London 2012 Olympics Go For Gold in the Extreme 'Ambush Marketing' Law Event: 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent' – And No Streaking Allowed
from the bare-faced-cheek dept
The Olympic Games are not just about sporting success, but also legal excess – in particular, taking laws to extremes in order to "protect" sponsors, who are routinely elevated to the level of Greek gods during the games, with similarly superhuman rights over lesser beings like you and me.Techdirt has already written about the UK police getting special powers to enter homes during the 2012 games, as well as free speech being curtailed. Now there are plans to suspend the presumption of innocence too:
One of the fundamental principles of European justice will be temporarily suspended during next year’s London Olympics to protect the commercial interests of sponsors, if Government proposals are accepted by Parliament later this year.So great is the threat of ambush marketing to the 2012 Olympic Games that other basic freedoms are being abrogated – like the right to run around naked in public with advertisements on your body:
Under the plans, anyone suspected of so-called “ambush marketing” or unauthorized trading near the Olympic Park during the Games would be presumed guilty until proven innocent – a clear contradiction of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) believes the move is justified to facilitate the staging of the Games, which it describes as a “once-in-a-lifetime occasion”.
Regulations proposed by the DCMS state that an interference with the right to be presumed innocent “will be justified” as long as it is confined within reasonable limits.
Streakers who use their bodies to advertise during the Olympics could face a £20,000 [$32,000] fine under new rules.The good news is that the tweaked 2006 Act would not apply to people running around naked without advertisements, although a spokesman said: "there may still be legal ramifications". So please do bear that in mind if you experience a sudden urge to take off your clothes in London during the Olympics next year.
The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 is being tweaked to target people who attempt marketing stunts during the tournament.
A man invaded a diving event at the Athens 2004 Olympics with a brand daubed on his bare chest.
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Sreaking has always been against UK law, why should the olympics make any difference?
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Let them eat cake
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Olympics or Global Marketing
it's all commercials and IP protection by Olympic "committee"...
for celebration of athletes from around the globe, they sure try their dammedest to lock down the viewing from "unauthorized" TV station and internet...making almost impossible to let you watch the athletes when you want and how you want...
you HAVE to watch the commercials (ie mandatory commercial breaks)...you HAVE to watch it on their websites...you HAVE to use certain software...
why can't I watch the events on the internet openly without restrictions? is it THAT hard to implement webcast in 2012?
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Unauthorized Trading
Well, there goes my plan to take advantage of increased foot traffic to fire up my new hedge fund somewhere near the queues.
Streakers who use their bodies to advertise during the Olympics could face a £20,000 [$32,000] fine under new rules.
And there goes my advertising campaign. (Something about "Are your investments leaving you too exposed?". Perhaps contrasted with a person wearing a full-length fur coat and a blingy necklace featuring the name of my fund.)
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There went one now.
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is the name of your fund "Investment Pimps" or Pimp my Investment?
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Really?
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Innocence
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> state-like these actions are?
I would have thought that obvious.
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Harassment against people solely for looking at pictures of IMAGINARY children in sexual situations, WHO HAVE NOT TRIED TO TOUCH ANY REAL CHILD.
Harassment against people for this.
Harassment against various other people.
This scapegoating and ignoring settled principles of justice is getting old.
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In that case, I am MORE than willing to pay a 5 dollar a month charge for a network online.... but no more than that.
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Investors wishing to find more information on how they'll be screwed are invited to check out the latest 10-Q from Associated Escort Holdings.
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$ an no sense
O C (Olympic Committee)hold the 2 Olympics every 4 years(summer and winter)plus special Olympics...and takes bids(money)from the country who hosts them.
O C Then get each country who precipitates to send there athletes at no charge to the games.
O C licenses all mdse and keeps the money.
O C collects all advertising fees and keeps the money.
O C sells all tv and media rights and keeps the money.
O C sues everybody in sight and keeps the money.
O C accounts to no one where the money goes sooooo .....
as poor as they are we must support them with our $ because we have no sense....
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- but if the streakers female and half decent looking, the Sun will surely give her more than that to show herself in their paper the next day.
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"ambush" marketing
And then get him arrested for ambush marketing Armani suits at Olympic events
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