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IOC Orders Blogger To Take Down Video

Posted by kdawson on from the cone-of-ownership-descends dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The International Olympic Committee has ordered a blogger to remove a video from his website showing the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. The IOC asserts that it owns all the rights to all images taken at the games, and only licensed broadcasters can use them. However, the blogger, Stephen Pate, points to a Canadian law that allows copyrighted images to be used in newsworthy cases."

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  1. Re:Nothing new by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Watch all the geeks hyperventilate as they pant out "Streisand Effect... Blaw, blaw, blaw..." like the IOC gives a shit. It's about money, folks, the IOC couldn't care less about "how it makes them look". And really, very few people will even be aware of this guy, even with your precious "Streisand Effect". The truth is, "The Games" are (today) a joke.

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  2. Its wrong to have pillars that close to the track. by jobst · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is wrong to have pillars that close to the track and Stephen Plate shows this to the rest of the world.
    Period!
    No discussion!
    It is absolute stupid the way the track was designed and that is the flaw. The guy would not have died if its was not for the pillars.
    You could compare that to have trees around a racing circuit directly beside the track and no run off area ...
    Bugger off IOC and let the rest of the world see what is wrong so it can be prevented next time.

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