the Agreement, third-party vendors can communicate with the customers only through Amazon," the ruling states. "This enables third-party vendors to conceal themselves from the customer, leaving customers injured by defective products with no direct recourse to the third-party vendor."
這個判決看起來會影響蠻大的，因為這些條款就是希望維持平台業者可以從中獲利，現在反過來殺傷自身... 看起來上訴是跑不掉的？等幾個月後再回來看...