the real reason is because Amazon wants to do business in China, so they absolutely cannot do something like that on their end without getting blacklisted by China's government.
I feel like Amazon has a moral obligation to name the country that is forcing them to do this under penalty of having their entire IP block black-holed.
I assume Amazon would not take this step unless that was going to happen otherwise, or at least I don't see why they would.
They don't need to make a political statement about it, just say they did it to comply with law / order of 'X'. <cough>Russia<cough>
In any case, blocking web site access is an act of control that should only be expected in N. Korea or China. It's a shame and there should be legal case no matter what the reason that drives it.
Choosing what to sell on their merchant store is entirely a right of Amazon. Denied of access is not.
I’m always surprised when a government agency throws the masses a bone like this given all the lobbying and cohabitation of big business and government.
It's relevant to the discussion considering I have no legal rights in China to protect my copyright and brand. Amazon is a USA based company that is ignoring my IP rights so they can profit by increased competition which reduces consumer prices.
My hunch is that Amazon is desperate for this because of looming regulations. We regularly see companies that cozy up to the government get special treatment.
It seems from the article that they just wanted to extract money out of Amazon. Moreover, they never gave a single reason on why they didn’t want Amazon to have the domain.
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