London Olympics says no to Social Networks

[challapradyumna]

This is not entirely tech news but it's one of those awkward things .....

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Images, video and sound recordings of the Games taken by a Ticket Holder cannot be used for any purpose other than for private and domestic purposes and a Ticket Holder may not license, broadcast or publish video and/or sound recordings, including on social networking websites and the internet more generally, and may not exploit images, video and/or sound recordings for commercial purposes under any circumstances, whether on the internet or otherwise, or make them available to third parties for commercial purposes.​

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This means no Instagrams, no Tweetpics, no Facebooking (“OMG OLYMPICS!!â€), and no nothing. In short, you shouldn’t tell anyone you went to the Olympics.

 

[RD274]

And how on earth do they plan on clamping down on this? You can't stop teh internet. Even the internet can't stop the internet.

 

[Vince]

Isnt this kinda sad? They wont be able to use the best promotional tool available!

(of course, they might be afraid of negative publicity)