[Advisors] Have your say -- .amazon straw poll

[James Van Leeuwen]

'Humans first', as Kevin put it.

Corporatization —> dehumanization… but the tide is slowly turning.

If the domain went to Bezos, I expect it would become a poisoned chalice for his company. 

JvL



> On Oct 28, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Brian Beaton <brian.beaton at knet.ca <mailto:brian.beaton at knet.ca>> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for including us Marita .. Hope this message finds everyone well ..
> 
> Simple .. Suggest that Jeff moves his company to the real Amazon, invest in protecting that essential environment, provide much needed employment and then share in the benefits of being able to use the domain name because it describes where he is ..
> 
> Appropriating the name / culture / history of an entire nation / region is wrong for so many reasons and needs to be challenged by everyone ..
> 
> No = it belongs to the people of that region ..
> 
> Brian
> 
> From: Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net <mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>>
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:31:34 +0400
> To: TC Advisors <advisors at tc.ca <mailto:advisors at tc.ca>>
> Subject: [Advisors] Have your say -- .amazon straw poll
> 
> Hi colleagues. I am at the ICANN meeting in Abu Dhabi where a big battle is shaping up over who gets to use the word Amazon as a top level domain -- as in .amazon. Should it be a mega U.S. based retailer or the people of the Amazon represented by the government of Brazil? Not that it is going to be up to us, but I thought it would be fun to do a straw poll -- what do you think? Which way should it go? At the very least, I can throw your comments into the mix in a multistakeholder policy meeting. 
> Here is some background on this controversy:
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/27/brazil_dot_amazon_gtld/ <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/27/brazil_dot_amazon_gtld/>
> If you feel so inclined, just send me back a 
> Yes = let Amazon (Jeff Bezos) have it
> No = it belongs to the people of that region
> Cheers
> Marita
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