Nations of the Amazon are seeking “shared governance” of the .amazon TLD
It's interesting that they want .amazon specifically for tourism/commerical purposes, because it's the English spelling, which is <i>not used</i> locally.<p>Because if it were for locals, it would be .amazonia and .amazonas. (Similarly to how Germany is .de, not .gr or something like that.)<p>And not that tourism means they don't deserve the name... but it's not like this has anything to do with indigenous rights or a business trampling a people.<p>It's just a globally-known tourism business vs. a globally-known shopping business.<p>So not exactly something I can find myself caring about much. What do ICANN's rules already say? Does it go to whoever first registers, or whoever pays the most?