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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">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. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Here is some
background on this controversy:</font></p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/27/brazil_dot_amazon_gtld/"><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/27/brazil_dot_amazon_gtld/</font></a></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">If you feel so
inclined, just send me back a <br>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Yes = let Amazon (Jeff
Bezos) have it</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">No = it belongs to the
people of that region</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Cheers</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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