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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by fastball on Sunday January 26, 2020 @11:38AM (#22152947)
So 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.
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by onion2k on Monday January 27, 2020 @12:58AM (#22157142)
They 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..

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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by fastball on Monday January 27, 2020 @05:39AM (#22158183)
They did not have the word first. Amazon was first used to describe warrior-women from Scythia.
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by anoncake on Sunday January 26, 2020 @12:29PM (#22153323)
Of course they do simply by virtue of being sovereign countries rather than some corporation.
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