Comments on: International Olympic Committee Tries to Shut Down Olympic Photos On Flickr

By: The Olympics and Creative Commons Photographs « Richard Giles

The Olympics and Creative Commons Photographs « Richard Giles — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:36:28 +0000

[...] photographer and CEO of Zooomr, wrote a response on my Flickr photo and an article on his own blog: International Olympic Committee Tries to Shut Down Olympic Photos On Flickr. He also sent an email to several people at the IOC suggesting their request was unfair, and would [...]

By: ksuwildkat

ksuwildkat — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:47:35 +0000

The IOC has a very expansive vision of their power. For years the US Military used to hold an annual “Language Olympics” where military linguists competed. Some time after 2001 its existence got media attention and after the 2004 competition, DoD received and complied with a C&D from the IOC. I wish they had challenged it. Im sure there is a huge collection of “prior art” that would knock down their claim on the word.

This is the kind of arrogance and stupidity that spends goodwill. Declaring war on your customers is never a good thing. I doubt you will see the NFL or MLB make the same mistake and they are straight up businesses.

By: Photography Links Weekly Roundup: 10/10/2009 | Your Photo Tips

Photography Links Weekly Roundup: 10/10/2009 | Your Photo Tips — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:27:36 +0000

[...] distributing of images taken by amateur photographers at the Olympics! There’s tons of opinion and outragethroughout the Interwebs about this issue. I’d love to hear your comments on the [...]

By: Olympics bosses get nasty over Flickr pix

Olympics bosses get nasty over Flickr pix — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:27:47 +0000

[...] ticket. You can read a large size version of the BS letter that the IOC sent to Giles here. Source: thomashawk.com The legal issues raised by the C&D are mixed on a couple of fronts. The IOC has zero standing [...]

By: clickblog

clickblog — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:14:47 +0000

Olimpiadi contro i fotoamatori…

Il comitato olimpico internazionale per mano del suo direttore delle questioni legali, Howard M. Strupp, ha mandato una lettera ad un fotoamatore che aveva pubblicato delle foto delle olimpiadi su Flickr.
Nel documento viene persino fatto notare che …

By: whocares

whocares — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:28:36 +0000

looks like Thomas Hawk needs more attention!

By: heikkipekka

heikkipekka — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:44:22 +0000

First comment is interesting. If his photos were used in other publication I understand IOC has to do something about it as it clearly isn’t just private use of his photos anymore.

By: Gary Denness

Gary Denness — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:25:07 +0000

I agree with your points, taking them on face value. But I have one question….is Flickr really a non commercial sharing enterprise now that Getty has a deal with them? Surely photographers included in the Getty deal are effectively putting their images in the shop window for sale? And if so, how would a third party (let’s say the IOC to keep on topic) know which of these images are potentially going to be used by Getty, and which aren’t?

By: Doug The RiP(per)

Doug The RiP(per) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:57:55 +0000

And yes the problem here is clearly the IOC. This has nothing to do with Flicr. Do some people just see RED when Thomas posts on any topic and flickr is mentioned.

Apparently the IOC is also pissed that US television wanted to have a deal of some sort that may compete with their “exclusive” IOC TV feed. The details were on the news today.

By: Doug The RiP(per)

Doug The RiP(per) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:55:25 +0000

They seem to have balls of Olympian proportion.