For one, there are geographical features which have priority over copyrights, I am currently a resident of the Olympic pennisula, over here in the states. Greece also might have a problem, since they own they have good ol' Mount Olympus; Not to mention the ancient pantheon of Olympic gods.
As to holding rights to 'gold', 'silver', 'bronze'... can I copyright 'steel', 'oxygen', 'water' and 'copyright'?
And they want the copyright to a NUMBER!?!? I thought that sports events broadcasts were tight ("All pictures, descriptions, and accounts of the game...") but I can't even say the yeay unless I pay to be an IOC sponsor?
Nobody, but nobody, has a legitimate claim to that. I might watch the games, but I now have respect only for the athletes- the games themselves have proven holllow.
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For one, there are geographical features which have priority over copyrights, I am currently a resident of the Olympic pennisula, over here in the states. Greece also might have a problem, since they own they have good ol' Mount Olympus; Not to mention the ancient pantheon of Olympic gods. As to holding rights to 'gold', 'silver', 'bronze'... can I copyright 'steel', 'oxygen', 'water' and 'copyright'? And they want the copyright to a NUMBER!?!? I thought that sports events broadcasts were tight ("All pictures, descriptions, and accounts of the game...") but I can't even say the yeay unless I pay to be an IOC sponsor? Nobody, but nobody, has a legitimate claim to that. I might watch the games, but I now have respect only for the athletes- the games themselves have proven holllow.