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Post by account_disabled on Dec 3, 2023 21:48:34 GMT -7
was used to indicate the tropical rainforest of South America. A linguistic coincidence of no small importance if we consider that Jeff Bezos, founder, president and CEO of Amazon.com, has been fighting for years with South America over the use of the .amazon domain Latin America against Jeff Bezos and Amazon The controversy has been going on for seven years now, ever since ICANN, the authority responsible for managing the top-level domain name system, decided to allow the creation . Of new domains , including those linked to Special Data brands. An opportunity that Bezos immediately seized by trying to obtain the right to use .amazon for his company's sites and clashing with Brazil, Peru and other Latin American countries who, on the contrary, claim the domain considering it exclusive to the Amazon Forest. Read also “Will 2019 be the year of new domains?” ICANN found itself in the awkward role of intermediary. Over the years it has tried to calm the waters by trying to allow. Bezos' company to use the .amazon domain, however, triggering a heated reaction from a group of South American governments. A battle with an uncertain outcome Next week ICANN will meet in Kobe, Japan, to discuss the case again and we could finally find out who will prevail between Bezos and Latin America for the use of the .amazon domain. The outcome of the deliberations is uncertain and ICANN continues to urge the parties to reach an agreement.
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