How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn From It

Posted by kunvay on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @09:05AM
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http://blog.kunvay.com/how-copyrights-ruined-the-olympics-and-what-you-can-learn-from-it/#disqus_thread

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by jschuur on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:31AM (#4607548)

I live in London and attended several Olympic and Paralympic events. They were hardly 'ruined' for me.

I saw hundreds of thousands of people having a good time, cheering on teams and interacting with visitors from other countries.

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by gadders on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:59AM (#4607716)

Likewise. I went to tw Olympic events, and watched the athletes. Both were excellent. I don't think I gave branding or copyrights a second thought.

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by jgrahamc on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @09:35AM (#4607285)

Or just call it Londinium MMXII: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/17/london-2...

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by rangibaby on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:01AM (#4607413)

V. funny article. I wish I'd seen it when it was published :-)

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by quad_copter_cat on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:57AM (#4607699)

"the local butcher who has put out his meat in an Olympic display"

That is all.

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by DGCA on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:40AM (#4607602)

This article ruined the Olympics for me, at least until they get their act together. I had heard a lot about the points made while the games were going on, but it didn't feel like swallowing the pill I just swallowed.

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by grabeh on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:52AM (#4607666)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4442902

Here's the previous discussion on here of the same article.

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by watty on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:49AM (#4607650)

Obviously some major problems with copyrights in the Olympics but "ruined"? Come on...

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Re:How Copyrights Ruined the Olympics and What You Can Learn... by Codhisattva on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @10:38AM (#4607588)

Greed killed the Olympics. The downfall began in Los Angeles 1984.

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