[News] Censorship Courtesy of Olympic Web Cops
Roy Schestowitz
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Vanoc says new Lululemon clothing line violates Olympic 'sportsmanship'
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| Vancouver Olympic officials say they're
| disappointed with yoga-wear retailer
| Lululemon over the chain's alleged attempt
| to profit from the Games without being an
| official sponsor.
|
| Lululemon launched a clothing line this week
| called its "Cool Sporting Event That Takes
| Place in British Columbia Between 2009 and
| 2011 Edition."
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Vancouver Olympics Unhappy With 'Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place in British Columbia Between 2009 and 2011 Edition' Slogan
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| But, of course, that's not what's going on
| here at all. They're not trying to profit
| off of the Olympic Games. They're trying to
| profit off of the ridiculous free speech
| restrictions put in place by the Olympics
| for no good reason.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091216/0816517384.shtml
European Court of Human Rights Says Media Can Protect Anonymous Sources
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| The European Court of Human Rights has ruled
| in favor of the media on the issue of the
| protection of journalists' sources. The
| Financial Times, the Independent, the
| Guardian, the Times, and Reuters had
| appealed a British court ruling that they
| turn over documents to a Belgian firm,
| alleging that to do so would have allowed
| the firm to identify an anonymous source.
| The ECHR ruled that handing over the
| documents would violate Article 10 of the
| European Convention of Human Rights (freedom
| of expression).
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Recent:
Vancouver orders removal of anti-Olympic mural
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| The city of Vancouver has ordered the removal
| of a mural hanging outside a Downtown
| Eastside gallery depicting the Olympic rings
| as four sad faces and one smiley face.
|
| The gallery says in 10 years, it has never
| before been asked to remove any work.
|
| The city issued the order under its graffiti
| bylaw, but it comes in the wake of a debate
| over a controversial city sign bylaw that
| opponents feared would allow officials to
| stifle anti-Olympic expression.
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Olympics Online, With a Hook
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| But for many industry executives who compete with Microsoft, the world’s
| largest software company, the Silverlight strategy recalls a federal
| antitrust case in which Microsoft was found guilty of using its market muscle
| to stifle competition from the Web.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/sports/olympics/10stream.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
http://tinyurl.com/68vvz8
An Update on the International Olympic Committee’s Threatening Letter to Flickr User Richard Giles
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| Among other things, the IOC noted that
| “any reproduction and distribution of
| images of the Olympic Games and IOC
| identifications by any means, including
| over the World Wide Web, without the
| consent of the IOC is unauthorized.” They
| further claimed ownership over the Olympic
| rings and actually over the word
| “Olympics,” itself. Perhaps most offensive
| to me personally, the IOC had written in
| their heavy handed letter to Giles that
| any images of the Olympic Games actually
| “belonged” to the IOC.
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http://thomashawk.com/2009/10/an-update-on-the-international-olympic-committees-threatening-letter-to-flickr-user-richard-giles.html
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Benny
> Vanoc says new Lululemon clothing line violates Olympic 'sportsmanship'
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Vancouver Olympic officials say they're
> | disappointed with yoga-wear retailer
> | Lululemon over the chain's alleged attempt
> | to profit from the Games without being an
> | official sponsor.
> |
> | Lululemon launched a clothing line this week
> | called its "Cool Sporting Event That Takes
> | Place in British Columbia Between 2009 and
> | 2011 Edition."
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>
> http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Vanoc+says+Lululemon+clothing+line+violates+Olympic+sportsmanship/2346164/story.html
>
> Vancouver Olympics Unhappy With 'Cool Sporting Event That Takes Place in British Columbia Between 2009 and 2011 Edition' Slogan
How does this piece relate to the COLA charter, Roy?
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ Benny on Saturday 19 Dec 2009 16:57 : \____
Censorship relates to our civil liberties, which Free software was designed
to protect.
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