Comments on: Olympian Values (UPDATE) http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/07/olympian-values/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/07/olympian-values/#comment-172289 James Graham Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:35:26 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/07/olympian-values/#comment-172289 El Fat: 1) It isn't a copyright issue. No-one is claiming that the IOC coined the term "Olympics" 2) It isn't actually a trademark issue. I'm not disputing the Olympics' right to protect its own trademarks. But you can't trademark a word that is in the public domain and has been used for thousands of years and they haven't attempted to do so. 3) It isn't an international issue. The Olympics Act doesn't stop me from, say, opening a greasy spoon in Iceland called the "Olympics Gaff" or even the "London 2012 Olympics Gaff". The Act only applies within the UK's borders. 4) I'm not questioning the legal right, but the moral right. El Fat:

1) It isn’t a copyright issue. No-one is claiming that the IOC coined the term “Olympics”
2) It isn’t actually a trademark issue. I’m not disputing the Olympics’ right to protect its own trademarks. But you can’t trademark a word that is in the public domain and has been used for thousands of years and they haven’t attempted to do so.
3) It isn’t an international issue. The Olympics Act doesn’t stop me from, say, opening a greasy spoon in Iceland called the “Olympics Gaff” or even the “London 2012 Olympics Gaff”. The Act only applies within the UK’s borders.
4) I’m not questioning the legal right, but the moral right.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/07/olympian-values/#comment-172285 Letters From A Tory Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:43:51 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/07/olympian-values/#comment-172285 Surely the IOC banning people from using the word 'Olympics' is perfectly in line with copyright laws around the world? http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com Surely the IOC banning people from using the word ‘Olympics’ is perfectly in line with copyright laws around the world?

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