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Olympians Banned From Blogging
nodwick writes "CNN reports that in a bid to protect its lucrative media contracts, the IOC is barring competitors, coaches, and support personnel from writing firsthand accounts of their Olympic experience, on the web or in print, for the duration of the Games. Nor are they allowed to ever post photographs or movies that they've taken, including media of themselves, even after the Games are finished. They've threatened to disqualify anyone that violates their restrictions and sue them for monetary damages. Looks like an effort to clamp down on grassroots, word-of-mouth publicity for the Olympics -- good thing they're not having any problems selling tickets anyways, eh?"
The IOC are a non-profit organization so they can't be doing this for evil reasons.
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
That sucks, and I will not support the IOC with my money. Someone tell me when the Olympics start, so I can be sure not to watch TV that week.
Wasn't it in a bid to protect something-or-other lucrative that the Trade Federation invaded Naboo? Call me harsh, but if some Gungans are going to get wasted I'm right behind the IOC... :-)
"'I pass the test,' she said. 'I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.'"
- JRR Tolkien.
What was your question again?
John
I'm really roundabout in the way I write things. I mean, nobody would ever figure out I work for Microsoft.
Damn.
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
Electricity, you say? Looks like we don't need this Olympic Torch then, do we...
"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine No Posessions?'" -- Elvis Costello
I'm thinking "Lord of the Rings" here.
Five rings to rule them all,
Five rings to bind them,
Five rings to bring them all,
And with the marketing bind them.
us CEOs are so samrt. Now watch this drive.
When considering what appropriate name to use, they first considered the Gay Olympics. As you noted, this ruffled a few feathers at the IOC. So it was decided that a combination of the two would be used. The final result was the Gaylympdicks.
Myself, I talk about work all the time but never use my real name or the company I work for. If you were clever you could work it out but - the company could never pin it on me. Anyway whos going to enforce this anyway
Hi, this is your boss.
Your fired.
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
In other news, the IOC is suing Intel for its Pentium with MMX. They claim that the MMX technology is really the roman numeral for 2010 and infringes upon their copyright.
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