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That’s exactly the situation the South American countries what to fight against.
by celeritascelery 7y ago
That’s exactly the situation the South American countries what to fight against.
- fastball 7y agoSo it's not AMZN that wants to own the word, it's South American countries that want to do so, even though they have no more right to it than the company.
- anoncake 7y agoOf course they do simply by virtue of being sovereign countries rather than some corporation.
- onion2k 7y agoThey had the word first. That is a compelling argument. Imagine I start a company today called "America" (I'm in the UK). My business is wildly successful and grows to the point of being a global unicorn that can afford gTLDs. Should ICANN allow me to own .america? A lot of people would argue I shouldn't..
- fastball 7y agoThey did not have the word first. Amazon was first used to describe warrior-women from Scythia.