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.amazon is a brand top-level domain operated by Amazon.com.[1] Countries in
the Amazon region of South America objected to Amazon.com's application for the
domain and proposed that some control of the domain would be shared between the
countries and the company,[2] but were unable to reach an agreement with Amazon.com.
[1]

History[edit]
Amazon.com applied for the domain name extension in 2012, which was granted. [3]
[4]
 That application was overturned after Peru and Brazil objected to it, the objection was
supported by the Governmental Advisory Committee (a group which represents
governments within ICANN)[2] which recommended in 2013 against allowing
Amazon.com's application to proceed.[4][5][6]
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela (which are
members of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization) were against the proposal
as it could harm their countries' interests, and proposed that together the countries and
the company would share some governance of the domain. [2]
ICANN directed the disputing parties to negotiate a resolution. [7] The nations wished to
receive specific domains under the top-level domain, while Amazon proposed that each
nation be given a second-level domain based on their country code.[3]
In 2017, an Independent Review Process found in favor of Amazon.com. [1] No progress
was made in negotiations since then, and in December 2019 ICANN signed an
agreement with Amazon.com.[1]

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:        "Battle for .amazon Domain Pits Retailer
a b c d

Against South American Nations".  ICANN. 19 December

2019. Retrieved  21 July 2020.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b c Uchoa, Pablo (5 April 2019).  "The nations of the
Amazon want the name back". Retrieved 23 May 2019.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b Novak, Matt. "Amazon's Fight With South
American Countries Over Control of '.amazon' Domain Name
Comes to a Head". Gizmodo. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
4. ^ Jump up to:a b "Who Owns the .Amazon? (And How Many
Kindles Would You Pay For It?)". Opinio Juris. 19 April 2019.
Retrieved 23 May 2019.
5. ^ "The politics of internet domain names and the case of
.amazon". AEI. 23 October 2017. Retrieved  23 May  2019.
6. ^ "The Case of .Amazon and What It Means For
ICANN".  Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 23
May 2019.
 7. ^ "After 7-Year Battle, Amazon Nears Victory In Domain
Name Dispute".  NPR.org. Retrieved  23 May  2019.

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