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| Better get some good points for diving in all that poo water. |
Been awhile, huh? Well, I was a little busy being completely ineffective to warn my people about the incoming onslaught of P.R.O.M.E.S.A. But now that's done, and I'm back here discussing copyright shit.
Every 4 years, the Olympic games take place in a city from around the world, and athletes have a shot at worldwide glory and fame. Or alternatively, every four years there's a big gathering of corporate sponsors around a corporate event that will leave them a couple mil larger and the host country a couple mil shorter.
Whether you fall on the cynicism scale, you have to admit that the games are an event, worthy of covering, of public interest. Even if you don't care if the Slovenian spun better in the air than the Malasyan, can we at least agree that discussing the events of the Olympic events should not be the exclusive domain of the Olympic Comitee and it's buisness partners and sponsors?
No we can't, says the Olympic committee. It has announced that no networks not affiliated with it officially may in tweets or other social networks discuss the events herein, photos of the event, or even use "it's" hashtags like #Rio2016 or #2016Olympics .
Now, you may wonder about the legality of limiting people's ability to report on an event taking place on public grounds(of Brazil) with public money and infrastructure(of Brazil, of which they could have used for their current supercrisis). Can a company really use a trademark to limit the reporting on a very public affair?
The precedent would be scary if it were so. Say you had a president whose family name itself was a trademark. He would be able to say "no, you may not report on the attrocities occured on Trump(tm) Tower during #Trumpmuslimpurge2018 . Respect my trademark."
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| But uh, it could be any candidate for President who could do this, tho. |
Trademark exists to avoid something like, say, me making a drink called Coca Cola to confuse people and make them think it's THE Coca Cola. Not let Coca Cola decide in which ways Coca Cola can be publicly discussed. What the Olympic Comitee is doing is shameful, and they should feel ashamed.
But that's just my opinion. What do you think? Do you assume #Rio2016 is an official hashtag by the corporate owners of the games?
