Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is, as always, all about the cash. If you want the Olympics you have to agree to a set of truly outrageous conditions set by the "international" Olympic committee who are a bunch of greedy, selfish, ruthless people who make every condition they can think of to keep -all- the money for themselves. It is a very effective low effort money fountain for them. The promotors of plenty of sports do this nowadays, but none as blatant as the Olympic bloodsuckers. I think most of these conditions are not new to this particular Olympics. Apparently the country is split fairly evenly between those pleased to have the Olympic Games here, and those against. I am in the latter group - complete waste of money, particularly is the worst recession for since the depression. FD On 29 Jul, 2012, at 07:27, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote: > This Olympic committee and the British government have gone power mad. The > ban on the use of words and images relating in any way to the Olympics is > now written in to UK legislation which means it is now a criminal offence > not a civil one. It is no longer enforcement of copyright but a mater of > breaking criminal law enforceable with heavy fines and even prison > sentences. There is a force of 240 law enforcement officers plus the > police executing entry warrants etc. enforcing this law. Here in the UK we > have strong links with Greece (after all the Queen is married to a member > of the Greek royal family!) so there is a large (ish) Greek population who > have been here many, many years and yet long standing "Olympic > Restaurants', 'Olympic Breakfasts' etc. have had to change their names. > > In the words of one quote "The absurd has become the normal" - I am so > pleased I ilve in a 'free' society (sic)! > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 28 Jul 2012, at 23:52, Tina Manley wrote: > >> PESO: >> >> Quite a controversy going on over rights to Olympic photos. I'm surprised >> at Alamy CEO James West's strong stand on this: >> >> http://www.alamy.com/pressrelease/releases/archive/2012/04/30/152.aspx >> >> It's good to see somebody standing up for reason! >> >> Tina >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information