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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by anoncake on Sunday January 26, 2020 @08:07PM (#22156067)
Go on?
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by perl4ever on Monday January 27, 2020 @06:25PM (#22164946)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Orellana

"The name 'Amazon' is said to arise from a battle Francisco de Orellana fought with a tribe of Tapuyas. The women of the tribe fought alongside the men, as was the custom among the tribe. Orellana derived the name Amazonas from the mythical Amazons of Asia described by Herodotus (see The Histories [4.110-116]) and Diodorus in Greek legends"

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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by anoncake on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @12:01PM (#22171272)
I was (vaguely) aware of that but what difference does it make here?
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by fastball on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:06AM (#22168961)
The point is that the word "amazon" (which is what is being bought as a gTLD) was not first used in South America, so they have no claim to it beyond "we use it too". Which isn't a good claim, otherwise they should've/would've been able to prevent Jeff Bezos from calling the company Amazon in the first place.
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by anoncake on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @11:59AM (#22171261)
No, they used it first and Bezos named his company after the river. He could have chosen another name instead of using one that was already taken. He's the one that caused a name collision so he's the one that should suffer from it.
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by perl4ever on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @07:55AM (#22179934)
Who is "they"? It seems like it was used first by a conquistador. Who wasn't Greek.
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