You would think you be reasonably free to register a domain name with the fairly generic terms of "kindle" or "amazon" in the name. Right? Wrong if you are an Amazon affiliate.
Jason Schramm registered the domain KindleReport.com a while ago to report on Amazon’s ebook, the Kindle*. Jason also has an Amazon affiliate (aka Amazon Associates) account, which makes him some spare change when people buy Amazon stuff through his site. Sounds like Jason is a double-win for Amazon – he provides a Kindle resource and also sells Amazon stuff. Right? Not quite, according to Amazon’s lawyers. They sent Jason the following letter signed with “Amazon.com Account Specialist”:
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