<story><title>Amazon wins ‘.amazon’ domain name, aggravating South American region</title><url>https://theconversation.com/amazon-wins-amazon-domain-name-aggravating-south-american-region-and-undermining-digital-commons-118186</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>souterrain</author><text>I continue to be against this and similar transactions as it is antithetical to the hierarchical design of DNS.&lt;p&gt;We are approaching a model akin to AOL keywords. Instead of a business directly controlling the namespace, we have a quasi-public institution that likely will continue to act at the behest of corporate interests.&lt;p&gt;For those who say the ship has sailed: I say this is only another chipping away at the democratic nature of the net. We must push back, or the beatings will continue.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon wins ‘.amazon’ domain name, aggravating South American region</title><url>https://theconversation.com/amazon-wins-amazon-domain-name-aggravating-south-american-region-and-undermining-digital-commons-118186</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>vitorgrs</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m Brazilian, and I&amp;#x27;m not sure .amazon would be useful for us. 
Here, we don&amp;#x27;t call Amazon rainforest, well, amazon. We call &amp;quot;Amazônia&amp;quot; and in Spanish &amp;quot;Amazonia&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t see how Brazil or Peru would use .amazon for public interests, unless it&amp;#x27;s targeted for international purposes (read: tourism).&lt;p&gt;But let&amp;#x27;s be honest, the &amp;quot;protection and awareness&amp;quot; is needed here on South America, where they are destroying it.</text></comment>