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Comment by redrove | Hacker News Reader

In case anyone is wondering, AWS News is not an AWS service but a third party news website about AWS (https://aws-news.com) run by the author.

These days you never know, just plop down any word after AWS and you’re likely to win AWS bingo.

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Interesting that this remains. I'd expect Amazon lawyers to beat them over the head with C&Ds until they change the name.

Are Amazon lawyers known to be litigious on things like that? The logo has a clear "unofficial" tag and the information is a stream of press releases. I don't see why anyone would care about it.

Don't know about Amazon lawyers per se, but my understanding is that this is what almost always happens when some complementary third-party software uses in its name the name of the software it complements, in particular when it makes the third-party product seem to be developed or endorsed by the owners of the complemented product. May or may not be trademark related.

> The logo has a clear "unofficial" tag and the information is a stream of press releases. I don't see why anyone would care about it.

To see that you have to actually visit and pay attention. By name only, "AWS News" looks like an official Amazon/AWF too. The potential for confusion is real (any actual impact on the company, less so.)

Sad, would have loved a realtime news feed API distributed by AWS.

Isn’t this what Reuters and Associates Press offer?

Why would it need to be distributed by AWS?

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