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Re:The Olympics' Greatest Feat: An Unpaid, Highly Engaged Wo... by mynegation on Friday August 10, 2012 @02:49PM (#4367599)
It's not just Olympics that capitalize on volunteers. Any industry that is viewed as glorious/glamorous with a potential of high payoff (not just monetary, but also in terms of fame and reputation) exploits volunteers and low-paid workers to death.

Acting ("When someone in LA tells me 'I am an aspiring actor', I ask 'Which restaurant?'"), fashion, arts, music, charity, design and architecture to some extent. Take for example http://workinculture.ca/ You would never see that many volunteer and unpaid internship positions in IT or engineering.

Re:The Olympics' Greatest Feat: An Unpaid, Highly Engaged Wo... by rhizome on Saturday August 11, 2012 @12:06PM (#4370343)
That's a good point, re: internships and spec work.