Tram Town
Friday, June 17, 2005
| Category: Sport The Olympic Hotel in Preston has been there all my life and it is my understanding that it was built around the time of the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne (it is quite close to the Olympic Village). They have had a big (~3m wide) set of Olympic rings on a post outside the pub for many years. During the lead up to the Sydney games they were unable to leave the rings there so they turned them upside down. After the games they were righted again. Now the Australian Olympic Committee have forced them to remove them permanently and get this: But Australian Olympic Committee spokesman Mike Tancred said illegal use of the famous rings effectively took cash away from athletes.That's powerful logic your man uses to argue that case, isn't it? You can just imagine the cash flowing out of the athletes pockets. Also... The Olympic Insignia Protection Act was introduced in 2001 to give the AOC copyright over the insignia.Legislation... strong stuff. But it also looks like they couldn't claim coypright without legislation... weak stuff. Surely for an area so steeped in Olympic history having this sign up would only enhance the Olympic name?? |
