Brazil has proposed a compromise to a seven-year battle that has quietly raged over the Amazon.com internet domain: let the nations bordering the world's largest rainforest co-govern the digital address with the biggest online retailer.
has been seeking rights to the domain name since 2012. But Amazon basin countries Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname have argued that it refers to their geographic region and thus belongs to them and should not be"the monopoly of one company."
"As a compromise solution for the 'dot Amazon' issue, we proposed our participation in the governance of this digital territory, with a view to safeguarding and promoting the natural, cultural and symbolic heritage of the Amazon region on the Internet," Brazil's deputy Foreign Minister Otavio Brandelli proposed on Wednesday.
He said the proposal would give Amazon.com the chance to show Amazon countries and public opinion that it is"a fully responsible corporation, capable of reconciling commercial interest with values cherished by its customers."
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