<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">'Humans first', as Kevin put it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class="">Corporatization —> dehumanization… but the tide is slowly turning.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If the domain went to Bezos, I expect it would become a poisoned chalice for his company. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">JvL</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 28, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Brian Beaton <<a href="mailto:brian.beaton@knet.ca" class="">brian.beaton@knet.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 24px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div class="">Thanks for including us Marita .. Hope this message finds everyone well ..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 ..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Appropriating the name / culture / history of an entire nation / region is wrong for so many reasons and needs to be challenged by everyone ..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" class="">No = it belongs to the people of that region</span><span style="font-family: 'Noto Sans [monotype]'; font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> ..</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: 'Noto Sans [monotype]'; font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: 'Noto Sans [monotype]'; font-size: 21px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Brian</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);" class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">From: </span> Marita Moll <<a href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net" class="">mmoll@ca.inter.net</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Date: </span> Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:31:34 +0400<br class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">To: </span> TC Advisors <<a href="mailto:advisors@tc.ca" class="">advisors@tc.ca</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight:bold" class="">Subject: </span> [Advisors] Have your say -- .amazon straw poll<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">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 class="">
</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">Here is some
background on this controversy:</font></div><div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/27/brazil_dot_amazon_gtld/" class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/27/brazil_dot_amazon_gtld/</font></a></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">If you feel so
inclined, just send me back a <br class="">
</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">Yes = let Amazon (Jeff
Bezos) have it</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">No = it belongs to the
people of that region</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">Cheers</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman,Times,serif" class="">Marita</font><br class="">
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