| s-a-m on 22 Aug 2000 18:50:29 -0000 |
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| <nettime> Olympic Shut-Down... |
From the Guardian: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that it is to prosecute nearly 2,000 unauthorised Olympic websites and scour the internet for further sites said to be infringing its "property rights" during the Sydney Games. The IOC yesterday confirmed that it had filed a lawsuit in the US federal court against more than 1,800 registered internet domain names, but denied the crackdown was motivated by a desire to protect its lucrative TV contract with official US broadcaster NBC. See the complete article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C357065%2C00.html ----- This move by the IOC is a concern. Hopefully, activists in Sydney will resist this and show the IOC and the NBC that it is the people who own the net - not a small elite club. ----- More: If you feel like watching a video related to The Peace Walk to Sydney, visit http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=46 ---- Enjoy, Sam... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... --- ... Free on Friday? Come watch Australian Indigenous Struggles on Film 7:30pm / Aug25 / Treasury Theatre visit www.sljr.org for more. Wanna be a journalist? www.melbourne.indymedia.org # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]