Ingosi yezitolo eku-inthanethi Amazon.com ubelokhu eku-warpath ngokumelene ne-albhamu yakamuva ngu Beyoncé, eyashicilelwa ngumculi ngokumangala ngoDisemba 13, nokuthi wayethula ngaphambi kokudayiswa kuphela ngokusebenzisa ipulatifomu ye-iTunes phakathi nesonto layo lokuqala ngohlobo lwedijithali. Ngesonto eledlule, lapho kuvulwa ukusatshalaliswa kuzo zonke iziteshi zokuthengisa, i-Amazon imemezele ukuthi ngeke igcine isitifiketi se-CD ebonakalayo ukuthengiswa ngqo kwe-albhamu yomculi we-pop, i-albhamu ingatholakala kuwebhusayithi yayo kepha iyathengiswa abasabalalisi bayo.
I-Amazon ayizange isebenze asikho isitatimende esisemthethweni ngalesi sinqumo, yize kwabezindaba baseMelika bese kuvele kwahlukaniswa njengokuduba. Kwavela ukuthi isizathu salesi sinqumo kwakuyisinyathelo esenziwe yiColumbia Records, hhayi ukuvumela i-Amazon ithuba lokunikeza i-albhamu ngaphambi kokudayiswa. IColumbia ngenxa yalesi sizathu ayizange ivume ukuphromotha i-albhamu ku-Amazon, okusho ukuthi ukulanda ngedijithali kuvela kuphela e-Amazon uma kuseshwa nokuthi akutholakali kuma-cover, futhi akuveli njengokuphakanyisiwe kwezinye izindatshana.
I-Amazon akubanga ukuphela komthengisi omkhulu owaduba ukuthengiswa kwama-CD kaBeyoncé. Uchungechunge lwaseMelika lwezitolo ezinkulu ezinkulu Target Futhi ayikhiphanga i-albhamu entsha ngoba, ifakazela ukuthi uma i-albhamu ikhishwa kuqala ngefomethi yedijithali hhayi ngokomzimba, inomthelela omubi ekufunweni ezitolo.
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