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[Sledn]

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Ladies and Gentalmen, I present to you the ATHENS 2004 Organising Commitee for the Olympic Games -Website Hyperlink Policy

a) Use the term ATHENS 2004 only, and no other term as the text referent

b) Not associate the link with any image, esp. the ATHENS 2004 Emblem (see paragraph below)

c) Send a request letter to the Internet Department stating:
Short description of site
Reason for linking
Unique URL containing the link (if no unique URL than just the main URL)
Publishing period
Contact point (e-mail address)

*shakes head*
Is it just me or does this seem like its getting a little out of hand. It's just a link people.

 

[Shinobi]

Hardly surprising...they're like this with the whole "Olympics" and rings branding as well. They protect them as if it's their vital organs. It's to the point where only the right holders in a country can show the highlights of the games...ESPN for example can't show anything but still pictures. It's lame as fuck, but then so is the IOC in general.

 

[Greenpanda]

LOOK OUT I'M LINKING WITH OTHER TEXT

 

[Shompola]

yah IOC so damn corrupt. Worse than mafia.

 

[maharg]

Can you say "fooling with google pagerank"? a) is designed to keep a single keyword pointing at the site, and to avoid having terms they don't like associated with their site, while b) is designed to keep them from losing referrals because google can't extract keywords from an image.

 

[Acrylamid]

Just look at their Tickets Purchase Policy ....

5. Prohibitions and Restrictions 5.1 The following items may not be brought into venues: […] flags of non-participating countries, flags of participating countries that are larger than approximately 2 x 1 meters, […] flag poles, signs, umbrellas, commercial items with obvious logos of competitive companies to sponsors (hats, T-shirts, bags, etc.)

This means you have to wear your T-shirt inside out when it has a logo that isn't Adidas.

 

[Phoenix]

While stupid - I understand their rationale. The Olympics garners a considerable amount of money so they are going to definitely try to protect their rights and marks as best possible and ensure that a non Olympics sponsor doesn't just send a bunch of people into the venues with shirts on as a media stunt - considering their marketing status for the games.

 

[Hamfam]

flags of participating countries that are larger than approximately 2 x 1 meters

That's abit on unfair. I'd say that applied to most countries.